X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/750b78ba359e7d30c7d3ad49d268923e986268cb..22bfe96ca6b7248ab8161ec97963bca8e3be963e:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index d8fff9d674..3bbcb6f2b3 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,58 +1,124 @@ -wxWindows 2 beta 4 ------------------- - -Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++ +wxWidgets 2.5.1 +--------------- + +*** 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 backwards incompatible way. If this doesn't frighten +*** you, do try this release and please let us know what you think! + +Welcome to wxWidgets, 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. -Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and -tree controls on Unix, they are emulated. +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 1800-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. -A detailed 700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and -Windows Help form. +Changes in this release +----------------------- -For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of -important documents and samples. +Please see changes.txt for details. Platforms supported ------------------- -wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms: +wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms: -- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT -- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif +- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP - Most Unix variants with GTK+ +- Most Unix variants with X11 +- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif +- MacOS 9.x and 10.x +- OS/2 (alpha) -Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes -(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details. +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. Files ----- -Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of -these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into -the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the -following: - -wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required) -wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code -wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code -wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code -wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required) -wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation -wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation -wx200htm.zip HTML documentation -wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files -wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files +The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the +target system. Documentation is available mainly in zip format. +In the following, x.y.z represents the current version number. + +wxWidgets for GTK+ distribution +------------------------------- + +wxGTK-x.y.z.tar.gz wxGTK source distribution. You will + need the HTML, HTB and/or PDF documentation + (see below) +wxGTK-demos-x.y.z.tar.gz wxGTK demos source +wxGTK-samples-x.y.z.tar.gz 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 +wxGTK-gl-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm Add-on OpenGL binary as an RPM + +wxWidgets for X11 and Motif distribution +---------------------------------------- + +wxX11-x.y.z.tar.gz wxX11 and wxMotif source distribution, without + documentation. + +wxWidgets for MS Windows distribution +------------------------------------- + +setup.exe, setup-*.bin Setup files 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 + +As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains: + +- Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp); +- a Tex2RTF binary; +- Life! sample binary. + +wxWidgets for MacOS distribution +-------------------------------- + +wxMac-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all + source files (excludes documentation) +wxMac-x.y.z.tar.gz Gzipped tar archive containing all + source files (excludes documentation). + You might prefer this format if building on + MacOS X, since it preserves file permissions. + +wxWidgets for OS/2 distribution +------------------------------- + +wxOS2-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all source files + (excludes documentation) + +Documentation files +------------------- + +wxWidgets-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip WinHelp documentation +wxWidgets-x.y.z-PDF.zip Acrobat PDF documentation +wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTML.zip HTML documentation +wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip Windows HTML Help documentation +wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTB.zip wxHTML documentation (for + use with the helpview utility) Installation ------------ -wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out +wxWidgets 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: @@ -60,6 +126,10 @@ in the individual directories: docs/msw docs/gtk docs/motif + docs/mac + docs/x11 + docs/mgl + docs/os2 Licence information ------------------- @@ -73,47 +143,72 @@ 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 +proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWidgets in addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, -the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted +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. +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 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. + Documentation ------------- -See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2. See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. +See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets 2. + +See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes. + +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 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 wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and -information) is located at: +The main wxWidgets ftp site is at: - http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt + ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub -The main wxWindows ftp site is at: - - ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin - -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: - - http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm - -or contact Julian Smart . +material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWidgets +web site. -Good luck! +Have fun! -The wxWindows Team, January 1999 +The wxWidgets Team, February 2004