Update some documentation to reflect change of default GTK version for configure

Make some other feeble attempts to update these very outdated files, including
dropping '+' from GTK, and most references to GTK 1.
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Paul Cornett
2020-04-25 08:39:42 -07:00
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@section page_port_wxgtk wxGTK
wxGTK is a port of wxWidgets using the GTK+ library. It makes use of GTK+'s
wxGTK is a port of wxWidgets using the GTK library. It makes use of GTK's
native widgets wherever possible and uses wxWidgets' generic controls when
needed. GTK+ itself has been ported to a number of systems, but so far only the
original X11 version is supported. Support for other GTK+ backends is planned,
such as the new DirectFB backend.
needed.
All work is being done on GTK+ version 2.0 and above. Support for GTK+ 1.2 will
be deprecated in a later release.
You will need GTK+ 2.6 or higher which is available from:
You will need GTK 2.6 or higher which is available from:
http://www.gtk.org
The newer version of GTK+ you use, the more native widgets and features will be
The newer version of GTK you use, the more native widgets and features will be
utilized. We have gone to great lengths to allow compiling wxWidgets
applications with the latest version of GTK+, with the resulting binary working
on systems even with a much earlier version of GTK+. You will have to ensure
applications with the latest version of GTK, with the resulting binary working
on systems even with a much earlier version of GTK. You will have to ensure
that the application is launched with lazy symbol binding for that.
In order to configure wxWidgets to compile wxGTK you will need use the
In order to configure wxWidgets to compile wxGTK you will need to use the
@c \--with-gtk argument to the @c configure script. This is the default for many
systems.
GTK+ 1.2 can still be used, albeit discouraged. For that you can pass
@c \--with-gtk=1 to the @c configure script.
Support for GTK+ 3 is available starting with wxWidgets 2.9.4, use @c configure
option @c \--with-gtk=3 to enable it.
Support for GTK 3 is available starting with wxWidgets 2.9.4, and is the default
starting with 3.1.4. Use @c configure option @c \--with-gtk=2 to use GTK 2.
@subpage plat_gtk_install "Build and Install Instructions"