X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c31752dadfe04a196339ee6c592d9971b87539c9..f29b59b7811cbd130e1deb620ed05c1a5354b3d6:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index 8ed1d34ac5..f6acd034c2 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,132 +1,127 @@ -wxWindows 2.5.0 ---------------- + wxWidgets 2.9.5 Release Notes + ============================= -*** 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. +Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a free cross-platform C++ +framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native controls. -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, facilities for writing network applications, +thread handling, and so on. You can learn more about wxWidgets at -A detailed 1800-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF -and Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy. + http://www.wxwidgets.org/ -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 ------------------------ +wxWidgets sources are available for download from -Please see changes.txt for details. + https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.5/ -Platforms supported -------------------- +or -wxWindows currently supports the following platforms: + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.5/ -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP -- Most Unix variants with GTK+ -- Most Unix variants with X11 -- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif -- MacOS 9.x and 10.x -- OS/2 (alpha) +Please see the "Files" section below for the description of various +files available at these locations. -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 ------ +A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various +topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at + + http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/ -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. -wxWindows for GTK+ distribution -------------------------------- +Note about naming: while 2.9.5 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 still likely that it will), +unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We believe the current version is +stable and suitable for use in production environment. -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 X11 and Motif distribution ----------------------------------------- -wxX11-x.y.z.tar.gz wxX11 and wxMotif source distribution, without - documentation. +Changes in this release +----------------------- + +This release contains several years worth of improvements compared +to 2.8 version. Notably, Unicode support has been completely +overhauled and made much easier to use. Debugging support, including +when using a release build of the library, was much improved making +it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI +and base classes have been added or improved. -wxWindows for MS Windows distribution -------------------------------------- +Compared to the previous 2.9.3 release the most important change is +the addition of new, still experimental, GTK+ 3 support in wxGTK. +But the main focus of this release is on incremental improvements +and fixing defects in preparation for 3.0 release. In particular, +wxOSX/Cocoa port has been significantly improved. -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 +Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure +to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade +from a previous wxWidgets release. -As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains: +This release introduces many important changes and we are looking +forward to your feedback about them. In particular please let us +know about any regressions compared to the previous versions (see +the section "Bug reporting" below) so that we could fix them before +3.0 release. -- Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp); -- a Dialog Editor binary; -- a Tex2RTF binary; -- Life! sample binary. -wxWindows for MacOS distribution --------------------------------- +Platforms supported +------------------- -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. +wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms: -wxWindows for OS/2 distribution -------------------------------- +- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 +- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.6 or newer) +- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa -wxOS2-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all source files - (excludes documentation) +There is some support for the following platforms: -Documentation files -------------------- +- Most Unix variants with X11 +- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif +- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2 +- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 3 (still in development) +- OS/2 +- Windows CE (Pocket PC) + +Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt +file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) and +http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Supported_Platforms for the most up to +date status. + + +Files +----- + +wxWidgets is distributed in source form in several archive formats. +ZIP and 7z archives are for Microsoft Windows users and contain the +files with DOS/Windows line endings while the compressed tar archives +for Unix systems users (including OS X) and contain the files with +Unix line endings. Please notice that some Windows tools still don't +accept files with Unix line endings and that compiling sources with +DOS line endings under Unix will fail, so please choose the correct +file for your system. + +In addition to the sources, documentation in HTML, CHM and HTB +(wxWidgets help viewer) formats is provided as well as an installer +for Microsoft Windows. Notice that you will still need to compile +wxWidgets even when using the installer. + +Experimentally, we also supply binaries of wxMSW libraries built +with several versions of Microsoft Visual C++ compiler for this +release. They are available in the "binaries" subdirectory, see +the description of the files in the README file there. -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 ------------ -wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out -the samples or write your own applications. -For installation information, please see the install.txt file -in the individual directories: +wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples +or write your own applications. For installation information, please +see the install.txt file in the docs subdirectory appropriate for +the platform you use. - docs/msw - docs/gtk - docs/motif - docs/mac - docs/x11 - docs/mgl - docs/os2 Licence information ------------------- @@ -140,69 +135,81 @@ For licensing information, please see the files: docs/lgpl.txt Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of -proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in -addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, -the licence is LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted -distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you -don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write -commercial applications using wxWindows. - -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 carefully LGPL, section 6. -which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications -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. +proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWidgets in addition +to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, the licence is +LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted distribution of +application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you don't have to +distribute any source if you wish to write commercial +applications using wxWidgets. + +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 carefully LGPL, section +6. which describes conditions for distribution of closed source +applications 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 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 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. -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. Documentation ------------- -See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. +wxWidgets documentation is available online at +http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/ and can also be downloaded in HTML +format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...) +please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory. + -See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWindows 2. +Bug reporting +------------- -See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes. +The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at: -The wxWindows bug database can be browsed at: + http://trac.wxwidgets.org/report - http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863 +Please use the search function of our Trac installation to find +any possibly relevant bugs before reporting new ones. Also please +notice that often trying to correct the bug yourself is the +quickest way to fix it. Even if you fail to do it, you may +discover valuable information allowing us to fix it while doing +it. We also give much higher priority to bug reports with patches +fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be +addressed sooner. -The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp. -The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. Further information ------------------- -The wxWindows Web site is located at: +The wxWidgets Web site is located at: - http://www.wxwindows.org + http://www.wxwidgets.org/ -The main wxWindows ftp site is at: +The main wxWidgets ftp site is at: - ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/ -A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML +A wxWidgets 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 +material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWidgets web site. Have fun! -The wxWindows Team, November 2002 - +The wxWidgets Team, July 2012