X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/9ba09ba5e6c67fcdf0a91f8f72123bf6d7a0111f..c5172ed1bf56c880c4ae928eae4da21c402a2ba3:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index d324e57e35..8705250b32 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,122 +1,120 @@ -wxWindows 2.1.14 ----------------- +wxWindows 2.5.0 +--------------- + +*** 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 wxWindows 2, 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, thread handling, and more. -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 1100-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and -Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy. +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. +For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm +for a list of important documents and samples. Changes in this release ----------------------- Please see changes.txt for details. -Note that there is a new contrib hierarchy for contributions, -which mirrors the regular wxWindows hierarchy. The Object -Graphics Library and MMedia library have been moved under -contrib, so you may need to change your makefiles or project -files, together with your source files. E.g. change #include "ogl.h" -to #include . - -Also VC++ project files and makefiles have been made more -consistent, so some paths and library names have changed. - Platforms supported ------------------- -wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms: +wxWindows 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+ -- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site - for details) +- 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 install.txt file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details. +See also http://www.wxwindows.org/platform.htm. Files ----- -The distribution is available in a number of formats. -The most convenient is the platform-specific distribution, -but the zip set forms a more complete distribution, for example if -you wish to take part in wxWindows development. Also, add-ons -such as OGL may only be available in zip form. - -Zip set -------- - -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, where x is the minor version and y the release number: - -wx2_x_y_gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required) -wx2_x_y_msw.zip Windows-specific source code -wx2_x_y_mot.zip Motif-specific source code -wx2_x_y_gtk.zip GTK-specific source code -wx2_x_y_stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs - wx2_x_y_gen.zip/tgz. -wx2_x_y_doc.zip Documentation source code (not required) -wx2_x_y_hlp.zip WinHelp documentation -wx2_x_y_pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation -wx2_x_y_htm.zip HTML documentation -wx2_x_y_vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files -wx2_x_y_bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files -wx2_x_y_cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files -jpeg.zip Optional JPEG library -tiff.zip Optional TIFF library -ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library -mmedia.zip Optional MMedia class library (Motif, GTK, MSW) -stc.zip Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library (Motif, GTK, MSW) -tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool - -wxWindows for GTK distribution ------------------------------- - -wxGTK-2.x.y.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will - need the HTML and/or PDF documentation - from the zip set (above). - -wxWindows for Motif distribution --------------------------------- +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. -wxMotif-2.x.y.tgz wxMotif source distribution. You will - need the HTML and/or PDF documentation - -- OR -- from the zip set (above). +wxWindows for GTK+ distribution +------------------------------- -wx2_x_y_gen.zip -wx2_x_y_mot.zip -jpeg.zip -tiff.zip +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 -wxWindows for Windows distribution ----------------------------------- +wxWindows for X11 and Motif distribution +---------------------------------------- -As well as the core source, the Windows setup contains: +wxX11-x.y.z.tar.gz wxX11 and wxMotif source distribution, without + documentation. -- Windows Help versions of the documentation (docs/winhelp); -- wxGLCanvas (OpenGL integration, in utils/glcanvas); -- OGL 3 (Object Graphics Library, in utils/ogl); -- wxTreeLayout (for tree drawing, in utils/wxtree); +wxWindows 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 Dialog Editor binary; -- the JPEG library. +- a Tex2RTF binary; +- Life! sample binary. + +wxWindows 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. -setup.exe Setup file (Windows 95/98, NT) -setup.* Other setup files +wxWindows for OS/2 distribution +------------------------------- + +wxOS2-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all source files + (excludes documentation) + +Documentation files +------------------- + +wxWindows-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip WinHelp documentation +wxWindows-x.y.z-PDF.zip Acrobat PDF documentation +wxWindows-x.y.z-HTML.zip HTML documentation +wxWindows-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip Windows HTML Help documentation +wxWindows-x.y.z-HTB.zip wxHTML documentation (for + use with the helpview utility) Installation ------------ @@ -129,6 +127,10 @@ in the individual directories: docs/msw docs/gtk docs/motif + docs/mac + docs/x11 + docs/mgl + docs/os2 Licence information ------------------- @@ -153,34 +155,41 @@ 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 carefuly LGPL, section 6. +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 dynamicaly and +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), wxWindows library will contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL. If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT -for libtiff license details. +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/bugs.txt for a bug list: this file is new and will initially - be edited by hand, later generated from a web-based bug database. - See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWindows 2. See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes. +The wxWindows 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. @@ -191,21 +200,16 @@ The wxWindows Web site is located at: http://www.wxwindows.org -The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and -information) is located at: - - http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt - The main wxWindows ftp site is at: - ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin + ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub A wxWindows 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 (see the wxWindows -web site) or contact Julian Smart . +material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWindows +web site. -Good luck! +Have fun! -The wxWindows Team, March 2000 +The wxWindows Team, November 2002