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<title>[1142] trunk/wxruby2/README: Updated README with latest version
info and Kevin credit</title>
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<dt>Revision</dt> <dd>1142</dd>
<dt>Author</dt> <dd>brokentoy</dd>
<dt>Date</dt> <dd>2007-07-23 13:23:16 -0400 (Mon, 23 Jul
2007)</dd>
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<h3>Log Message</h3>
<pre>Updated README with latest version info and Kevin credit</pre>

<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#trunkwxruby2README">trunk/wxruby2/README</a></li>
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<h3>Diff</h3>
<a id="trunkwxruby2README"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4>Modified: trunk/wxruby2/README
(1141 => 1142)</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info">---
trunk/wxruby2/README&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2007-07-22
23:15:07 UTC (rev 1141)
+++
trunk/wxruby2/README&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2007-07-23
17:23:16 UTC (rev 1142)
</span><span class="lines">@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
</span><span class="cx"> README for wxruby2
</span><del>-Version 0.0.36
</del><ins>+Version 1.9.0
</ins><span class="cx"> 2006-10-02
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> This is wxruby2, the second
generation of wxRuby, a library
</span><span class="lines">@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@
</span><span class="cx"> It is released under a permissive
MIT-style license
</span><span class="cx"> (see the LICENSE file for
details).
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-*** NOTE ***
-This version is NOT VERY RELIABLE. At least on some platforms, it 
-crashes quite often. Hopefully within a couple more releases 
-it will be stable again (at least as good as it was in 0.0.30, 
-if not better). The API, however, is already pretty stable.
-************
</del><ins>+This version is a beta release, in preparation for a
stable release of
+wxruby version 2.0.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx">
------------------------FAQ---------------------------
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="lines">@@ -64,15 +60,19 @@
</span><span class="cx">
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp -
Vastly improved support for OS X
</span><span class="cx">
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp - Looks
much better under Linux because it uses GTK+2
</span><span class="cx">
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp -
Simpler and more permissive license
</span><del>-&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
- Wraps wxWidgets 2.6.3 instead of the older 2.4 series
</del><ins>+&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
- Wraps wxWidgets 2.8.3 instead of the older 2.4 series
</ins><span class="cx">
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
</span><span class="cx"> - Is wxruby2 ready for
"production" use?
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-   No. We are still working on memory handling, so the
current wxruby2
-   code has memory leaks, double-free crashes, and other problems. Thanks 
-   to the power of SWIG, wxruby2 will soon be more stable and reliable 
-   than wxruby 0.6.0 (which also was never really stable enough for 
-   heavy-duty "production" use).
</del><ins>+   No - not quite - but it''s getting close and
you''re invited to give it
+   a try. It is currently a beta release, which fixes many or most of
+   the memory leaks and crashes in earlier "preview" version of
+   wxruby2. This release also includes all the classes and features that
+   are proposed for inclusion in wxruby 2.0.
+
+   It is considerably more stable and fully-featured than the old 0.6.0
+   release, which was never really stable enough for heavy-duty
+   production use.
</ins><span class="cx">    
</span><span class="cx"> - Does wxruby2 support the Xxx
class?
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="lines">@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
</span><span class="cx">   and methods. We assume you are
writing your application in Ruby, so it
</span><span class="cx">   makes sense to keep as much
code as possible in Ruby. We have only
</span><span class="cx">   wrapped the wx classes that are
necessary to write GUI code.
</span><ins>+
+  There may be some advantages to porting the Wx network classes into
+  ruby, if they work better with multi-(native)-threaded code. This is
+  currently under evaluation.
</ins><span class="cx">   
</span><span class="cx"> - Why has it taken so long for
wxruby2 to be released?
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="lines">@@ -137,7 +141,6 @@
</span><span class="cx">   Wrapping wx is a big project
that requires a wide variety of skills. As of
</span><span class="cx">   August 2006, the wxRuby project
has about 30,000 lines of code, including
</span><span class="cx">   ruby, C++, and SWIG scripts. If
we weren''t using SWIG it would be far bigger.
</span><del>-  
</del><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> For more details, see the project
home page:
</span><span class="lines">@@ -227,31 +230,38 @@
</span><span class="cx"> - BusyCursor can be used in a
Ruby block to ensure the original cursor
</span><span class="cx">   is always restored.
</span><span class="cx">   
</span><del>-  
</del><ins>+The core wxRuby project is focussed on providing a
mostly
+straightforward port of the C++ library. If you''re interested in a
more
+"ruby-ish" API for writing GUI code, the related "wxSugar"
project is a
+set of higher-level pure-ruby wrappers for exactly this purpose. See the
+wxruby website for more information.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> ----------------------COMPILING
WXRUBY--------------------------
</span><span class="cx"> REQUIREMENTS TO COMPILE/BUILD
WXRUBY ITSELF
</span><del>-- rake
-- SWIG 1.3.29 or later (NOTE: Earlier versions WILL NOT WORK!)
-- wxWidgets 2.6.3 SDK
</del><span class="cx"> 
</span><ins>+- rake 
+- SWIG, version 1.3.31. SWIG 1.3.29 or later may work; earlier version 
+  definitely won''t
+- wxWidgets 2.8.3 SDK. See further information on the wxruby website for
+  recommended compile-time options for wxWidgets.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><ins>+
</ins><span class="cx"> OBTAINING THE SOURCE:
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-Source code is hosted in CVS at rubyforge.org. See the
links on
-the wxruby web site (http://wxruby.org). Check out the wxruby2 CVS module 
-(not the old wxruby module).
</del><ins>+Source code is hosted in Subversion at rubyforge.org.
See the links on
+the wxruby web site (http://wxruby.org). Check out the wxruby2
+Subversion module (not the old wxruby module).
</ins><span class="cx">   
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> BUILDING:
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> From the top-level directory
(typically wxruby2/),
</span><span class="cx"> just start the rake build with
the command:
</span><ins>+
</ins><span class="cx">   rake
</span><span class="cx">   
</span><del>-There is no ./configure step, nor do you need to 
-run ruby extconf.rb. 
</del><ins>+There is no ./configure step, nor do you need to run
ruby extconf.rb.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> INSTALLING THE LIBRARY:
</span><span class="lines">@@ -267,29 +277,41 @@
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> PORTING TO OTHER PLATFORMS
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-You may need to edit the appropriate platform-dependent
-rake file if your system is not yet supported, or if it
-is unusual. These files are found in the rake subdirectory:
</del><ins>+Platform-dependent rakefiles are used to set up
compiler-specific
+settings. The following platforms are currently fully supported:
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  Mac OSX:              rakemacosx.rb
-  MS Windows VC++:      rakemswin.rb
</del><ins>+  Mac OSX (gcc):        rakemacosx.rb
+  MS Windows (VC++):    rakemswin.rb
+  Linux (GTK2 + gcc):   rakelinux.rb
+  
+For other platforms, you may need to edit the appropriate
+platform-dependent rake file if your system is not yet supported, or if
+it is unusual. These files are found in the rake subdirectory:
+
</ins><span class="cx">   MS Windows BC++:     
rakebccwin.rb
</span><span class="cx">   MS Windows MingGW:   
rakemingw.rb
</span><span class="cx">   MS Windows Cygwin:   
rakecygwin.rb
</span><span class="cx">   NetBSD:              
rakenetbsd.rb
</span><del>-  Linux (GTK2):         rakelinux.rb
</del><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> When editing a platform-dependent
rakefile, you might
</span><span class="cx"> merely need to set one or more of
the following variables:
</span><ins>+
</ins><span class="cx">     $extra_cppflags
</span><span class="cx">     $extra_ldflags
</span><span class="cx">     $extra_objs
</span><span class="cx">     $extra_libs
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><ins>+CREDITS
+
+Kevin Smith set up the wxruby2 project using SWIG and did much of the
+work that still forms the core of the library in its present form. Over
+the years dozens of volunteers have contributed invaluable patches and
+new functionality. The list is too long to give here, but their
+contributions are recorded in the wxruby mailing list archives.
+
</ins><span class="cx">
-----------------------------------------------------------
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> LEAD MAINTAINER:
</span><del>-  Kevin Smith
-  http://qualitycode.com
-  mailto:wxruby@qualitycode.com
</del><ins>+  Alex Fenton
+  alex at pressure dot to
</ins></span></pre>
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