X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a0a26e43168c222c96c84ae39597621060127670..9d6a9fdd13ab25f0ac7c54a3ec8098f8b5c1d118:/docs/mgl/install.txt diff --git a/docs/mgl/install.txt b/docs/mgl/install.txt index 133e568a3a..821c5bcb2c 100644 --- a/docs/mgl/install.txt +++ b/docs/mgl/install.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -wxWindows 2.3 for MGL installation +wxWidgets 2.5 for MGL installation ------------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTE: @@ -9,25 +9,30 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: mailing wxwin-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and then send a patch to the author. - When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are + When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxMGL 2.3.3, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0 + example: wxMGL 2.5.3, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0 First steps ----------- - Download SciTech MGL library (version 5.0) from http://www.scitechsoft.com. - The downloads page is here: + The downloads page is here (you need MGL version 5.0beta7 or newer): http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/embedded/mgl_home.html - (You needed a version newer than Beta 5! Preferably the up-to-date one from - SciTech Perforce repository.) - Install it according to provided instructions. In particular, make sure that + + Install MGL according to provided instructions. In particular, make sure that MGL_ROOT and NUCLEUS_PATH environment variables are set before attempting to build wxMGL. + Make sure you installed all MGL components, including the "fonts" package + (it's called mgl50b7-font.tar.gz in Linux version). It is important to have + SciTech's basic fonts in $(MGL_ROOT)/fonts directory (you may want to add + Arial TrueType font for better output quality) and basic cursors in + $(MGL_ROOT)/cursors. wxMGL depends on their presence. + - Download wxMGL-x.y.z.tgz, where x.y.z is the version number. Download documentation in a preferred format, such as - wxWindows-HTML.zip or wxWindows-PDF.zip. + wxWidgets-HTML.zip or wxWidgets-PDF.zip. - Make a directory such as ~/wx and unarchive the files into this directory. @@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ First steps - It is recommended that you install bison and flex; using yacc and lex may require tweaking of the makefiles. -- You can now use configure or makefiles to build wxWindows and the samples. +- You can now use configure or makefiles to build wxWidgets and the samples. In case of problems, please use GNU make. @@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ Following systems are supported by wxMGL so far: These instructions apply to installation on a Unix system (such as Linux). Please see bellow for information on using configure on non-Unix platforms. -If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read +If you compile wxWidgets on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): > ./configure --with-mgl @@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ Afterwards you can continue with > ldconfig > exit -If you want to remove wxWindows on Unix you can do this: +If you want to remove wxWidgets on Unix you can do this: > su > make uninstall @@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ and you will get a list of supported options. 'make install' will install wx-config script that can (and should) be used to get compiler flags that are needed to build your program. wx-config --cxxflags will output necessary C++ compiler flags and wx-config --libs will list all -needed libraries. See an example of wxWindows application makefile: +needed libraries. See an example of wxWidgets application makefile: minimal: minimal.o $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` @@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ you have Cygwin utilities and DJGPP compiler in your PATH, run bash.exe and type > ./configure --with-mgl > make -in wxWindows top directory. You can build wxMGL in MS-DOS with configure, sorry. +in wxWidgets top directory. You can build wxMGL in MS-DOS with configure, sorry. * Building wxMGL for MS-DOS using Watcom C/C++