[GRASS-dev] wxgrass intro screen and location wizard completed

[Glynn Clements]

Benjamin Ducke wrote:

> 1. I don't understand the relation between wxWindows, wxWidgets and
> wxPython.

wxWindows is the old name, wxWidgets is the new name.

wxPython refers to the Python bindings for wxWidgets.

> The wxWidgets site claims to have GUI libs with python
> support. If I install them, I get libs, header files and a config
> script called wx-config. That's OK. But why does the wxPython distro
> install those same files again? It also comes with a config script
> called wx-config and installs headers and include files in the same
> location as wxWidgets, even with the same names and same version
> numbers. I am confused ...

The wxPython source distribution bundles a copy of wxWidgets. This may
not be such a great idea, but that's how it is.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>