jafl / jx_application_framework

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This is version 2.5.0 of the JX source distribution.  To build it, simply
run gnu make ("make" or "gmake" on most systems) in a command line window
in the JX-2.5.0 directory and follow the instructions that are printed.

If you are new to the JX Application Framework, then it is important to
understand that it is not a program that you can run.  Rather, it is a set
of classes that provide a foundation on which you can build a program with
a graphical interface.  If you are familiar with either MicroSoft Visual
Studio or MetroWerks CodeWarrior, then the equivalent components are as
follows:

New Planet Software         MicroSoft          MetroWerks
-------------------         ---------          ----------
Code Crusader/Code Medic    Visual Studio      CodeWarrior
jx_project_wizard           Project Wizards    Project Wizards
JX Application Framework    MFC                PowerPlant
JX-2.5.0/tutorials/         MSDN               Sample code
JX-2.5.0/libjx/test/        MSDN               Sample code

In this directory, you will find:

README               This file
INSTALL              Instructions for compiling and installing this package
FAQ                  List of Frequently Asked Questions
LICENSE              License information for JCore, JX, and the libs they use
CHANGES              Describes changes from previous versions

tutorial             Tutorial source code demonstrating JX library
doc                  Documentation for JX library
lib                  Links to static and shared libraries

include
  make               Include files for Makefiles
  jcore              Link to header files for JCore
  jx                 Link to header files for JX

libjcore
  code               JCore source
  test               Sample source for using JCore classes

libjx
  code               JX source
  test               Sample application demonstrating JX library

programs
  makemake           Builds Makefile from Make.files and Make.header
  jxlayout           Graphical window layout editor
  jx_project_wizard  Wizard to create skeleton JX application
                     and project file for use in Code Crusader 
  compile_jstrings   Compiles string database files for use with JX

ACE
  ACE_wrappers       Header files for the ACE library
  test               Sample source for using ACE library

misc
  regex              Henry Spencer's regex package
  png                PNG library (new libgd)
  xpm                XPM library (libXpm)


Please read the LICENSE file for the conditions under which the source is
provided.

The code has been thoroughly tested on Linux and Solaris.  Bizzare behavior
and crashes may be the result of broken system libraries.  We am willing to
work with you to solve such problems, so please don't hesitate to contact
us, but since we don't have access to your system, the burden of proof must
rest on you if a system call that works fine on all other systems doesn't
work for you.

To help reduce our email load, please always check the JX web site before
sending us a bug report because we might already know about it and have
posted a fix.  Suggestions are always welcome because they help us decide
what is most important, so we know what to implement next, but please check
the Bazaar Projects page first to check if somebody else is already working
on it.

The main web page for JX is:

    http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/jx/

It is also important to realize that we do not maintain ACE.  You are
welcome to contact us if you have problems compiling it, but the ACE
developers are more likely to be able to help, and patches should be sent
to them, not to us.  JX uses ACE because networking is horribly
UNIX-variant-dependent, and the ACE developers are much better at dealing
with this than we are.  The ACE web page is:

    http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html