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wxWidgets 2.5.1
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*** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
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*** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to
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*** use the official 2.4.x stable series. You are still encouraged
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*** to try the releases from 2.5.x branch, of course, and unstable
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*** doesn't mean that they crash all the time -- just that the API
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*** may change in backwards incompatible way. If this doesn't frighten
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*** you, do try this release and please let us know what you think!
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Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
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framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
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possible) the native controls.
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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 are
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wrappers for common file operations, and facilities for writing
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TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more. Where certain
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features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and tree
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controls on Unix, they are emulated.
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A detailed 1800-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF
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and Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
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For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm
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for a list of important documents and samples.
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Changes in this release
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-----------------------
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Please see changes.txt for details.
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Platforms supported
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wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms:
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- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
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- Most Unix variants with GTK+
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- Most Unix variants with X11
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- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
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- MacOS 9.x and 10.x
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- OS/2 (alpha)
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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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Files
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The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the
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target system. Documentation is available mainly in zip format.
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In the following, x.y.z represents the current version number.
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wxWidgets for GTK+ distribution
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wxGTK-x.y.z.tar.gz wxGTK source distribution. You will
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need the HTML, HTB and/or PDF documentation
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(see below)
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wxGTK-demos-x.y.z.tar.gz wxGTK demos source
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wxGTK-samples-x.y.z.tar.gz wxGTK samples source
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wxGTK-x.y.z-0.src.rpm wxGTK Linux source as an RPM, without manuals
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wxGTK-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxGTK Linux binaries as an RPM, without manuals
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wxGTK-devel-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxGTK Linux minimum development system as an RPM
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wxGTK-gl-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm Add-on OpenGL binary as an RPM
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wxWidgets for X11 and Motif distribution
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wxX11-x.y.z.tar.gz wxX11 and wxMotif source distribution, without
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documentation.
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wxWidgets for MS Windows distribution
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setup.exe, setup-*.bin Setup files in floppy-disk-sized chunks
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wxMSW-x.y.z-setup.zip Zip archive containing the
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setup files
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wxMSW-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all the files that are
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in the setup distribution
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As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains:
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- Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp);
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- a Tex2RTF binary;
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- Life! sample binary.
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wxWidgets for MacOS distribution
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wxMac-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all
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source files (excludes documentation)
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wxMac-x.y.z.tar.gz Gzipped tar archive containing all
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source files (excludes documentation).
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You might prefer this format if building on
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MacOS X, since it preserves file permissions.
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wxWidgets for OS/2 distribution
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wxOS2-x.y.z.zip Zip archive containing all source files
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(excludes documentation)
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Documentation files
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip WinHelp documentation
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-PDF.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTML.zip HTML documentation
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip Windows HTML Help documentation
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-HTB.zip wxHTML documentation (for
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use with the helpview utility)
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Installation
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wxWidgets 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
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the samples or write your own applications.
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For installation information, please see the install.txt file
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in the individual directories:
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docs/msw
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docs/gtk
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docs/motif
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docs/mac
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docs/x11
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docs/mgl
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docs/os2
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Licence information
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For licensing information, please see the files:
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docs/preamble.txt
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docs/licence.txt
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docs/licendoc.txt
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docs/gpl.txt
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docs/lgpl.txt
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Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
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proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWidgets in
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addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
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the licence is LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
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distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
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don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
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commercial applications using wxWidgets.
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However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) version
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of your application, don't forget that it is linked against
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GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* exception
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notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked
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against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefully LGPL, section 6.
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which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications
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linked against LGPL library. Basically you should link dynamically and
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include source code of LGPL libraries with your product (unless it is
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already present in user's system - like glibc usually is).
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If compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix only), wxWidgets library will
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contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL.
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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 JPEG image handler, documentation for your program should
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contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of
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the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details.
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If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular expressions
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support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's
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regular expression library copyright.
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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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See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
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See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets 2.
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See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
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The wxWidgets bug database can be browsed at:
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http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863
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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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Further information
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-------------------
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The wxWidgets Web site is located at:
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http://www.wxwidgets.org
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The main wxWidgets ftp site is at:
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ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub
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A wxWidgets CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
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front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
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material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWidgets
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web site.
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Have fun!
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The wxWidgets Team, February 2004
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