X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e3a43801df2f05c057892481df9d3cfe30fd8800..cc24bf919256e8e1d317dbb8e67df6d007d641ea:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index 9c8558891a..643dda6932 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,13 +1,157 @@ -wxWindows 2.0 alpha +wxWidgets 2.9.x +--------------------------------------------------------- + +Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++ +framework for writing advanced GUI applications using +native controls where possible. + +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. + +A detailed 2000-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF +and Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy. + +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 +----------------------- + +Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.8" in the manual +for details. + +Platforms supported ------------------- -This is an alpha distribution of wxWindows 2.0. It may be made up -of sources for different platforms from different authors. +wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms: + +- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Pocket PC/Mobile, Smartphone +- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1 and GTK+ 2 +- Most Unix variants with X11 (beta) +- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif +- MacOS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon (10.3 and above preferred) +- MacOS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) +- OS/2 (beta) +- PalmOS (alpha) + +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.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm. + +Note that 2.6 series were the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS +9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above focuses on GTK+ 2 and Mac OS +10.3 and above and compatibility with earlier systems is not guaranteed any +more. -For generic installation information, see the docs directory. For -platform-specific installation information see: +Files +----- + +The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the +target system. See the download pages for details. + +Installation +------------ + +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 individual directories: docs/msw docs/gtk docs/motif + docs/mac + docs/cocoa + docs/x11 + docs/mgl + docs/os2 + docs/palmos + +Licence information +------------------- + +For licensing information, please see the files: + + docs/preamble.txt + docs/licence.txt + docs/licendoc.txt + docs/gpl.txt + docs/lgpl.txt + +Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of +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 compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix +only), wxWidgets library will contain iODBC library which is +covered by LGPL. + +If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT +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 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. + +Documentation +------------- + +See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. + +See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets. + +See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes. + +The wxWidgets bug database can be browsed at: + + http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863 + +The Windows HTML Help files are located in docs/htmlhelp. +The Windows Help files are located in docs/winhelp. +The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. +The HTB (wxWidgets HTML Help) files are located in docs/htb. + +Further information +------------------- + +The wxWidgets Web site is located at: + + http://www.wxwidgets.org + +The main wxWidgets ftp site is at: + + ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub + +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 wxWidgets +web site. + +Have fun! + +The wxWidgets Team, January 2007