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- ***** Announcing wxWindows 1.40 *****
- ***** A Free C++ GUI toolkit for Motif, Open Look and Windows 3.1 *****
-
- >>> wxWindows is a toolkit for developing Windows 3 and
- X applications from the same body of C++ code.
-
- Since the source is provided, wxWindows allows the programmer to add
- features as needed. For many programmers, however, wxWindows should be
- adequate for a range of applications.
-
- >>> Uses include:
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- * development of applications for delivery on both X and Windows
- * development on one platform for delivery on another
- * single-platform development, as a high-level wrapper around XView,
- Motif or Windows
-
- >>> Included in this third release:
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- * Simple-to-use, object-oriented API
- * Graphics calls include splines, polylines, rounded rectangles, etc.
- * XView-style programmatic panel/dialog item layout
- * Support for menu bars and status lines
- * Pens, brushes, fonts, icons, cursors
- * Easy, object-oriented interprocess comms (DDE subset) under
- Windows 3 *and* UNIX
- * Encapsulated PostScript generation under UNIX, Windows 3 printing on PC
- * Virtually automatic MDI support under Windows
- * Support for Windows 3 printer and file selector common dialogs, with
- equivalents for UNIX
- * Under Windows 3, support for copying metafiles to the clipboard
- * Programmatic form facility for building form-like screens fast,
- with constraints on values
- * wxHelp hypertext help system, accessible from applications
- * All source
- * Several examples, including an object graphics library
- * Comprehensive reference manual, with reference in wxHelp form
-
- >>> Requirements:
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- * On PC, Microsoft C/C++ 7 or Borland C++ 3.1 (sorry, no Borland makefiles yet)
- * On UNIX, XView 3.1 or Motif 1.1 and GCC/G++ (or compatible compiler, such as
- AT&T C++)
-
- >>> Where to get it
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- wxWindows is currently available from the Artificial Intelligence
- Applications Institute by anonymous FTP.
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- FTP to skye.aiai.ed.ac.uk, log on as `anonymous', and give your user
- ID as password. Change directory into pub/wxwin, change transmission
- method to binary, and get wxwin130.tar.Z (UNIX) and/or wxwin130.zip
- (PC). Both archives contain the source code for both platforms, but
- only the executable demos for the specific platform (UNIX and Windows
- respectively). The demos are available separately as demo.tar.Z (or
- wxwindem.tar.Z) and demo.zip (or wxwindem.zip).
-
- wxWindows is expected to be uploaded to the CICA Windows 3 archive at
- Indiana University (ftp.cica.indiana.edu), and the British HENSA public
- domain software archive (pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk).
-
- >>> Installation
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- See install.txt.
-
- >>> Bugs, etc.
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- wxWindows, like most other software, has the occasional buglet. I
- would be grateful for bug reports (even better, fixes) though I can't
- guarantee to do anything about them. Future releases of wxWindows are
- likely to be more stable and more complete. Meanwhile, do send me your
- enhancements, and I will try to incorporate them in future releases.
- Here are some ideas for contributions:
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- * better bitmap support
- * more widgets
- * more Xlib wrappers
- * an enhanced text subwindow for Windows
- * an Xt-like constraint algorithm for laying out widgets
- * conversion utilities from DevGuide and Windows resource scripts to
- wxWindows code
-
- >>> In the pipeline
-
- * A Windows NT version
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- Julian Smart, April 1993
-
- Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute
- University of Edinburgh
- 80 South Bridge
- Edinburgh
- Scotland
- EH1 1HN
-
- EMAIL: J.Smart@ed.ac.uk
- TEL: 031 650 2746
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