X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/50c80a59f9eca9c08f75fd45a2b5f8863881691e..5acf8f1d43fb8544971f205989b8e01cd91d0ce3:/docs/gtk/readme.txt?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt index e990bce1c3..89fcbec894 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt @@ -1,14 +1,23 @@ - Welcome to wxWidgets 2.7.0 for GTK+ - ----------------------------------- + Welcome to wxWidgets for GTK+ + ----------------------------- -You have downloaded version 2.7 of the GTK+ port of the -wxWidgets GUI library. +You have downloaded the GTK+ port of the wxWidgets GUI library. -wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0.x (as did some early -snapshots) and support for GTK 1.2.x will be phased out -over time. Nearly all work is now done on GTK 2.0.x and -quite a few of the enhancements of GTK+ 2.4.x and even -GTK 2.8.x are used. +It is required to use at least GTK+ 2.4 and some features are +only available when using GTK+ 2.8 or higher. Note that if you +compile wxWidgets against GTK+ 2.8 your app will still work +with older GTK+ version down to version 2.4 as wxWidgets +tests for the presence of newer features at run-time and it +will fall back to a generic implementation if these features +are not present in the GTK+ version used. + +wxWidgets 2.8 still supports GTK+ 1.2, but no developement +is done on that port anymore and support for GTK+ 1.2 will +probably be dropped entirely. Indeed, one of the major steps +in the developement cycle leading up to wxWidgets 2.8 was +that the codebase for GTK+ 1.2 and GTK+ 2.0 were separated +so that improvements and clean-ups to the GTK+ 2.0 port +could be done without caring for GTK+ 1.2. More info about the wxWidgets project (including all the other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the @@ -39,7 +48,6 @@ different builds of it (for example with and without debug) in parallel. If you build in the source directory, don't forget to do "make clean" before changing the configuration! - When you run into problems, please read the INSTALL.txt and follow those instructions. If you still don't have any success, please send a bug report to one of our mailing list, INCLUDING @@ -52,8 +60,6 @@ bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can be found at http://www.wxwidgets.org and more specifically at http://lists.wxwidgets.org. -Do NOT send any comments directly to me. - wxWidgets doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It might crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't claim to be suitable for any special or general purpose.