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Conversion classes are now: wxConv_libc (standard mbstowcs/wcstombs) wxConv_file (usually same as above, but I think some Asian locales use different encoding systems on the filenames than on the contents of the files) wxConv_UTF7 (7-bit Unicode encoding (similar to BASE64), for email etc, not implemented yet) wxConv_UTF8 (8-bit Unicode encoding, not implemented yet, just uses mbstowcs/wcstombs, which just happens to be UTF-8 in glibc2) wxConv_gdk (gdk_mbstowcs/gdk_wcstombs, not too useful) wxConv_local (current 8-bit character set, from LANG env var) wxConv_current: pointer to conversion class. Points by default to wxConv_local, but it's meant to be able to be redirected by the user (and wxGTK can point it at wxConv_UTF8 if it manages to set the UTF-8 locale). mbc_str() returns mb_str(*wxConv_current) for convenience. I will use mbc_str() in my upcoming wxGTK adaption. git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@2163 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
wxWindows 2.0.1
---------------
Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
possible) the native controls.
In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling
windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing,
splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common file operations,
and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and
tree controls on Unix, they are emulated.
A detailed 700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of
important documents and samples.
Platforms supported
-------------------
wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
- Most Unix variants with GTK+
Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
Files
-----
Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
following:
wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
wx200stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
wx200gen.zip/tgz.
wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
wx200bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
The tarred, gzip archive comprises the following (or similar
names). Not all of these files are available in all distributions, due
to space restrictions.
wx200gtk.tgz All wxGTK source and samples
wx200mot.tgz All wxMotif source and samples
wx200stubs.tgz Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
wx200gen.zip/tgz.
wx200gen.tgz Generic code and samples (common to all ports)
wx200pdf.tgz Acrobat PDF documentation
wx200htm.tgz HTML documentation
wx200src.tgz Documentation source
Installation
------------
wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
the samples or write your own applications.
For installation information, please see the install.txt file
in the individual directories:
docs/msw
docs/gtk
docs/motif
Licence information
-------------------
For licensing information, please see the files:
docs/preamble.txt
docs/licence.txt
docs/licendoc.txt
docs/gpl.txt
docs/lgpl.txt
Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
commercial applications using wxWindows.
Documentation
-------------
See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.
See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
Further information
-------------------
The wxWindows Web site is located at:
http://www.wxwindows.org
The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and
information) is located at:
http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm
or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
Good luck!
The wxWindows Team, March 1st, 1999