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This manual describes the Fast Light Tool Kit ("FLTK")
version 1.3.0, a C++ Graphical User Interface
-("GUI") toolkit for UNIX, Microsoft Windows and MacOS. Each
+("GUI") toolkit for UNIX, Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. Each
of the chapters in this manual is designed as a tutorial for
using FLTK, while the appendices provide a convenient reference
for all FLTK widgets, functions, and operating system
@@ -63,11 +63,15 @@ The X Window System version 11.
\par Xlib
The X Window System interface library.
-\par WIN32
-The Microsoft Windows 32-bit Application Programmer's Interface.
+\par MS Windows, <tt>WIN32</tt>
+The Microsoft Windows Application Programmer's Interface for Windows 2000,
+Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. FLTK uses the preprocessor definition
+<tt>WIN32</tt> for the 32 bit and 64 bit MS Windows API.
-\par MacOS
-The Apple Macintosh OS 8.6 and later, including OS X.
+\par OS X, <tt>__APPLE__</tt>
+The Apple desktop operating sytem OS X 10.0 and later. MacOS 8 and 9 support
+was dropped after FLTK 1.0.10. FLTK uses the preprocessor definition
+<tt>__APPLE__</tt> for OS X.
\section preface_copyrights Copyrights and Trademarks