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diff --git a/x11/wxGTK28/DESCR b/x11/wxGTK28/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e81d1b332b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/x11/wxGTK28/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +A GTK+-based implementation of the wxWidgets cross-platform GUI library. + +wxWidgets is a set of libraries that allows C++ applications to compile and +run on several different types of computer, with minimal source code changes. +There is one library per supported GUI (such as Windows, GTK+, Motif, and Mac). +As well as providing a common API (Application Programming Interface) for GUI +functionality, it provides functionality for accessing some commonly-used +operating system facilities, from copying and deleting files to socket and +thread support. wxWidgets is a 'framework' in the sense that it provides a lot +of built-in functionality, which the application can use or replace as required, +thus saving a great deal of coding effort. Basic data structures such as +strings, arrays, linked lists and hash tables are also supported. + +Such a toolkit is not unique - there are others to choose from - but wxWidgets +is free, well-established, well-documented, and very broad in its coverage of +GUI functionality. It has some extras that make it stand out from the crowd, +such as the many convenience dialogs, built-in HTML display and printing, +virtual filesystems, easy-to-use OLE automation controller class, Open GL +support, and many other features that make it easier to write modern and +user-friendly applications. + +There is also a python interface available, wxPython (see the py-wxWidgets +package). |