X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2b5f62a0b2db198609b45dec622a018dae37008e..c266eff98c5e44012647f54f38a1e29ecabd8759:/docs/latex/wx/wxgtk.tex?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/wxgtk.tex b/docs/latex/wx/wxgtk.tex index 2b2d8c176b..f109aa079a 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/wxgtk.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/wxgtk.tex @@ -1,22 +1,32 @@ \section{wxGTK port}\label{wxgtkport} -wxGTK is a port of wxWindows using the GTK+ library available -from www.gtk.org. It makes use of GTK+'s native widgets wherever -possible and uses wxWindows' generic controls when needed. GTK+ -itself has been ported to a number of systems, but so far only the -original X11 version is supported. Support for the recently released -GTK+ 2.0 including Unicode support is work in progress. +wxGTK is a port of wxWidgets using the GTK+ library. +It makes use of GTK+'s native widgets wherever possible and uses +wxWidgets' generic controls when needed. GTK+ itself has been +ported to a number of systems, but so far only the original X11 +version is supported. Support for other GTK+ backends is planned, +such as the new DirectFB backend. -You will need GTK+ 1.2.3 or higher which is available from: +All work is being done on GTK+ version 2.0 and above. Support for +GTK+ 1.2 will be deprecated in a later release. + +You will need GTK+ 2.0 or higher which is available from: \urlref{http://www.gtk.org}{http://www.gtk.org} -In order to configure wxWindows to compile wxGTK you will -need to type: +The newer version of GTK+ you use, the more native widgets and +features will be utilized. We have gone to a great extent to +allow compiling wxWidgets applications with a latest version of +GTK+, with the resulting binary working on systems even with a +much lower version of GTK+. You will have to ensure that the +application is launched with lazy symbol binding for that. + +In order to configure wxWidgets to compile wxGTK you will +need use the {\tt --with-gtk} argument to the {\tt configure} script. +This is the default for many systems. -\begin{verbatim} - configure --with-gtk -\end{verbatim} +GTK+ 1.2 can still be used, albeit discouraged. For that you can +pass {\tt --with-gtk=1} to the {\tt configure} script. For further information, please see the files in docs/gtk in the distribution.