X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c140b7e7c9aabb61ab5e6e017cfb768c05373502..6ba5438dda164146bf36ca729f8328332fae36b7:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index 0214920d5a..466a17b896 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,37 +1,45 @@ -Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit +Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit ---------------------------------------------------------------- -February 24th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce -a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++ +June 5th, 2005 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce +a new official 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, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003 - 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 -- MGL (Linux and DOS) +- Mac OS 9.x and 10.2 and above using Carbon +- Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) +- OS/2 (beta) +- MGL for Linux and DOS +- Palm OS (alpha) A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported on most of these platforms. To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at: - http://www.wxwindows.org - -This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as -an 'unstable' release. Improvements 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. + http://www.wxwidgets.org + +Since 2.4.2, we have added support for Windows Mobile devices, +enhanced GTK+ 2 support, radically overhauled the Mac OS X port, +replaced the build system with Bakefile, added better +integration with STL, and added a CppUnit-based test suite. +Other changes include sizer improvements, new Gnome printing +features, ODBC enhancements such as BLOB support and Unicode +support on Windows, wxTaskBarIcon support on Mac OS X and Linux +as well as Windows, top-level windows can have arbitrary shapes, +images can have alpha channels, plus many API enhancements and +bug fixes to existing classes. New classes include +wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxHtmlListbox, +wxPropertySheetDialog, wxGridBagSizer, wxMediaCtrl, +wxDatePickerCtrl, wxArchiveInputStream/wxArchiveOutputStream +(including zip archive read/write support), wxListbook, +wxChoicebook, wxDebugReport, and more. *** About wxWidgets @@ -55,13 +63,13 @@ 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, -a styled text control, and much more. An 1800-page reference manual +a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF -formats, and there are over 80 samples and demos. +formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos. If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. @@ -72,9 +80,9 @@ including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links: - 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 + http://www.wxwidgets.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users + http://www.wxwidgets.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots + http://www.wxwidgets.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our ; users Have fun!