*****                  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:


* 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:


* 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:

* 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

wxWindows is currently available from the Artificial Intelligence

Applications Institute by anonymous FTP.


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

See install.txt.


>>> Bugs, etc.

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:

* 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