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wxWidgets 2.9.x
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wxWidgets 2.9.1 Release Notes
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=============================
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Welcome to wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++ framework for
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writing advanced GUI applications using native controls
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where possible.
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Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++
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framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native
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controls where possible.
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In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as
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frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons,
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device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there
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are wrappers for common file operations, and facilities for
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writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
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In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames,
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scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts,
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printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common
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file operations, and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications,
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thread handling, and more.
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A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various
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topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at
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http://docs.wxwidgets.org/
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Note about naming: while 2.9.1 is called a "development" release,
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this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
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the subsequent 2.9.x releases, unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We
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believe the current version is stable and suitable for use in
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production environment.
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Where certain features are not available on a platform, such
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as MDI under Unix and OS X, they are emulated.
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A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for
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various topics is supplied in various formats and can be
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accessed online.
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Changes in this release
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-----------------------
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Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.8" in the manual
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for details.
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This release contains several years worth of improvements compared
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to 2.8 version. Notably, Unicode support has been completely
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overhauled and made much easier to use. Debugging support, including
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when using a release build of the library, was much improved making
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it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI
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and base classes have been added or improved.
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Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure
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to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade
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from a previous wxWidgets release.
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This release introduces many important changes and we are looking
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forward to your feedback about them. In particular please let us
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know about any regressions compared to the previous versions (see
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the section "Bug reporting" below) so that we could fix them before
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3.0 release.
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Platforms supported
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-------------------
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wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms:
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wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms:
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- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Pocket PC/Mobile, Smartphone
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- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ 2 toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
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- MacOS OS X (10.4 or newer) using Carbon and some Cocao mix-in
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- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
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- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
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- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa
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There is some support for the followig platforms:
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There is some support for the following platforms:
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- Most Unix variants with X11
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- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
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- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2
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- MacOS 10.x using the Cocoa API
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- OS/2
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- PalmOS
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- Windows CE (Pocket PC)
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Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
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file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
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See also http://www.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm.
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file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) and
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http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Supported_Platforms for the most up to
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date status.
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Files
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The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the
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target system. See the download pages for details.
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Installation
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------------
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wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples
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or write your own applications. For installation information, please
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see the install.txt file in the individual directories:
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see the install.txt file in the docs subdirectory appropriate for
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the platform you use.
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docs/msw
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docs/gtk
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docs/motif
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docs/osx
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docs/cocoa
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docs/x11
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docs/mgl
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docs/os2
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docs/palmos
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Licence information
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-------------------
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@ -86,7 +101,7 @@ to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, the licence is
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LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted distribution of
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application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you don't have to
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distribute any source if you wish to write commercial
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applications using wxWidgets.
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applications using wxWidgets.
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However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif)
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version of your application, don't forget that it is linked
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@ -97,7 +112,7 @@ against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefully LGPL, section
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applications linked against LGPL library. Basically you should
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link dynamically and include source code of LGPL libraries with
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your product (unless it is already present in user's system -
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like glibc usually is).
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like glibc usually is).
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If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT
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for libtiff licence details.
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If you use wxXML classes or XRC, see src/expat/COPYING for licence details.
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Documentation
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-------------
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See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
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wxWidgets documentation is available online at
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http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.1/ and can also be downloaded in HTML
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format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...)
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please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory.
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See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets.
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See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
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Bug reporting
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-------------
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The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at:
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fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be
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addressed sooner.
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The Windows HTML Help files are located in docs/htmlhelp.
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The Windows Help files are located in docs/winhelp.
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The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
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The HTB (wxWidgets HTML Help) files are located in docs/htb.
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Further information
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Have fun!
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The wxWidgets Team, January 2007
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The wxWidgets Team, July 2010
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