X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/685bf1829b2e18e49ff5f551afb2355655fda382..bb650010c8200174ce824aaadac44e8e5ead194d:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index 09634141c7..873ae53805 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ -wxWidgets 2.5.4 ---------------- - -*** 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 2.4.x stable series. You are still encouraged -*** to try the releases from 2.5.x branch, of course, and unstable -*** doesn't mean that they crash all the time -- just that the API -*** may change in a backwards incompatible way. If this doesn't frighten -*** you, do try this release and please let us know what you think! +wxWidgets 2.8.1 +--------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++ -framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where -possible) the native controls. +framework for writing advanced GUI applications using +native controls where possible. In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, @@ -21,7 +13,7 @@ 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 1800-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF +A detailed 2000-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 @@ -30,25 +22,32 @@ for a list of important documents and samples. Changes in this release ----------------------- -Please see changes.txt for details. +Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.6" in the manual +for details. Platforms supported ------------------- wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms: -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Pocket PC +- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Pocket PC/Mobile, Smartphone - Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1 and GTK+ 2 - Most Unix variants with X11 (beta) - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif - MacOS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon (10.3 and above preferred) - MacOS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) - OS/2 (beta) +- PalmOS (alpha) 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.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm. +Note that 2.6 series were the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS +9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above focuses on GTK+ 2 and Mac OS +10.3 and above and compatibility with earlier systems is not guaranteed any +more. + Files ----- @@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ see the install.txt file in the individual directories: docs/x11 docs/mgl docs/os2 + docs/palmos Licence information ------------------- @@ -83,35 +83,37 @@ 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 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 compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix only), wxWidgets 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 compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix +only), wxWidgets library will contain iODBC library which is +covered by LGPL. If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT 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 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. @@ -128,8 +130,10 @@ The wxWidgets bug database can be browsed at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863 -The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp. +The Windows HTML Help files are located in docs/htmlhelp. +The Windows Help files are located in docs/winhelp. The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. +The HTB (wxWidgets HTML Help) files are located in docs/htb. Further information ------------------- @@ -149,5 +153,5 @@ web site. Have fun! -The wxWidgets Team, February 2005 +The wxWidgets Team, January 2007