-A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported
-on most of these platforms.
-
-To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at:
-
- http://www.wxwidgets.org
-
-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.
+To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
+
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/
+
+This is the first version in the new 2.7 series. Please notice
+that this series is called "development" and not "stable" solely
+because compatibility is not assured among between different 2.7
+series versions but there are no known issues with the stability
+of the programs using this version.
+
+There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
+change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
+most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
+
+ - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
+ windows and much more
+ - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
+ - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
+ - New wxTreebook book-like control
+ - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
+ - wxHyperlinkCtrl control
+