From 4faea14c5488d86a52213004f4b6cbc4885f4596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Albrecht Schlosser Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:29:00 +0000 Subject: doxygen: fixed typos and code examples (html quotes and \ escape sequences) in tutorials git-svn-id: file:///fltk/svn/fltk/branches/branch-1.3@6278 ea41ed52-d2ee-0310-a9c1-e6b18d33e121 --- documentation/intro.dox | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/intro.dox') diff --git a/documentation/intro.dox b/documentation/intro.dox index cdfb9b9f3..fcd561198 100644 --- a/documentation/intro.dox +++ b/documentation/intro.dox @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ \page intro 1 - Introduction to FLTK -

The Fast Light Tool Kit ("FLTK", pronounced -"fulltick") is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for +

The Fast Light Tool Kit ("FLTK", pronounced +"fulltick") is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for UNIX®/Linux® (X11), Microsoft® Windows®, and MacOS® X. FLTK provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL® and its built-in @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tried to push their own baroque toolkit instead.

Many of the ideas in FLTK were developed on a NeXT (but not using NextStep) in 1987 in a C toolkit Bill called -"views". Here he came up with passing events downward +"views". Here he came up with passing events downward in the tree and having the handle routine return a value indicating whether it used the event, and the table-driven menus. In general he was trying to prove that complex UI ideas could be @@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ or support by the system.

After going to film school for a few years, Bill worked at Sun Microsystems on the (doomed) NeWS project. Here he found an even better and cleaner windowing system, and he reimplemented -"views" atop that. NeWS did have an unnecessarily +"views" atop that. NeWS did have an unnecessarily complex method of delivering events which hurt it. But the designers did admit that perhaps the user could write just as good of a button as they could, and officially exposed the lower level interface.

With the death of NeWS Bill realized that he would have to -live with X. The biggest problem with X is the "window -manager", which means that the toolkit can no longer +live with X. The biggest problem with X is the "window +manager", which means that the toolkit can no longer control the window borders or drag the window around.

At Digital Domain Bill discovered another toolkit, -"Forms". Forms was similar to his work, but provided +"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 his table-driven menus into it. Several very large @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ is now included with several Linux distributions.

  • sizeof(Fl_Widget) == 64 to 92.
    • -
  • The "core" (the "hello" program - compiled & linked with a static FLTK library using +
  • The "core" (the "hello" program + compiled & linked with a static FLTK library using gcc on a 486 and then stripped) is 114K.
  • The FLUID program (which includes every widget) is @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ is now included with several Linux distributions.

  • Support for overlay hardware, with emulation if none is available.
    • -
  • Very small & fast portable 2-D drawing library +
  • Very small & fast portable 2-D drawing library to hide Xlib, WIN32, or QuickDraw.
  • OpenGL/Mesa drawing area widget.
    • @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ is now included with several Linux distributions.

  • Support for OpenGL overlay hardware on both X11 and WIN32, with emulation if none is available.
    • -
  • Text widgets with Emacs key bindings, X cut & +
  • Text widgets with Emacs key bindings, X cut & paste, and foreign letter compose!
  • Compatibility header file for the GLUT library.
    • @@ -137,23 +137,23 @@ General Public License with exceptions that allow for static linking. Contrary to popular belief, it can be used in commercial software - even Bill Gates could use it!

    -

    What Does "FLTK" Mean?

    +

    What Does "FLTK" Mean?

    FLTK was originally designed to be compatible with the Forms Library written for SGI machines. In that library all the -functions and structures started with "fl_". This +functions and structures started with "fl_". This naming was extended to all new methods and widgets in the C++ library, and this prefix was taken as the name of the library. -It is almost impossible to search for "FL" on the +It is almost impossible to search for "FL" on the Internet, due to the fact that it is also the abbreviation for Florida. After much debating and searching for a new name for the toolkit, which was already in use by several people, Bill -came up with "FLTK", including a bogus excuse that it -stands for "The Fast Light Toolkit".

    +came up with "FLTK", including a bogus excuse that it +stands for "The Fast Light Toolkit".

    Building and Installing FLTK Under UNIX and MacOS X

    -

    In most cases you can just type "make". This will +

    In most cases you can just type "make". This will run configure with the default of no options and then compile everything.

    @@ -165,36 +165,36 @@ locations you'll need to define the CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS environment variables. For the Bourne and Korn shells you'd use:

    - +\code +CFLAGS=-Iincludedir; export CFLAGS +CXXFLAGS=-Iincludedir; export CXXFLAGS +LDFLAGS=-Llibdir; export LDFLAGS +\endcode

    For C shell and tcsh, use:

    - +\code +setenv CFLAGS "-Iincludedir" +setenv CXXFLAGS "-Iincludedir" +setenv LDFLAGS "-Llibdir" +\endcode

    By default configure will look for a C++ compiler named CC, c++, g++, or gcc in that order. To use another compiler you need to set the CXX environment variable:

    - +\endcode

    The CC environment variable can also be used to override the default C compiler (cc or gcc), which is used for a few FLTK source files.

    You can run configure yourself to get the exact setup you -need. Type "./configure <options>", where +need. Type "./configure <options>", where options are:

    @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ options are:

    Enable the Cygwin libraries under WIN32
    --enable-debug
    -
    Enable debugging code & symbols
    +
    Enable debugging code & symbols
    --disable-gl
    Disable OpenGL support
    @@ -241,45 +241,45 @@ options are:

    When the configure script is done you can just run the -"make" command. This will build the library, FLUID +"make" command. This will build the library, FLUID tool, and all of the test programs.

    -

    To install the library, become root and type "make -install". This will copy the "fluid" executable -to "bindir", the header files to -"includedir", and the library files to -"libdir".

    +

    To install the library, become root and type "make +install". This will copy the "fluid" executable +to "bindir", the header files to +"includedir", and the library files to +"libdir".

    Building FLTK Under Microsoft Windows

    There are three ways to build FLTK under Microsoft Windows. The first is to use the Visual C++ 5.0 project files under the -"visualc" directory. Just open (or double-click on) -the "fltk.dsw" file to get the whole shebang.

    +"visualc" directory. Just open (or double-click on) +the "fltk.dsw" file to get the whole shebang.

    The second method is to use the configure script included with the FLTK software; this has only been tested with the CygWin tools:

    - +\endcode

    The final method is to use a GNU-based development tool with -the files in the "makefiles" directory. To build +the files in the "makefiles" directory. To build using one of these tools simply copy the appropriate makeinclude and config files to the main directory and do a make:

    - +\endcode

    Using the Visual C++ DLL Library

    -

    The "fltkdll.dsp" project file builds a DLL-version +

    The "fltkdll.dsp" project file builds a DLL-version of the FLTK library. Because of name mangling differences between PC compilers (even between different versions of Visual C++!) you can only use the DLL that is generated with the same @@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ is installed.

    To build the XFree86 version of FLTK for OS/2, copy the appropriate makeinclude and config files to the main directory and do a make:

    - +\endcode

    Internet Resources

    @@ -341,20 +341,20 @@ make

    To send a message to the FLTK mailing list -("fltk@fltk.org") you must first join the list. +("fltk@fltk.org") you must first join the list. Non-member submissions are blocked to avoid problems with unsolicited email.

    To join the FLTK mailing list, send a message to -"majordomo@fltk.org" with "subscribe fltk" +"majordomo@fltk.org" with "subscribe fltk" in the message body. A digest of this list is available by -subscribing to the "fltk-digest" mailing list.

    +subscribing to the "fltk-digest" mailing list.

    Reporting Bugs

    To report a bug in FLTK, send an email to -"fltk-bugs@fltk.org". Please include the FLTK version, -operating system & version, and compiler that you are using +"fltk-bugs@fltk.org". Please include the FLTK version, +operating system & version, and compiler that you are using when describing the bug or problem. We will be unable to provide any kind of help without that basic information.

    @@ -362,6 +362,6 @@ any kind of help without that basic information.

    SourceForge bug tracker pages.

    For general support and questions, please use the FLTK mailing list -at "fltk@fltk.org" or one of the newsgroups.

    +at "fltk@fltk.org" or one of the newsgroups.

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