X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2edb0bdef6238c8c246b6978bc14828b7033d931..a8bda512079352ba81933e278d9ccdb8ef7a9866:/docs/readme.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index 4ef81f817b..3187c92b47 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,154 +1,88 @@ -wxWindows 2.3.3 ---------------- + wxWidgets 2.9.1 Release Notes + ============================= -*** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT. -*** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to -*** use the official 2.2.x stable series. +Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++ +framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native +controls where possible. -Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++ -framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where -possible) the native controls. +In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, +scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, +printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common +file operations, and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications, +thread handling, and more. -In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as -frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, -device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there are -wrappers for common file operations, and facilities for writing -TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more. Where certain -features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and tree -controls on Unix, they are emulated. +A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various +topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at +http://docs.wxwidgets.org/ + + +Note about naming: while 2.9.1 is called a "development" release, +this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in +the subsequent 2.9.x releases, unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We +believe the current version is stable and suitable for use in +production environment. -A detailed 1700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF -and Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy. -For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm -for a list of important documents and samples. Changes in this release ----------------------- -Please see changes.txt for details. +This release contains several years worth of improvements compared +to 2.8 version. Notably, Unicode support has been completely +overhauled and made much easier to use. Debugging support, including +when using a release build of the library, was much improved making +it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI +and base classes have been added or improved. + +Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure +to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade +from a previous wxWidgets release. + +This release introduces many important changes and we are looking +forward to your feedback about them. In particular please let us +know about any regressions compared to the previous versions (see +the section "Bug reporting" below) so that we could fix them before +3.0 release. + Platforms supported ------------------- -wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms: +wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms: + +- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 +- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer) +- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (see msw/winxp.txt) +There is some support for the following platforms: + +- Most Unix variants with X11 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif -- Most Unix variants with GTK+ -- MacOS -- Most Unix variants with X11 (beta) -- DOS with MGL (beta) +- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2 +- OS/2 +- Windows CE (Pocket PC) Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt -file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details. -See also http://www.wxwindows.org/platform.htm. +file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) and +http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Supported_Platforms for the most up to +date status. + Files ----- The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the -target system. Documentation is available mainly in zip format. -Some add-on libraries (such as the Object Graphics Library) are -available in zip form only. In the following, x.y.z represents -the current version number. - -wxWindows for GTK distribution ------------------------------- - -wxGTK-x.y.z.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will - need the HTML, HTB and/or PDF documentation - (see below) -wxGTK-demos-x.y.z.tgz wxGTK demos source -wxGTK-samples-x.y.z.tgz wxGTK samples source -wxGTK-x.y.z-0.src.rpm wxGTK Linux source as an RPM, without manuals -wxGTK-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxGTK Linux binaries as an RPM, without manuals -wxGTK-devel-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxGTK Linux minimum development system as an RPM - -wxWindows for Motif distribution --------------------------------- - -wxMotif-x.y.z.tgz wxMotif source distribution, without - documentation. - -wxWindows for X11 distribution ------------------------------- - -wxX11-x.y.z.tgz wxX11 source distribution, without - documentation. - -wxWindows for MS Windows distribution -------------------------------------- - -setup.exe, setup.w* Setup files (Windows 95/98, NT) - in floppy-disk-sized chunks -wxMSW-x.y.z-setup.zip Zip archive containing the - setup files -wxMSW-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all the - files that are in the setup - distribution - -wxWindows for MacOS distribution --------------------------------- - -wxMac-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all - source files (excludes documentation) - -As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains: - -- Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp); -- Object Graphics Library, in contrib/src/ogl; -- a Dialog Editor binary; -- a Tex2RTF binary; -- Life! sample binary; -- the JPEG library source; -- the TIFF library source. - -Documentation files -------------------- +target system. See the download pages for details. -wxWindows-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip WinHelp documentation -wxWindows-x.y.z-PDF.zip Acrobat PDF documentation -wxWindows-x.y.z-HTML.zip HTML documentation -wxWindows-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip Windows HTML Help documentation -wxWindows-x.y.z-HTB.zip wxHTML documentation (for - use with the helpview utility) -wxWindows-x.y.z-Word.zip MS Word documentation (currently, - database class documentation only) -wxWindows-x.y.z-DocSource.zip Documentation source code (not required) - -Add-ons -------- - -wxWindows-x.y.z-cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files -wxWindows-x.y.z-wat.zip Watcom C++ project files -wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip Visual C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.) -wxWindows-x.y.z-bc.zip Borland C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.) -jpeg.zip JPEG library (already included - in most distributions) -tiff.zip TIFF library (already included - in most distributions) -ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library -mmedia.zip Optional MMedia library (Motif, GTK, MSW) -stc.zip Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library - (Motif, GTK, MSW) -tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool -wxGTK-gl-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm add-on OpenGL binary as an RPM Installation ------------ -wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out -the samples or write your own applications. -For installation information, please see the install.txt file -in the individual directories: +wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples +or write your own applications. For installation information, please +see the install.txt file in the docs subdirectory appropriate for +the platform you use. - docs/msw - docs/gtk - docs/motif - docs/mac - docs/x11 - docs/mgl Licence information ------------------- @@ -162,65 +96,82 @@ For licensing information, please see the files: docs/lgpl.txt Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of -proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in -addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, -the licence is LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted -distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you -don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write -commercial applications using wxWindows. - -However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) version -of your application, don't forget that it is linked against -GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* exception -notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked -against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefully LGPL, section 6. -which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications -linked against LGPL library. Basically you should link dynamically and -include source code of LGPL libraries with your product (unless it is -already present in user's system - like glibc usually is). -If compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix only), wxWindows library will -contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL. +proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWidgets in addition +to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, the licence is +LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted distribution of +application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you don't have to +distribute any source if you wish to write commercial +applications using wxWidgets. + +However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) +version of your application, don't forget that it is linked +against GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* +exception notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked +against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefully LGPL, section +6. which describes conditions for distribution of closed source +applications linked against LGPL library. Basically you should +link dynamically and include source code of LGPL libraries with +your product (unless it is already present in user's system - +like glibc usually is). If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT -for libtiff license details. +for libtiff licence details. + +If you use JPEG image handler, documentation for your program +should contain following sentence: "This software is based in +part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group". See +src/jpeg/README for details. -If you use JPEG image handler, documentation for your program should -contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of -the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details. +If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular +expressions support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT +file for Henry Spencer's regular expression library copyright. + +If you use wxXML classes or XRC, see src/expat/COPYING for licence details. -If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular expressions -support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's -regular expression library copyright. Documentation ------------- -See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. +wxWidgets documentation is available online at +http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.1/ and can also be downloaded in HTML +format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...) +please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory. + + +Bug reporting +------------- + +The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at: -See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWindows 2. + http://trac.wxwidgets.org/report -See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes. +Please use the search function of our Trac installation to find +any possibly relevant bugs before reporting new ones. Also please +notice that often trying to correct the bug yourself is the +quickest way to fix it. Even if you fail to do it, you may +discover valuable information allowing us to fix it while doing +it. We also give much higher priority to bug reports with patches +fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be +addressed sooner. -The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp. -The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. Further information ------------------- -The wxWindows Web site is located at: +The wxWidgets Web site is located at: - http://www.wxwindows.org + http://www.wxwidgets.org -The main wxWindows ftp site is at: +The main wxWidgets ftp site is at: - ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin + ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub -A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML +A wxWidgets CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other -material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWindows +material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWidgets web site. Have fun! -The wxWindows Team, April 2002 +The wxWidgets Team, July 2010