X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/77ffb5937e89927b621128789401db8921fe580f..6d3c4b2aee2a64ba3245f2cec9751e4608a9bc3c:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index 810440c134..a9019698e8 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ -Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.2: a cross-platform GUI toolkit +Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.5: a cross-platform GUI toolkit ---------------------------------------------------------------- -February 24th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce +October 11th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a development snapshot 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 CE (partial port) +- Windows CE - Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0 -- Linux/Unix with X11 +- Linux/Unix with X11 (beta) - Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif -- MacOS 9.x and 10.x -- OS/2 +- Mac OS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon +- Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) +- OS/2 (beta) - MGL (Linux and DOS) A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported @@ -24,14 +25,16 @@ To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at: http://www.wxwidgets.org This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as -an 'unstable' release. Improvements include: +an 'unstable' release. Improvements over 2.4.x include: numerous bug fixes, STL-like container classes, improved GTK+ 2 compatibility, new build system, improved Unicode compatibility, wxRenderer class, shaped frame and dialog windows on Windows and GTK+, more efficient UI update processing, print preview improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and -Digital Mars compiler support, and more. +Digital Mars compiler support, and more. Improvements +over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE +support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements. *** About wxWidgets @@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ 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 eading and writing many image types, resizeable panels +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,