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wxWindows 2.2.1
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Welcome to wxWindows 2, 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 frames, scrolling
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windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing,
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splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common file operations,
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and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
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Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and
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tree controls on Unix, they are emulated.
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A detailed 1400-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
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Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
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For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a
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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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wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
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- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
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- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
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- Most Unix variants with GTK+
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- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site
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for details)
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Additionally, the wxBase library containing only the non GUI classes can be
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built under Unix/Win32 and (with some limitation) BeOS.
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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.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/platform.html.
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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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Some add-on libraries (such as the Object Graphics Library) are
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available in zip form only. In the following, x.y.z represents
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the current version number (for example, 2.2.1).
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wxWindows for GTK distribution
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wxGTK-x.y.z.tgz 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.tgz wxGTK demos source
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wxGTK-samples-x.y.z.tgz 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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wxWindows for Motif distribution
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wxMotif-x.y.z.tgz wxMotif source distribution. Contains
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TIFF, JPEG, Tex2RTF source plus HTML
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documentation.
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wxWindows for MS Windows distribution
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setup.exe, setup.w* Setup files (Windows 95/98, NT)
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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
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files that are in the setup
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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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- Object Graphics Library, in contrib/src/ogl;
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- a Dialog Editor binary;
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- a Tex2RTF binary;
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- Life! sample binary;
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- the JPEG library source;
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- the TIFF library source.
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wxBase (wxWindows without GUI) distribution
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wxBase-x.y.z.tgz wxBase source distribution (the same files
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wxBase-x.y.z.zip but compressed using different formats)
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wxBase-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxBase Linux binaries as an RPM
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wxBase-x.y.z-0.src.rpm source for the i386 RPM above
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wxBase-devel-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm wxBase headers (requires wxBase.rpm)
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wxBase doesn't include the documentation as you are likely to already have it
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from either wxGTK or wxMSW distributions. If you don't, please download the
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manual separately.
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NB: you can also build wxBase from the files included in either wxMSW or wxGTK
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distribution (follow the same instructions as for wxBase distribution in
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doc/base/install.txt)
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Documentation files
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wxWindows-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip WinHelp documentation
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wxWindows-x.y.z-PDF.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
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wxWindows-x.y.z-HTML.zip HTML documentation
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wxWindows-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip Windows HTML Help documentation
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wxWindows-x.y.z-HTB.zip wxHTML documentation (for
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use with the helpview utility)
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wxWindows-x.y.z-Word.zip MS Word documentation (currently,
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database class documentation only)
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wxWindows-x.y.z-DocSource.zip Documentation source code (not required)
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Add-ons
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wxWindows-x.y.z-cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
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wxWindows-x.y.z-wat.zip Watcom C++ project files
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wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip Visual C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.)
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wxWindows-x.y.z-bc.zip Borland C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.)
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jpeg.zip JPEG library (already included
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in most distributions)
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tiff.zip TIFF library (already included
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in most distributions)
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ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library
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mmedia.zip Optional MMedia library (Motif, GTK, MSW)
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stc.zip Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library
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(Motif, GTK, MSW)
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tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool
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wxGTK-gl-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm add-on OpenGL binary as an RPM
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Installation
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wxWindows 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/base
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docs/msw
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docs/gtk
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docs/motif
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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 wxWindows 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 wxWindows.
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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 carefuly 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 dynamicaly 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), wxWindows 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 license 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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Documentation
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See docs/bugs.txt for a bug list: this file is new and will initially
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be edited by hand, later generated from a web-based bug database.
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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 wxWindows 2.
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See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
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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 wxWindows Web site is located at:
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http://www.wxwindows.org
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The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and
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information) is located at:
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http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
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The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
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ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
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A wxWindows 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 wxWindows
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web site) or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
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Good luck!
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The wxWindows Team, 13th August, 2000
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