X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f47cd02d71ef728221b29bf6bb3254ad85a12310..bb6e96a9e5c4e8572c4642c01161d826e113b903:/docs/gtk/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt index 44dbddac2d..2b9ccf1e9e 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt @@ -1,40 +1,48 @@ - Welcome to wxWindows/Gtk 2.1.14 + Welcome to wxWidgets/Gtk 2.5 -you have downloaded a beta version of the GTK+ 1.2 port of -the wxWindows GUI library. Although this is not yet the -final stable release wxGTK 2.2, the current version has -been tested carefully on many systems and has been found -to work better than any other previous version. +You have downloaded version 2.5 of the GTK port of the +wxWidgets GUI library. -This is the last beta release. wxWindows is now in a code -freeze and only bugs will be corrected. - -wxWindows no longer supports GTK 1.0 (as did some early +wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0 (as did some early snapshots) so that you will need GTK 1.2 when using it. -GTK 1.2.6 is recommended although some programs will work -with GTK 1.2.3 onwards. - -More information is available from my homepage at: +GTK 1.2.6 or above is recommended although some programs +will work with GTK 1.2.3 onwards. There is now support +for GTK 2.0. - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt - -and about the wxWindows project as a whole (and the MSW -and Motif ports in particular) can be found at Julian's -homepage at: +More info about the wxWidgets project (including the +Windows, X11/Motif and other ports) can be found at the main +wxWidgets homepage at: - http://www.wxwindows.org + 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: -./configure --with-gtk -make -su -make install -ldconfig -exit + mkdir gtk + cd 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. + +Note that so far, support for GTK 2.0 has only been tested on +Linux with glibc 2.2. + + +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, @@ -44,18 +52,20 @@ VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... The library produced by the install process will be called -libwx_gtk.a (static) and libwx_gtk-2.1.so.14.0.0 (shared) so -that once a binary incompatible version of wxWindows/Gtk comes -out we'll augment the library version number to avoid linking -problems. +libwx_gtk.a (static, only buil if --disable-shared configure +switch was used or if shared libraries are not supported at all +on your platform which is quite unlikely) and +libwx_gtk-2.2.so.0.0.0 (shared) so that once a binary +incompatible version of wxWidgets/Gtk comes out we'll augment +the library version number to avoid linking problems. Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests, -bug reports or comments to the wxWindows users list. Information +bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. Information on how to subscribe is available from my homepage. Do NOT send any comments directly to me. -wxWindows/Gtk doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It +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.