X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e4e1626cbba00201baac3eccf776e4abc65ca212..47e175a24f862aa8b7ca7dd4a2bb5957991e7f2d:/docs/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index cae273f52b..f6acd034c2 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -1,26 +1,42 @@ - wxWidgets 2.9.2 Release Notes + wxWidgets 2.9.5 Release Notes ============================= -Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++ -framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native -controls where possible. +Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a free cross-platform C++ +framework for writing advanced GUI applications using 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. +file operations, facilities for writing network applications, +thread handling, and so on. You can learn more about wxWidgets at + + http://www.wxwidgets.org/ + + +wxWidgets sources are available for download from + + https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.5/ + +or + + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.5/ + +Please see the "Files" section below for the description of various +files available at these locations. + 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/2.9.2/ + http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/ -Note about naming: while 2.9.2 is called a "development" release, -this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in -the subsequent 2.9.x releases, unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We -believe the current version is stable and suitable for use in -production environment. + +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. @@ -34,6 +50,12 @@ 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. +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. + 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. @@ -51,7 +73,7 @@ Platforms supported wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms: - Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 -- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer) +- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.6 or newer) - Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa There is some support for the following platforms: @@ -59,6 +81,7 @@ There is some support for the following platforms: - 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) @@ -71,15 +94,24 @@ date status. Files ----- -The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the -target system, i.e. ZIP or 7z for Microsoft Windows and compressed tar -archives for Unix systems. 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 choosw the -correct file for your system. +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. -See the download pages for the details of the files available for this -release. +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. Installation @@ -140,7 +172,7 @@ Documentation ------------- wxWidgets documentation is available online at -http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.2/ and can also be downloaded in HTML +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. @@ -180,4 +212,4 @@ web site. Have fun! -The wxWidgets Team, July 2011 +The wxWidgets Team, July 2012