updated version to 2.70.; corrected URLs and updated change log in the announcement text

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@40481 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/gtk/install.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-wxWidgets 2.6 for GTK+ installation
+wxWidgets 2.7 for GTK+ installation
 -----------------------------------
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
   When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are
   using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One
-  example: wxGTK 2.6.3, gcc 3.4.5, Fedora Core 4
+  example: wxGTK 2.7.0, gcc 3.4.5, Fedora Core 4
 
 * The simplest case
 -------------------
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ cd buildgtkd
 make
 cd ..
 
-Note that since wxWidgets-2.6.0 you can install all those libraries
+Note that you can install all those libraries concurrently, you just need to
-concurrently, you just need to pass the appropriate flags when using them.
+pass the appropriate flags when using them.
 
 * The simplest errors
 ---------------------

docs/gtk/readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+   Welcome to wxWidgets 2.7.0 for GTK+
+   -----------------------------------
 
-   Welcome to wxWidgets 2.6 for GTK+
+You have downloaded version 2.7 of the GTK+ port of the 
-
-You have downloaded version 2.6 of the GTK+ port of the 
 wxWidgets GUI library.
 
 wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0.x (as did some early
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ More info about the wxWidgets project (including all the
 other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the
 main wxWidgets homepage at:
 
-                  http://www.wxwidgets.org
+                  http://www.wxwidgets.org/
   
 Information on how to install can be found in the file 
 INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ many systems:
 
     mkdir build_gtk
     cd build_gtk
-    ../configure --with-gtk=2
+    ../configure
     make
     su <type root password>
     make install

docs/mgl/install.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
   When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are
   using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One
-  example: wxMGL 2.6.2, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0
+  example: wxMGL 2.7.0, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0
 
 First steps
 -----------

docs/mgl/readme.txt

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 
-  Welcome to wxWidgets/MGL 2.6.2
+  Welcome to wxWidgets/MGL 2.7.0
 
-You have downloaded version 2.6.2 of the MGL port of
+You have downloaded version 2.7.0 of the MGL port of
 the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on top of SciTech MGL library
-(http://www.scitechsoft.com) that is available for variety of 
+(http://www.scitechsoft.com/) that is available for variety of 
 operating systems and comes with support for embedded devices.
 
 More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole
 can be found at:
 
-  http://www.wxwidgets.org
+  http://www.wxwidgets.org/
   
 Information on how to install can be found in the file 
 install.txt

docs/msw/install.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Installing wxWidgets 2.6.2
+Installing wxWidgets 2.7.0
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-This is wxWidgets 2.6.2 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
+This is wxWidgets 2.7.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
 Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows CE.
 
 These installation notes can be found in docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 1. CodeWarrior Pro 7 project files in XML format are already
-   included in wxMSW-2.6.2.zip and the setup version.
+   included in wxMSW-2.7.0.zip and the setup version.
 
 2. Review the file include\wx\msw\setup.h (or include\wx\msw\setup0.h if
    you are working from the CVS version) to make sure the settings reflect

docs/os2/install.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Installing wxWidgets 2.6.2
+Installing wxWidgets 2.7.0
 --------------------------
 
-This is wxWidgets 2.6.2 for IBM OS/2 Warp3 and Warp4. This is an unstable
+This is wxWidgets 2.7.0 for IBM OS/2 Warp3 and Warp4. This is an unstable
 development release and OS/2 is considered to be in beta.
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Unarchiving
 At this time there is no comprehensive setup.exe type installation program.
 wxWidgets for OS/2 requires you download various .zip files and unpack them
 to your desired location on your system.  Pick a location say,
-C:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2, copy the .zip files to there and unzip them ensuring you
+C:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0, copy the .zip files to there and unzip them ensuring you
 unzip the subdirectories as well.  You will need:
 
 - All common, generic and OS2-specific wxWidgets source;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ unzip the subdirectories as well.  You will need:
 - PNG library source;
 - ZLIB library source;
 
-All but the documentation is included in wxOS2-2.6.2.zip, documentation
+All but the documentation is included in wxOS2-2.7.0.zip, documentation
 must be downloaded separately from the wxWidgets Web site.
 
 Other add-on packages are available from the wxWidgets Web site, such as:
@@ -46,27 +46,27 @@ General installation notes
 After unzipping everything your directory tree should look something like
 this:
 
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\docs (your HTML reference manual)
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\docs (your HTML reference manual)
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\include\wx
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\include\wx
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\include\wx\generic
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\include\wx\generic
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\include\wx\html
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\include\wx\html
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\include\wx\os2
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\include\wx\os2
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\samples\....  (all the sample directories)
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\samples\....  (all the sample directories)
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\common
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\common
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\generic
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\generic
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\html
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\html
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\jpeg
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\jpeg
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\os2
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\os2
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\png
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\png
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\tiff
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\tiff
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\src\zlib
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\src\zlib
 
 If you are using VisualAge, you will also need to ensure you have a
-\lib directory as well, x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\lib
+\lib directory as well, x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\lib
 and you will have to set a WXWIN environment variable in your
 config.sys,
-SET WXWIN=X:\WX\WXWINDOWS-2.6.2;
+SET WXWIN=X:\WX\WXWINDOWS-2.7.0;
 
 Compilation
 -----------
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ developping cross-platform applications you might want to compile (and
 update) e.g. wxGTK or wxX11 as well.
 
 In the following, let's assume you decided to build in
-\wx\wxWidgets-2.6.2\build\pm. Now we need to set some environment
+\wx\wxWidgets-2.7.0\build\pm. Now we need to set some environment
 variables, namely MAKESHELL (to a Unix like shell, let's assume ash)
 and INSTALL (to point to the install script. If you omit this, configure
 might find something like the system's tcpip\pcomos\install.exe which will
 not do the thing you want), e.g.
 SET MAKESHELL=ash
-SET INSTALL=/wx/wxWidgets-2.6.2/install-sh -c
+SET INSTALL=/wx/wxWidgets-2.7.0/install-sh -c
 
 Be warned that depending on the precise version of your make, the
 variable that needs to be set might be MAKE_SHELL instead of MAKESHELL.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Finally, if you also want to build a different port, e.g. wxGTK, you
 essentially have to use the procedure described above, the only difference
 being that you have to pass a switch to configure indicating which port
 to build. If you do not do this in a separate build directory (e.g.
-\wxWidgets-2.6.2\build\gtk), you'll have to do a `make clean' first.
+\wxWidgets-2.7.0\build\gtk), you'll have to do a `make clean' first.
 The magical switches that have to be passed to configure for the various
 ports are --with-gtk (wxGTK), --with-motif (wxMotif), --with-x11 (wxX11),
 and --disable-gui (wxBase). Note that contrary to the native, PM based

docs/palmos/readme.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ First, you need the freely distributable Palm OS Developer Studio available at
 
 Beware, its installation takes about 500Mb (+ 150 Mb of cygwin if not installed
 yet), so make sure you have enough disk space for it and for wxWidgets build
-tree (another 50Mb). Last tested set: PODS 1.2, SDK 6.1, wxWidgets 2.6.2.
+tree (another 50Mb). Last tested set: PODS 1.2, SDK 6.1, wxWidgets 2.7.0.
 
 The Developer Studio is Eclipse-based and so is a GUI environment, however it
 is also possible to build Palm applications from the command line using the

docs/publicity/announce.txt

@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
-Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-June 5th, 2005 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
+August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
-a new official release of the mature cross-platform C++
+a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework.
-application framework.
 
 The following platforms are supported:
 
 - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
+- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures
 - Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003
-- Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0
+- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+
-- Linux/Unix with X11 (beta)
+- Unix with X11 (beta)
-- Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif
+- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
-- Mac OS 9.x and 10.2 and above using Carbon
+- Mac OS X using Carbon
-- Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta)
+- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta)
 - OS/2 (beta)
 - MGL for Linux and DOS
 - Palm OS (alpha)
 
-A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported
+To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
-on most of these platforms.
 
-To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at:
+  http://www.wxwidgets.org/
 
-  http://www.wxwidgets.org
+This is the first version in the new 2.7 series. Please notice
+that this series is called "development" and not "stable" solely
+because compatibility is not assured among between different 2.7
+series versions but there are no known issues with the stability
+of the programs using this version.
+
+There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
+change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
+most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
+
+    - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
+      windows and much more
+    - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
+    - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
+    - New wxTreebook book-like control
+    - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
+    - wxHyperlinkCtrl control
 
-Since 2.4.2, we have added support for Windows Mobile devices,
-enhanced GTK+ 2 support, radically overhauled the Mac OS X port,
-replaced the build system with Bakefile, added better
-integration with STL, and added a CppUnit-based test suite.
-Other changes include sizer improvements, new Gnome printing
-features, ODBC enhancements such as BLOB support and Unicode
-support on Windows, wxTaskBarIcon support on Mac OS X and Linux
-as well as Windows, top-level windows can have arbitrary shapes,
-images can have alpha channels, plus many API enhancements and
-bug fixes to existing classes. New classes include
-wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxHtmlListbox,
-wxPropertySheetDialog, wxGridBagSizer, wxMediaCtrl,
-wxDatePickerCtrl, wxArchiveInputStream/wxArchiveOutputStream
-(including zip archive read/write support), wxListbook,
-wxChoicebook, wxDebugReport, and more.
 
 *** About wxWidgets
 
@@ -75,15 +75,14 @@ If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
 reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
 If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start.
 
-wxWidgets bindings for several other languages are available,
+wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available,
 including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel.
 
 If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
 
-    http://www.wxwidgets.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
+    http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
-    http://www.wxwidgets.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
+    http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
-    http://www.wxwidgets.org/users.htm    ; A list of some of our
+    http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm    ; Some of our users
-                                          ; users
 
 Have fun!
 

docs/readme.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-wxWidgets 2.6.2
+wxWidgets 2.7.0
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
 file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
 See also http://www.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm.
 
-The 2.6 series is the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS
+Note that 2.6 series were the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS
-9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above will focus on
+9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above focuses on GTK+ 2 and Mac OS
-GTK+ 2, and Mac OS 10.3 and above.
+10.3 and above and compatibility with earlier systems is not guaranteed any
+more.
 
 Files
 -----

docs/x11/install.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-wxWidgets 2.6.1 for X11 installation
+wxWidgets 2.7.0 for X11 installation
 ------------------------------------
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
   When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are 
   using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One 
-  example: wxX11 2.6.1, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2
+  example: wxX11 2.7.0, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2
 
 First steps
 -----------

docs/x11/readme.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-  Welcome to wxWidgets/X11 2.6.1
+  Welcome to wxWidgets/X11 2.7.0
 
-You have downloaded version 2.6.1 of the X11 port of
+You have downloaded version 2.7.0 of the X11 port of
 the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on X11 with no
 Motif, Xt, GTK+ or any other standard widget set --
 instead it uses the wxUniversal widgets. The intention