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| author | Michael R Sweet <michael.r.sweet@gmail.com> | 1999-01-13 15:35:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael R Sweet <michael.r.sweet@gmail.com> | 1999-01-13 15:35:04 +0000 |
| commit | 07766e7d727a075372d33c43f9f2f0602ea4a0b8 (patch) | |
| tree | a2a7fb91749b845d601e787bb767ec5c552aed4c /documentation/intro.html | |
| parent | 74b29654172129a22e31693e272b1c26c12a4044 (diff) | |
Fixed various typos and added a Fluid organization chart image
contributed by Craig Earls.
git-svn-id: file:///fltk/svn/fltk/trunk@207 ea41ed52-d2ee-0310-a9c1-e6b18d33e121
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diff --git a/documentation/intro.html b/documentation/intro.html index 7f3edffdb..f941e15da 100644 --- a/documentation/intro.html +++ b/documentation/intro.html @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ The Fast Light Tool Kit ("FLTK", pronounced "fulltick") is a LGPL'd C++ graphical user interface toolkit for X (UNIX®), OpenGL®, and -Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0, 95, or 98. It is currently -maintained by a small group of developers across the world with a -central repository in the US. +Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0, 95, or 98. It was originally +developed by Mr. Bill Spitzak and is currently maintained by a small +group of developers across the world with a central repository in the +US. <h2>History of FLTK</h2> @@ -44,15 +45,15 @@ window around. <p>At Digital Domain Bill discovered another toolkit, "Forms". Forms was similar to his work, but provided many more widgets, since it was used in many real applications, rather then as theoretical work. He decided -to use Forms, except he integrated my table-driven menus into it. +to use Forms, except he integrated his table-driven menus into it. Several very large programs were created using this version of Forms. <p>The need to switch to OpenGL and GLX, portability, and a desire to use C++ subclassing required a rewrite of Forms. This produced the first version of FLTK. The conversion to C++ required so many changes it made it impossible to recompile any Forms objects. Since it was -incompatable anyway, Bill decided to incorporate as much as possible my -older ideas on simplifying the lower level interface and the event +incompatible anyway, Bill decided to incorporate his older ideas as +much as possible by simplifying the lower level interface and the event passing mechanisim. <p>Bill received permission to release it for free on the Internet, |