X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/3980000ca63a479b7b30ca93c07edbf12e4a51b7..9c112555198f51fcec71106530cddba95a17f3dc:/docs/msw/install.txt diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt index 9652e0a19c..6e942f8ffb 100644 --- a/docs/msw/install.txt +++ b/docs/msw/install.txt @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Installing wxWidgets 2.5.3 --------------------------- +Installing wxWidgets 2.6.0 +----------------------------------------------------------- -This is wxWidgets 2.5.3 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 -and Windows XP. This is an unstable development release. Note that unstable in -this context doesn't mean that it crashes a lot, just that the library API may -change in backwards incompatible way during the 2.5 branch lifetime. +This is wxWidgets 2.6.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, +Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows CE. + +These installation notes can be found in docs/msw/install.txt +in your wxWidgets distribution. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please re-read this instructions and other related files (changes.txt, @@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Please report bugs using the SourceForge bug tracker: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863 Unarchiving -=========== +============================================================ A setup program is provided (setup.exe) to automatically copy files to a directory on your hard disk. Do not install into a @@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ Below are compiler specific notes followed by customizing instructions that apply to all compilers (search for "Configuring the build"). Microsoft Visual C++ compilation --------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- You may wish to visit http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?MSVC for a more informal and more detailed description of the process summarized below. @@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ files from an existing wxWidgets sample and adapt them, or visit http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?MSVC. Borland C++ 5.0/5.5 compilation -------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- Compiling using the makefiles (updated 24 Sept 02): @@ -230,13 +231,13 @@ the following preprocessor directive: more details) Borland 16 Bit compilation for Windows 3.1 ------------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- The last version of wxWidgets to support 16-bit compilation with Borland was 2.2.7 - Please download and read the instructions in that release Watcom C++ 10.6/11 and OpenWatcom compilation ---------------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Change directory to build\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to make the wxWidgets core library. @@ -260,10 +261,10 @@ Note (4): if Watcom can't read the precompiled header when building a sample, the sample again. Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation ----------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- -1. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files in XML format are already - included in wxMSW-2.5.3.zip and the setup version. +1. CodeWarrior Pro 7 project files in XML format are already + included in wxMSW-2.6.0.zip and the setup version. 2. Review the file include\wx\msw\setup.h (or include\wx\msw\setup0.h if you are working from the CVS version) to make sure the settings reflect @@ -324,9 +325,9 @@ Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation Cygwin/MinGW compilation ------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- -wxWidgets 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and +wxWidgets supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and releases, and MinGW. Cygwin can be downloaded from: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ @@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ If using MinGW, you can download the add-on MSYS package to provide Unix-like tools that you'll need to build wxWidgets using configure. Using makefiles directly ------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The makefile.gcc makefiles are for compilation under MinGW using native make and Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe), they @@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files and other intermediate compiler files. Using configure ---------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- Instead of using the makefiles, you can use the configure system to generate appropriate makefiles, as used on Unix @@ -479,7 +480,8 @@ OLD VERSIONS: Symantec & DigitalMars C++ compilation --------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- + The DigitalMars compiler is a free succssor to the Symantec compiler and can be downloaded from http://www.digitalmars.com/ @@ -507,7 +509,7 @@ using bakefile tool according to the instructions in build\bakefiles\README: 16-bit compilation is no longer supported. Configuring the build -===================== +================================================================ So far the instructions only explained how to build release DLLs of wxWidgets and did not cover any configuration. It is possible to change many aspects of @@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ and the only difference between them is in object files and library directory names and in make invocation command. Changing the settings ---------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- There are two ways to modify the settings: either by passing the values as arguments when invoking make or by editing build\msw\config.$(compiler) file @@ -555,7 +557,7 @@ Brief explanation of options and possible values is in every build\msw\config.* file; more detailed description follows. Basic options -------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- BUILD=release Builds release version of the library. It differs from default 'debug' @@ -580,7 +582,7 @@ WXUNIV=1 http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxuniv.htm for more information). Advanced options ----------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- MONOLITHIC=1 Starting with version 2.5.1, wxWidgets has the ability to be built as @@ -658,7 +660,7 @@ CFG= directories" below for more information. Compiler specific options -------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- * MinGW @@ -680,7 +682,7 @@ DEBUG_RUNTIME_LIBS=1 setting makes it possible. Fine-tuning the compiler ------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- All makefiles have variables that you can use to specify additional options passed to the compiler or linker. You won't need this in most cases, but if you @@ -688,7 +690,7 @@ do, simply add desired flags to CFLAGS (for C compiler), CXXFLAGS (for C++ compiler), CPPFLAGS (for both C and C++ compiler) and LDFLAGS (the linker). Object and library directories ------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------- All object files produced during library build are stored in a directory under build\msw. It's name is derived from build settings and CFG variable and from @@ -738,7 +740,7 @@ enabled (without CFG, both of them would be put into same directory and there would be conflicts between the files). General Notes -============= +================================================================= - Debugging: under Windows 95, debugging output isn't output in the same way that it is under NT or Windows 3.1.