X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/50c80a59f9eca9c08f75fd45a2b5f8863881691e..bc9d3d911cfb51f612a699d7fb00f57eb5b2097c:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index fee2ac2f61..0bffcc812f 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,90 +1,78 @@ -Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce -a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework. - -The following platforms are supported: - -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP -- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures -- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003 -- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+ -- Unix with X11 (beta) -- Unix with Motif/Lesstif -- Mac OS X using Carbon -- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta) -- OS/2 (beta) -- MGL for Linux and DOS -- Palm OS (alpha) - -To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at: - - http://www.wxwidgets.org/ - -This is the first version in the new 2.7 series. Please notice -that this series is called "development" and not "stable" solely -because compatibility is not assured among between different 2.7 -series versions but there are no known issues with the stability -of the programs using this version. - -There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the -change log file included in the distribution for more details. The -most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were: - - - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable - windows and much more - - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl - - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls - - New wxTreebook book-like control - - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls - - wxHyperlinkCtrl control - - -*** About wxWidgets - -wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI -framework, that can be used to build commercial and free -software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's -increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the -world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide -platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and -vibrant user community. - -For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of -each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also -a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no -other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded -use. - -An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put -off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn -and use than MFC and other frameworks. - -As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced -features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing -handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels -and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support, -HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop, -a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes, -a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual -is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF -formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos. - -If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts -reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. -If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start. - -wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available, -including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. - -If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links: - - http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users - http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots - http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users - -Have fun! - -The wxWidgets team +July 9, 2012 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the +latest 2.9.4 release of wxWidgets library. +wxWidgets 2.9.4 is available at + + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/ + +and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at + + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.4/ + +Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z +or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems +including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports +but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in +readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use +the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets +as only sources, not binaries, are installed. + +However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the +pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several version of +Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from + + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/binaries/ + +Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the +individual files. + + +This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0 +release, in particular there are a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa +port. The most important new feature in this release is experimental +support for building wxGTK with GTK+ 3 version of the toolkit. Other +noteworthy additions are: + +- Transparent background is now support for wxGTK windows. +- New style directory selection dialog is now used in wxMSW. +- Native wxDatePickerCtrl and wxTimePickerCtrl for wxOSX. +- wxFSInputStream stream class for reading data from wxFileSystem. +- wxGrid::Render() method allows to print or save wxGrid contents. +- Strike-through fonts are now supported. +- Horizontal mouse wheel events are now generated. + + +The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be +listed here but the most important ones are: + +- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use. +- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits. +- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets. +- Better interoperability with standard library classes. +- Totally revised and more readable manual. +- Improved debugging support. + +Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of +wxWidgets distribution or also available online at +https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.4/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt +for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.4/overview_changes_since28.html +if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8. + + +Note about naming: while 2.9.4 is called a "development" release, +this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in +the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change +in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch +where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the +different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and +suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for +any new projects using wxWidgets. + +We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes +in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please +let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket) +so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance! + + Enjoy! + +Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.