From: Julian Smart Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 08:31:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Applied patch [ 608876 ] Improvements to installation docs X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/commitdiff_plain/b55a176b25afb2f838601b260aea28912fcd83a5?ds=sidebyside Applied patch [ 608876 ] Improvements to installation docs git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@17173 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775 --- diff --git a/demos/dbbrowse/help.de/problems.htm b/demos/dbbrowse/help.de/problems.htm index c502941ab9..980f689176 100644 --- a/demos/dbbrowse/help.de/problems.htm +++ b/demos/dbbrowse/help.de/problems.htm @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Allgemein - +
Problem :  Nur gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assurt failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 238: unknown font slant
Problem :  Nur gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assert failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 238: unknown font slant
Lösung :nicht bekannt

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Problem :  Nur gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assurt failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 249: unknown font weight
Problem :  Nur gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assert failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 249: unknown font weight
Lösung :nicht bekannt

diff --git a/demos/dbbrowse/help.std/problems.htm b/demos/dbbrowse/help.std/problems.htm index a8014a0a8e..c15b8f2dd0 100644 --- a/demos/dbbrowse/help.std/problems.htm +++ b/demos/dbbrowse/help.std/problems.htm @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
General
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Problem :  Only gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assurt failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 238: unknown font slant
Problem :  Only gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assert failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 238: unknown font slant
Solution :unknown

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Problem :  Only gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assurt failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 249: unknown font weight
Problem :  Only gcc 2.95 Compiler :
Assert failed in file ../../src/msw/fontutil.cpp at line 249: unknown font weight
Solution :unknown

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Problem :Why doesn't the Refresh-Button (F5) work?
solved :unbekannt
solved :unknown

diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.txt b/docs/gtk/install.txt index ce6b01c77a..168a270a2b 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/install.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/install.txt @@ -1,10 +1,20 @@ +wxWindows 2.3 for GTK installation +---------------------------------- - !!! When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are - using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxGTK 2.3.0, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 6.2 !!! +IMPORTANT NOTE: -* The most simple case ------------------------ + If you experience problems installing, please re-read these + instructions and other related files (todo.txt, bugs.txt and + osname.txt for your platform if it exists) carefully before + mailing wxwin-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the + problem first and then send a patch to the author. + + When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are + using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One + example: wxGTK 2.3.3, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2 + +* The simplest case +------------------- If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): @@ -64,8 +74,8 @@ cd buildgtkd make cd .. -* The most simple errors ------------------------- +* The simplest errors +--------------------- For any configure errors: please look at config.log file which was generated during configure run, it usually contains some useful information. @@ -85,43 +95,44 @@ Solaris make. Other versions might work or not (any which don't have VPATH support definitely won't). You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a -broken compiler, which includes a lot of old gcc versions. In particular, if -you use gcc 2.8 you have to disable optimisation as the compiler will give up -with an internal compiler error. +broken compiler. GCC 2.8 and earlier versions and egcs are likely to cause +problems due to incomplete support for C++ and optimisation bugs. Best to use +GCC 2.95 or later. You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is either due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than your program - typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the -library but not for your program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its -optimisation) such as gcc 2.8. +library but not for your program - or due to using a compiler with optimisation +bugs. Linker complains about missing PROIO_yy_flex_alloc and similar symbols: you probably have an old version of flex, 2.5.4 is recommended. -* The most simple program -------------------------- +* The simplest program +---------------------- -Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with +Now create your super-application myfoo.cpp and compile anywhere with -gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo * General ------------------------ +--------- -The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with your -make use GNU make instead. +The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with +your make use GNU make instead. If you have general problems with installation, read my homepage at - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt + http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt/ for newest information. If you still don't have any success, please send a bug report to one of our mailing lists (see my homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF -YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION -YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... +YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT +DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, +but I tried... * GUI libraries ------------------------ +--------------- wxWindows/GTK requires the GTK+ library to be installed on your system. It has to be a stable version, preferably version 1.2.10 (at least 1.2.3 is required, @@ -135,15 +146,16 @@ We also mirror GTK+ at my ftp site. You'll find information about downloading at my homepage. * Additional libraries ------------------------ +---------------------- -wxWindows/Gtk requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with threads. -This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all Linux-Versions that are -based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in many aspects. As of writing -this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: +wxWindows/Gtk requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with +threads. This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all +Linux-Versions that are based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in +many aspects. As of writing this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc +2 support: - RedHat 5.1 - - Debian 2.0 + - Debian 2.0 and 3.0 - Stampede - DLD 6.0 - SuSE 6.0 @@ -157,11 +169,8 @@ make install ldconfig exit -NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC 2.7 AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL CRASH UPON -START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy. - * Building wxGTK on OS/2 --------------------------- +------------------------ Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation to Andrea Venturoli and patches to @@ -199,7 +208,7 @@ generate "lex.yy.c", you need to manually change the generated makefile. * Building wxGTK on SGI --------------------------- +----------------------- Using the SGI native compilers, it is recommended that you also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These @@ -217,7 +226,7 @@ untested). The SGI native compiler support has only been tested on Irix 6.5. * Create your configuration ------------------------------ +--------------------------- Usage: ./configure options @@ -226,8 +235,8 @@ If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, set environment variables CC and CCC as % setenv CC cc - % setenv CCC CC - % ./configure options + % setenv CXX CC + % ./configure [options] to see all the options please use: @@ -240,7 +249,7 @@ and Motif) simultaneously. * General options -------------------- +----------------- Given below are the commands to change the default behaviour, i.e. if it says "--disable-threads" it means that threads @@ -309,7 +318,7 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. options. * Feature Options -------------------- +----------------- When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK you'll be surprised at its immense size. This can sometimes be @@ -365,7 +374,7 @@ the program of its debugging information resulting in a significant reduction in size. * Compiling -------------- +----------- The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxGTK or ~/wxWin or whatever) @@ -406,7 +415,7 @@ in the various directories will do the work for you. 1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files automatically using wx-config -gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --cflags --libs` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --cxxflags --libs` -o myfoo Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look like this @@ -417,7 +426,7 @@ minimal: minimal.o $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CC) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o + $(CC) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o clean: rm -f *.o minimal diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt index b398d599ea..7b954792f3 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ support, you need to configure ./configure --with-gtk --enable-gtk2 --enable-unicode etc. -Sofar, support for GTK 2.0 has only been tested on +So far, support for GTK 2.0 has only been tested on Linux with glibc 2.2. When you run into problems, please read the INSTALL.txt and diff --git a/docs/latex/book/chap_install.tex b/docs/latex/book/chap_install.tex index 9db602c197..4c1a0071e6 100644 --- a/docs/latex/book/chap_install.tex +++ b/docs/latex/book/chap_install.tex @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ at each major platform in turn. \section{Unix: GTK+ and Motif}\label{installunix} -\subsection{The most simple case} +\subsection{The simplest case} If you are compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions, just do this in the base directory: @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ For building three versions (one for GTK+, one for Motif and a debug GTK+ versio cd .. \end{verbatim} -\subsection{The most simple errors} +\subsection{The simplest errors} \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt \item Configure reports, that you don't have GTK 1.2 installed although you are @@ -86,21 +86,23 @@ versions of glib (and its headers). Also, look for the PATH variable and check if it includes the path to the correct gtk-config! The check your LDPATH if it points to the correct library. There is no way to compile wxGTK if configure doesn't pass this test as all this test does is compile and link a GTK program. -\item You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a broken -compiler, which includes almost everything that is called gcc. If you use gcc 2.8 -you have to disable optimisation as the compiler will give up with an internal -compiler error.You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is either -due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than your program - -typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the library but not for your -program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its optimisation) such as GCC 2.8. +\item You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a +broken compiler. GCC 2.8 and earlier versions and egcs are likely to cause +problems due to incomplete support for C++ and optimisation bugs. Best to use +GCC 2.95 or later. +\item You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is +either due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than +your program - typically you might have the \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_ option set for the +library but not for your program - or due to using a compiler with optimisation +bugs. \end{itemize} -\subsection{The most simple program} +\subsection{The simplest program} Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with: \begin{verbatim} - gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo + g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo \end{verbatim} \wxheading{General} @@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt \item RedHat 5.1 -\item Debian 2.0 +\item Debian 2.0 and 3.0 \item Stampede \item DLD 6.0 \item SuSE 6.0 @@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: You can disable thread support by running \begin{verbatim} -./configure "--disable-threads" +./configure --disable-threads make su make install @@ -424,24 +426,24 @@ in the various directories will do the work for you. \subsubsection{Creating a new Project} -1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files +1\ket The first way uses the installed libraries and header files automatically using wx-config \begin{verbatim} -gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --cflags --libs` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --cxxflags --libs` -o myfoo \end{verbatim} Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look like this \begin{verbatim} -CC = gcc +CXX = g++ minimal: minimal.o - $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` + $(CXX) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CC) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o + $(CXX) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o clean: rm -f *.o minimal @@ -450,7 +452,7 @@ clean: This is certain to become the standard way unless we decide to stick to tmake. -2) The other way creates a project within the source code +2\ket The other way creates a project within the source code directories of wxWindows. For this endeavour, you'll need GNU autoconf version 2.14 and add an entry to your Makefile.in to the bottom of the configure.in script and run autoconf diff --git a/docs/motif/aix.txt b/docs/motif/aix.txt index b4bf78d231..50acc4237e 100644 --- a/docs/motif/aix.txt +++ b/docs/motif/aix.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ configure for the first time: For Bourne shell (sh, ksh, zsh, bash) users: - export CC=xlc - export CXX=xlC + CC=xlc ; export CC + CXX=xlC ; export CXX For C shell (csh, tcsh) users: diff --git a/docs/motif/install.txt b/docs/motif/install.txt index 788fca63bf..c0c3157acb 100644 --- a/docs/motif/install.txt +++ b/docs/motif/install.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxMotif 2.3.0, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 5.0 + example: wxMotif 2.3.3, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.1 First steps ----------- @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ First steps COMPILING USING CONFIGURE ========================= -* The most simple case ------------------------ +* The simplest case +------------------- If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ such as for GTK and Motif, you can now build two complete libraries and use them concurrently. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build of wxWindows - you may also want to create different versions of wxWindows and test them concurrently. Most typically, this would be a version configured -with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can currently -be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for that purpose. -For building three versions (one GTK, one Motif and a debug version of the GTK -source) you'd do this: +with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can +currently be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for +that purpose. For building three versions (one GTK, one Motif and a debug +version of the GTK source) you'd do this: md buildmotif cd buildmotif @@ -101,45 +101,45 @@ cd buildgtkd make cd .. -* The most simple errors ------------------------- - -You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a broken -compiler, which includes almost everything that is called gcc. If you use gcc 2.8 -you have to disable optimisation as the compiler will give up with an internal -compiler error. +* The simplest errors +--------------------- -If there is just any way for you to use egcs, use egcs. We cannot fix gcc. +You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a +broken compiler. GCC 2.8 and earlier versions and egcs are likely to cause +problems due to incomplete support for C++ and optimisation bugs. Best to use +GCC 2.95 or later. -You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is either -due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than your program - -typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the library but not for your -program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its optimisation) such as GCC 2.8. +You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is +either due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than +your program - typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the +library but not for your program - or due to using a compiler with optimisation +bugs. -* The most simple program -------------------------- +* The simplest program +---------------------- Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo * General ------------------------ +--------- -The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with your -make use GNU make instead. +The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with +your make use GNU make instead. -If you have general problems with installation, read my homepage at +If you have general problems with installation, see the wxWindows website at - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt + http://www.wxwindows.org/ for newest information. If you still don't have any success, please send a bug report to one of our mailing lists (see my homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF -YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION -YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... +YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF MOTIF, WXMOTIF, WHAT +DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, +but I tried... * GUI libraries ------------------------ +--------------- wxWindows/Motif requires the Motif library to be installed on your system. As an alternative, you may also use the free library "lesstif" which implements @@ -150,32 +150,30 @@ You can get the newest version of the Lesstif from the lesstif homepage at: http://www.lesstif.org * Additional libraries ------------------------ +---------------------- -wxWindows/Motif requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with threads. -This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all Linux-Versions that are -based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in many aspects. As of writing -this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: +wxWindows/Motif requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with +threads. This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all +Linux-Versions that are based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in +many aspects. As of writing this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc +2 support: - RedHat 5.1 - - Debian 2.0 + - Debian 2.0 and 3.0 - Stampede - DLD 6.0 - SuSE 6.0 You can disable thread support by running -./configure "--disable-threads" +./configure --disable-threads make su make install ldconfig exit -NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL -CRASH UPON START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy. - -* Building wxGTK on OS/2 +* Building wxMotif on OS/2 -------------------------- Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation @@ -219,7 +217,7 @@ generate "lex.yy.c", you need to manually change the generated makefile. * Building wxMotif on SGI --------------------------- +------------------------- Using the SGI native compilers, it is recommended that you also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These @@ -237,10 +235,10 @@ untested). The SGI native compiler support has only been tested on Irix 6.5. * Create your configuration ------------------------------ +--------------------------- Usage: - ./configure options + ./configure [options] If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, set environment variables CXX and CC as @@ -280,8 +278,6 @@ in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). You have to add --with-motif on platforms, where Motif is not the default (on Linux, configure will default to GTK). - --without-gtk Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK) - --with-motif Use either Motif or Lesstif Configure will look for both. @@ -339,7 +335,7 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. options. * Feature Options -------------------- +----------------- Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). @@ -387,9 +383,9 @@ the program of its debugging information resulting in a significant reduction in size. * Compiling -------------- +----------- -The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxGTK +The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxMotif or ~/wxWin or whatever) Now the makefiles are created (by configure) and you can compile @@ -423,12 +419,12 @@ object-files: in the various directories will do the work for you. * Creating a new Project --------------------------- +------------------------ 1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files automatically using wx-config -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cxxflags` -o myfoo Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look like this @@ -439,7 +435,7 @@ minimal: minimal.o $(CXX) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CXX) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o + $(CXX) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o clean: rm -f *.o minimal @@ -482,9 +478,9 @@ and configure before you can type make. Troubleshooting --------------- -- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable argument - functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the include - path. +- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable + argument functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the + include path. - If you operator-related compile errors or strange memory problems (for example in deletion of string arrays), set wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS diff --git a/docs/x11/install.txt b/docs/x11/install.txt index a8f2f93aab..5239306806 100644 --- a/docs/x11/install.txt +++ b/docs/x11/install.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ wxWindows 2.3 for X11 installation ------------------------------------- +---------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE: @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: osname.txt for your platform if it exists) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and then send a patch to the author. - + When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxX11 2.3.0, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 5.0 + example: wxX11 2.3.3, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2 First steps ----------- @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ First steps COMPILING USING CONFIGURE ========================= -* The most simple case ------------------------ +* The simplest case +------------------- If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): @@ -73,14 +73,16 @@ such as for GTK and X11, you can now build two complete libraries and use them concurrently. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build of wxWindows - you may also want to create different versions of wxWindows and test them concurrently. Most typically, this would be a version configured -with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can currently -be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for that purpose. +with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can +currently be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for +that purpose. + For building three versions (one GTK, one X11 and a debug version of the GTK source) you'd do this: md buildx11 cd buildx11 -../configure --with-x11 --with-universal +../configure --with-x11 make cd .. @@ -96,91 +98,81 @@ cd buildgtkd make cd .. -* The most simple errors ------------------------- - -You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a broken -compiler, which includes almost everything that is called gcc. If you use gcc 2.8 -you have to disable optimisation as the compiler will give up with an internal -compiler error. +* The simplest errors +--------------------- -If there is just any way for you to use egcs, use egcs. We cannot fix gcc. +You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a +broken compiler. GCC 2.8 and earlier versions and egcs are likely to cause +problems due to incomplete support for C++ and optimisation bugs. Best to use +GCC 2.95 or later. -You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is either -due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than your program - -typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the library but not for your -program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its optimisation) such as GCC 2.8. +You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is +either due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than +your program - typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the +library but not for your program - or due to using a compiler with optimisation +bugs. -* The most simple program -------------------------- +* The simplest program +---------------------- -Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with +Now create your super-application myfoo.cpp and compile anywhere with -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo * General ------------------------ +--------- -The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with your -make use GNU make instead. +The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with +your make use GNU make instead. -If you have general problems with installation, read my homepage at +If you have general problems with installation, see the wxWindows website at - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt + http://www.wxwindows.org/ for newest information. If you still don't have any success, please send a bug report to one of our mailing lists (see my homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF -YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION +YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF X, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... * GUI libraries ------------------------ - -wxWindows/X11 requires the X11 library to be installed on your system. As -an alternative, you may also use the free library "lesstif" which implements -most of the X11 API without the licence restrictions of X11. - -You can get the newest version of the Lesstif from the lesstif homepage at: +--------------- - http://www.lesstif.org +wxWindows/X11 requires the X11 library to be installed on your system. * Additional libraries ------------------------ +---------------------- -wxWindows/X11 requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with threads. -This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all Linux-Versions that are -based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in many aspects. As of writing -this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: +wxWindows/X11 requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with +threads. This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all +Linux-Versions that are based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in +many aspects. As of writing this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc +2 support: - RedHat 5.1 - - Debian 2.0 + - Debian 2.0 and 3.0 - Stampede - DLD 6.0 - SuSE 6.0 You can disable thread support by running -./configure "--disable-threads" +./configure --disable-threads make su make install ldconfig exit -NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL -CRASH UPON START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy. - -* Building wxGTK on OS/2 --------------------------- +* Building wxX11 on OS/2 +------------------------ Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation to Andrea Venturoli and patches to the wxWindows mailing list. You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.00FP#6), X-Free86/2 (3.3.3 or newer), -Lesstif (0.89.1 or newer), emx (0.9d fix 1), flex (2.5.4), -yacc (1.8), unix like shell, e.g. korn shell (5.2.13), -Autoconf (2.13), GNU file utilities (3.6), +emx (0.9d fix 1), flex (2.5.4), yacc (1.8), unix like shell, +e.g. korn shell (5.2.13), Autoconf (2.13), GNU file utilities (3.6), GNU text utilities (1.3), GNU shell utilites (1.12), m4 (1.4), sed (2.05), grep (2.0), Awk (3.0.3), GNU Make (3.76.1). @@ -200,7 +192,7 @@ versions of the configure scripts. Now run configure --with-x11 as described above. -To verify Lesstif installation, configure will try to compile a +To verify X11 installation, configure will try to compile a sample program that requires X headers/libraries to be either available via C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH or you need to explicitly set CFLAGS prior to running configure. @@ -214,7 +206,7 @@ generate "lex.yy.c", you need to manually change the generated makefile. * Building wxX11 on SGI --------------------------- +----------------------- Using the SGI native compilers, it is recommended that you also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These @@ -232,17 +224,17 @@ untested). The SGI native compiler support has only been tested on Irix 6.5. * Create your configuration ------------------------------ +--------------------------- Usage: - ./configure options + ./configure [options] If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, set environment variables CXX and CC as % setenv CC cc % setenv CXX CC - % ./configure options + % ./configure [options] to see all the options please use: @@ -263,23 +255,16 @@ not been defined. And Make in some circumstances as well... * General options -------------------- +----------------- Given below are the commands to change the default behaviour, i.e. if it says "--disable-threads" it means that threads are enabled by default. -Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested -in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). - You have to add --with-x11 on platforms, where X11 is not the default (on Linux, configure will default to GTK). - --without-gtk Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK). - - --with-x11 Use X11. - - --with-universal Needs to be specified with X11. + --with-x11 Use X11. The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. @@ -335,12 +320,12 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. options. * Feature Options -------------------- +----------------- Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). -When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK +When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxX11 you'll be surprised at its immense size. This can sometimes be drastically reduced by removing features from wxWindows that are not used in your program. The most relevant such features @@ -383,10 +368,10 @@ the program of its debugging information resulting in a significant reduction in size. * Compiling -------------- +----------- -The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxGTK -or ~/wxWin or whatever) +The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxX11 +or whatever) Now the makefiles are created (by configure) and you can compile the library by typing: @@ -414,17 +399,17 @@ You can remove any traces of wxWindows by typing If you want to save disk space by removing unnecessary object-files: - make clean + make clean in the various directories will do the work for you. * Creating a new Project --------------------------- +------------------------ 1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files automatically using wx-config -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cxxflags` -o myfoo Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look like this @@ -435,7 +420,7 @@ minimal: minimal.o $(CXX) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CXX) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o + $(CXX) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o clean: rm -f *.o minimal @@ -450,7 +435,7 @@ to the bottom of the configure.in script and run autoconf and configure before you can type make. * Further notes by Julian Smart ---------------------------------- +------------------------------- - You may find the following script useful for compiling wxX11, especially if installing from zips (which don't preserve file @@ -468,7 +453,7 @@ and configure before you can type make. # anyhow # -- Julian Smart chmod a+x configure config.sub config.guess - ./configure --with-shared --with-x11 --with-universal --without-gtk --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets --without-odbc + ./configure --with-x11 --with-shared --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets --without-odbc make -------:x-----Cut here-----:x----- @@ -478,9 +463,9 @@ and configure before you can type make. Troubleshooting --------------- -- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable argument - functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the include - path. +- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable + argument functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the + include path. - If you operator-related compile errors or strange memory problems (for example in deletion of string arrays), set wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS @@ -501,7 +486,7 @@ Other Notes recommended to use --with-debug_info and --with-debug_flag configure switches while developing your application. To compile in non-debug mode, remove the -D__WXDEBUG__ switch in make.env (or if using the - configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without_debug_flag + configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without-debug_flag and --with-debug_info to --without-debug_info in the makewxx11 script). diff --git a/docs/x11/readme.txt b/docs/x11/readme.txt index 8f728dc987..4e8f155377 100644 --- a/docs/x11/readme.txt +++ b/docs/x11/readme.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 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-x11 --disable-shared --with-x11 --with-debug_flag --enable-log --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets -without-odbc -with-libjpeg --enable-debug_cntxt --disable-no_rtti" +./configure --with-x11 --disable-shared --enable-log --enable-debug -without-odbc --enable-debug_cntxt make su @@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ 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 lists (see the wxWindows homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SYSTEM AND -YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF MOTIF, WXMOTIF, WHAT -DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. -Alternatively, you may also use the bug reporting system -linked from the wxWindows web page. +YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF X, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE +AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. Alternatively, you may also use the bug +reporting system linked from the wxWindows web page. The library produced by the install process will be called libwx_x11univ[d].a (static) and libwx_x11univ[d]-2.3.so.0.0.0 @@ -63,8 +62,7 @@ Some remaining issues: - wxToggleButton implementation missing - wxSpinCtrl implementation missing - tooltips implementation missing -- code common to the Motif and X11 ports needs to be - merged +- code common to the Motif and X11 ports needs to be merged - need thread safety in event loop Regards,