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Updated READMEs &c for 2.9.4 release.

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Updated the text of the announcement posted to wx-announce too and mention it
in the release check list.

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@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ Major new features in this release
was added.
2.9.4: (release 2012-07-03)
2.9.4: (release 2012-07-09)
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INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.9.3

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Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
----------------------------------------------------------------
July 9, 2012 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the
latest 2.9.4 release of wxWidgets library.
August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework.
wxWidgets 2.9.4 is available at
The following platforms are supported:
https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/
- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures
- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003
- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+
- Unix with X11 (beta)
- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
- Mac OS X using Carbon
- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta)
- OS/2 (beta)
and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at
To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.4/
http://www.wxwidgets.org/
Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z
or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems
including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports
but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in
readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use
the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets
as only sources, not binaries, are installed.
This is the first version in the new 2.7 development series. Please
notice that this series is called "development" and not "stable"
solely because ABI or API compatibility is not assured between
different 2.7.x series versions. Rest assured however that these
potentially incompatible changes are made in order to evolve the
toolkit to the next ABI stable release series (2.8.x) and that
normally efforts are made to preserve compilation compatibility, so
often moving to a new development release just requires a full
recompile of the application using wxWidgets. There are currently no
known issues with the stability of the programs using this version.
However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the
pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several version of
Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from
There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/binaries/
- AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
windows and much more
- richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
- New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
- New wxTreebook book-like control
- New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
- wxHyperlinkCtrl control
Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the
individual files.
*** About wxWidgets
This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0
release, in particular there are a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa
port. The most important new feature in this release is experimental
support for building wxGTK with GTK+ 3 version of the toolkit. Other
noteworthy additions are:
wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI
framework, that can be used to build commercial and free
software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's
increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the
world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide
platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and
vibrant user community.
- Transparent background is now support for wxGTK windows.
- New style directory selection dialog is now used in wxMSW.
- Native wxDatePickerCtrl and wxTimePickerCtrl for wxOSX.
- wxFSInputStream stream class for reading data from wxFileSystem.
- wxGrid::Render() method allows to print or save wxGrid contents.
- Strike-through fonts are now supported.
- Horizontal mouse wheel events are now generated.
For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of
each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also
a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no
other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded
use.
An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put
off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn
and use than MFC and other frameworks.
The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be
listed here but the most important ones are:
As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizable panels
and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual
is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.
- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use.
- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits.
- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets.
- Better interoperability with standard library classes.
- Totally revised and more readable manual.
- Improved debugging support.
If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start.
Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of
wxWidgets distribution or also available online at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.4/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt
for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.4/overview_changes_since28.html
if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8.
wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available,
including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel.
If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
Note about naming: while 2.9.4 is called a "development" release,
this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change
in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch
where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the
different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and
suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for
any new projects using wxWidgets.
http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users
We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes
in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please
let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket)
so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance!
Have fun!
The wxWidgets team
Enjoy!
Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.

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@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ In addition to the sources, documentation in HTML, CHM and HTB
for Microsoft Windows. Notice that you will still need to compile
wxWidgets even when using the installer.
Experimentally, we also supply binaries of wxMSW libraries built
with several versions of Microsoft Visual C++ compiler for this
release. They are available in the "binaries" subdirectory, see
the description of the files in the README file there.
Installation
------------

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@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ wxWidgets-2.9.4.tar.bz2 for Unix ones, including Mac OS X. The only difference
between these files is that the ZIP (and 7z) archives contain files with DOS
line endings while the tar balls contain files with Unix line endings.
Windows users: note that the provided wxWidgets-2.9.4-Setup.exe file installs
the sources for wxMSW and does *not* include wxWidgets binaries and you still
need to build the library, please see `docs/msw/install.txt` for instructions.
Note for Windows users: as an experiment, we also provide, for the first time,
pre-built binaries of wxMSW port built using several versions of Microsoft
Visual C++ compiler. They are available from the `binaries` subdirectory.
Please notice that the files in this directory, including
wxWidgets-2.9.4-Setup.exe file, contain *only* the sources and do **not**
include any binaries, so you will need to build the library after downloading
them. Please see `docs/msw/install.txt` for instructions.
Reporting Problems
@ -28,8 +33,8 @@ Check Sums
To verify your download you can use the following sha1sums:
0b8921c5f115bd335cde24f0cf4f579067815195 wxWidgets-2.9.4.7z
231c3e6b411ab3ab4c787e9bfa2bb5743ea8317d wxWidgets-2.9.4.tar.bz2
2031902d1bd0c69d559e5c98e49fc232cfaba87b wxWidgets-2.9.4.zip
1c46c67f0db0fd89d86ab03f8cd1aa2016dcd95f wxWidgets-docs-html-2.9.4.tar.bz2
e1a8ccc1032df673900e8d9248f32969a0d3ccb5 wxWidgets-docs-html-2.9.4.zip
0adcc19fd4eca50eba3abb0b46eb83c055146bdb wxWidgets-2.9.4.7z
5a34ddf19d37c741f74652ee847df9568a8b81e1 wxWidgets-2.9.4.tar.bz2
4697b6e45a20c9e05d888458d658f89ada8dd5c9 wxWidgets-2.9.4.zip
37fc96b3194ad47a574ba8013264104cdf4c942c wxWidgets-docs-html-2.9.4.tar.bz2
bbf4bdf1c0746fe0b634ed55e2657d327db12033 wxWidgets-docs-html-2.9.4.zip

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@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Put a date on the release line in docs/changes.txt.
Update the date in the manual (docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h).
Update the release announcement post in docs/publicity/announce.txt.
Creating release files
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@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ Create http://docs.wxwidgets.org/x.y.z/ (ask Bryan to do it if not done yet).
Announcement
------------
Post announcement at least to wx-announce@googlegroups.com.
Post docs/publicity/announce.txt at least to wx-announce@googlegroups.com.
TODO: where else to announce it?