Amebis/wxWidgets
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update and condense wxGTK README

Browse Source 
Remove obsolete information and parts already documented elsewhere.

Also remove the part about wxWidgets crashing your harddisk or
destroying your monitor because I'm a killjoy.
This commit is contained in:
Vadim Zeitlin
2020-12-01 00:22:58 +01:00
parent e4f4311caa
commit 9c586177da
1 changed files with 16 additions and 41 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

57
docs/gtk/readme.txt
View File

@@ -1,35 +1,25 @@
Welcome to wxWidgets for GTK+ Welcome to wxWidgets for GTK
----------------------------- ----------------------------
You have downloaded the GTK+ port of the wxWidgets GUI library. You have downloaded the GTK port of the wxWidgets GUI library.
It is required to use at least GTK+ 2.6 and some features are This port works best with GTK 3, but also supports versions as
only available when using GTK+ 2.10 or higher. Note that even if old as GTK 2.6 (although some features are only available when
you compile wxWidgets against a later GTK+ version, your application using GTK+ 2.10 or higher). Note that even if you compile
will still work with older GTK+ version down to version 2.6 as wxWidgets wxWidgets against a later GTK version, your application will
tests for the presence of newer features at run-time and it still work with older GTK versions with the same major version
will fall back to a generic implementation if these features as wxWidgets tests for the presence of newer features at run-time
are not present in the GTK+ version used. and it will fall back to a generic implementation if these
features are not present in the GTK version used.
wxWidgets 2.9.4 adds support for GTK+ 3, which can be enabled More information about the wxWidgets project (including all the
with configure option --with-gtk=3.
wxWidgets 2.8 still supports GTK+ 1.2, but no development
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 development 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 other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the
main wxWidgets homepage at: main wxWidgets homepage at:
https://www.wxwidgets.org/ https://www.wxwidgets.org/
Information on how to install can be found in the file Information on how to install can be found in the file
INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on install.md, but if you cannot wait, this should work on
many systems: many systems:
mkdir build_gtk mkdir build_gtk
@@ -40,10 +30,8 @@ many systems:
make install make install
ldconfig ldconfig
In order to use wxGTK with GTK 1.2 you need to use --with-gtk=1 In order to use wxGTK with GTK 2 you need to use --with-gtk=2
configure option. To build the library in Unicode mode (all configure option.
strings will be wide strings and so on) you need to configure
with GTK 2.0 and add --enable-unicode.
Please note that it is strongly advised to build the library in Please note that it is strongly advised to build the library in
a separate directory, as shown above, as it allows you to have a separate directory, as shown above, as it allows you to have
@@ -51,21 +39,8 @@ different builds of it (for example with and without debug) in
parallel. If you build in the source directory, don't forget to parallel. If you build in the source directory, don't forget to
do "make clean" before changing the configuration! 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
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...
Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests, Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests,
bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can
be found at https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mailing-lists/ be found at https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mailing-lists/
wxWidgets doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It Please see the manual for further information.
might crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't
claim to be suitable for any special or general purpose.
Regards,
Robert Roebling