X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c67d86184d21b37d32c621bd45318d5818c3f864..9d6a9fdd13ab25f0ac7c54a3ec8098f8b5c1d118:/docs/gtk/readme.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt index 9699f25225..bee4785719 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt @@ -1,36 +1,64 @@ - Welcome to wxWindows/Gtk, - -you have downloaded version 1.96 of the GTK+ port of C++ library -wxWindows. Information on how to install can be found in the -file install.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on -all systems + Welcome to wxWidgets/Gtk 2.5 -configure --without-threads -make -su (PASSWORD) -make install +You have downloaded version 2.5 of the GTK+ port of the +wxWidgets GUI library. -wxWindows/Gtk is still in development and you can have a look -at the todo.txt to see what's missing before an official beta -and - more important - before we can aim at binary compatibility. +wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0.x (as did some early +snapshots) and support for GTK 1.2.x will be phased out +over time. Nearly all work is now done on GTK 2.0.x and +quite a few of the enhancements of GTK+ 2.2.x and even +GTK 2.4.x are used. -More information is available from my homepage at +More info about the wxWidgets project (including all the +other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the +main wxWidgets homepage at: - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt + http://www.wxwidgets.org +Information on how to install can be found in the file +INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on +many systems: + + mkdir build_gtk + cd build_gtk + ../configure --with-gtk + make + su + make install + ldconfig + +In order to use wxGTK with GTK 2.0 you need to use --enable-gtk2 +configure option. To build the library in Unicode mode (all +strings will be wide strings and so on) you need to configure +with GTK 2.0 and add --enable-unicode. + +Please note that it is strongly advised to build the library in +a separate directory, as shown above, as it allows you to have +different builds of it (for example with and without debug) in +parallel. If you build in the source directory, don't forget to +do "make clean" before changing the configuration! + + +When you run into problems, please read the INSTALL.txt and +follow those instructions. If you still don't have any success, +please send a bug report to one of our mailing list, INCLUDING +A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR +VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR +WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... + Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests, -bug reports or comments to either the wxGTK mailing list or to -the wxWindows developers list. Information on how to subscribe -is available from my homepage. +bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can +be found at http://www.wxwidgets.org and more specifically at +http://lists.wxwidgets.org. + +Do NOT send any comments directly to me. -wxWindows/Gtk comes with no guarantee whatsoever. It might crash -your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't claim to be -suitable for any special purpose. +wxWidgets/Gtk doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It +might crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't +claim to be suitable for any special or general purpose. Regards, Robert Roebling - -