From bdb148e06daf243c5b5b628f8840f7aeb7383689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Roebling Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 19:48:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Readme.txt git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@43882 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775 --- docs/gtk/readme.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt index 4740bde7f6..eaf08ffb80 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt @@ -4,11 +4,22 @@ 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 @@ -39,7 +50,6 @@ 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, please send a bug report to one of our mailing list, INCLUDING @@ -52,8 +62,6 @@ bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can 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. -- 2.45.2