X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/d41d324213a91fe6a25708ac54667f056cc42a6b..bacd54f604fe87c622d4ab57070759ad6f1791a7:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index a9019698e8..466a17b896 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,21 +1,22 @@ -Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.5: a cross-platform GUI toolkit +Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit ---------------------------------------------------------------- -October 11th, 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 +- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003 - Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0 - Linux/Unix with X11 (beta) - Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif -- Mac OS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon +- Mac OS 9.x and 10.2 and above using Carbon - Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) - OS/2 (beta) -- MGL (Linux and DOS) +- MGL for Linux and DOS +- Palm OS (alpha) A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported on most of these platforms. @@ -24,17 +25,21 @@ To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at: http://www.wxwidgets.org -This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as -an 'unstable' release. Improvements over 2.4.x 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. Improvements -over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE -support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements. +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 @@ -62,9 +67,9 @@ 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.