You have downloaded version 2.8 of the GTK+ port of the
wxWidgets GUI library.
-wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0.x (as did some early
-snapshots) and support for GTK 1.2.x will be phased out
-over time. Nearly all work is now done on GTK 2.0.x and
-quite a few of the enhancements of GTK+ 2.4.x and even
-GTK 2.8.x are used.
+It is recommended to use at least GTK+ 2.2.3 to get the
+most out of wxWidgets and some features are only available
+when using GTK+ 2.4 or even from GTK+ 2.8. Note that if you
+compile wxWidgets against GTK+ 2.8 your app will still work
+with older GTK+ version down to version 2.2 as wxWidgets
+tests for the presence of newer features at run-time and it
+will fall back to a generic implementation if these features
+are not present in the GTK+ version used.
+
+wxWidgets 2.8 still supports GTK+ 1.2, but no developement
+is done on that port anymore and support for GTK+ 1.2 will
+probably be dropped entirely. Indeed, one of the major steps
+in the developement cycle leading up to wxWidgets 2.8 was
+that the codebase for GTK+ 1.2 and GTK+ 2.0 were separated
+so that improvements and clean-ups to the GTK+ 2.0 port
+could be done without caring for GTK+ 1.2.
More info about the wxWidgets project (including all the
other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the
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,
please send a bug report to one of our mailing list, INCLUDING
be found at http://www.wxwidgets.org and more specifically at
http://lists.wxwidgets.org.
-Do NOT send any comments directly to me.
-
wxWidgets 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.