X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a9ddd4437d68b06ca84f85e84ac04c99d1229e43..bc9d3d911cfb51f612a699d7fb00f57eb5b2097c:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index a0b69c168b..0bffcc812f 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,68 +1,78 @@ -Announcing wxWindows 2.3.3, September 9th, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- +July 9, 2012 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the +latest 2.9.4 release of wxWidgets library. -Announcing the release of a development snapshot of the mature -cross-platform C++ application framework, wxWindows. +wxWidgets 2.9.4 is available at -The following platforms are supported: + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/ -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP -- Unix with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0 -- Unix with X11 -- Unix with Motif/Lesstif -- VMS with GTK+ 1.x -- MacOS 8.6, 9.x and 10.x -- OS/2 (alpha) +and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at -To get wxWindows, go to the Download page at: + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.4/ - http://www.wxwindows.org +Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z +or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems +including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports +but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in +readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use +the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets +as only sources, not binaries, are installed. -This is likely to be the last development snapshot in the -2.3.x series, before the release of the stable 2.4.x series. +However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the +pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several version of +Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from -*** About wxWindows + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/binaries/ -wxWindows is probably the most powerful and comprehensive -open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI framework available, which -can be used to build commercial and free software. It's used by many -organisations all over the world, including the company that -invented the GUI. +Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the +individual files. -For most ports, wxWindows adopts the native look and feel of -each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also -a generic widget set, used for the wxX11 port - no other widget set -is required, giving the potential for embedded use. -An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put -off by this because most people find wxWindows easier to learn -and use than MFC and other frameworks. +This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0 +release, in particular there are a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa +port. The most important new feature in this release is experimental +support for building wxGTK with GTK+ 3 version of the toolkit. Other +noteworthy additions are: -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 -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, -and much more. An 1800-page reference manual is provided in HTML, -MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWindows Help and PDF, and there are over -70 samples and demos. +- Transparent background is now support for wxGTK windows. +- New style directory selection dialog is now used in wxMSW. +- Native wxDatePickerCtrl and wxTimePickerCtrl for wxOSX. +- wxFSInputStream stream class for reading data from wxFileSystem. +- wxGrid::Render() method allows to print or save wxGrid contents. +- Strike-through fonts are now supported. +- Horizontal mouse wheel events are now generated. -If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWindows concepts -reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. -If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start. -wxWindows bindings for several other languages are available, -including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. +The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be +listed here but the most important ones are: -If you're considering wxWindows, do check out some of these links: +- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use. +- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits. +- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets. +- Better interoperability with standard library classes. +- Totally revised and more readable manual. +- Improved debugging support. - http://www.wxwindows.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users - http://www.wxwindows.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots - http://www.wxwindows.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our - ; users +Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of +wxWidgets distribution or also available online at +https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.4/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt +for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.4/overview_changes_since28.html +if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8. -Have fun! -Julian Smart and the wxWindows team +Note about naming: while 2.9.4 is called a "development" release, +this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in +the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change +in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch +where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the +different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and +suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for +any new projects using wxWidgets. +We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes +in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please +let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket) +so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance! + + Enjoy! + +Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.