Welcome to the V FTP site. This site contains the main
distribution for the V, a free, portable C++ GUI Framework.

This file was last updated May 29, 1996.


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The files of interest:

vx-1.10.tar.gz   -- Gzipped tar file of the X version.
              This includes all source for X, and source form
              of documentation for all versions. (PostScript
              and DVI files are included in separate archives.)

v-1.10.tar.gz   -- Gzipped tar file of the combined X and Windows versions.

vwin110.zip -- DOS ZIP format archive of Windows version. This
              distribution includes code for Windows 3.1 and
              Win32 (suitable for NT and Windows 95).

vref110.dvi.gz -- Gzipped DVI version of V Reference Manual.
               Various DVI viewers for Windows are available, including
               xdvi for X, and dviwin29.zip for Windows.
               dviwin29.zip is available by ftp from a bunch
               of places, including ftp.cdrom.com.

vref110.ps.gz -- Gzipped PostScript file of V Reference Manual.

vref110.html.tar.gz -- Gzipped tar format of the HTML version of
               V reference manual. This is suitable for loading to
               a Windows platform and viewing with a browser such
               as Netscape.

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See http://www.cs.unm.edu/~wampler for a link to more information
about V, including the full HTML version of the user manual.

******************* LATEST NEWS ABOUT V ***********************
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May 2, 1996

Release of V Version 1.09. This version adds C_ToggleButtons and
C_ToggleFrames (that allow Windows-like Tab controls).
There are also over 35 vIcons included for building tool bars.
The Windows version now has SDI as well as MDI support.

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April 18, 1996

Release of V Version 1.08. This version adds C_ToggleIconButtons
and ability to set the size of a canvas. It also is the first
release of the WIN32 version, and brings Windows and X versions
into sync.

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March 31, 1996

This release of V adds a memory drawing canvas, and new methods
for handling colors that make it possible to better use the
default color map.

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March 6, 1996

This is a major new release of the X version of V. V now has
a very nice 3D look. You can also use X resources to customize
the control color scheme used by V. This new 3D look still
used the Athena widget set that has been extended by customized
versions of several Xaw3d widgets. This new version is really
worth a look.

The Windows version remains at 1.05.

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February 28, 1996

Release V Version 1.05. Added some information files. This version
prepared for upload to sunsite.

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February 27, 1996

Release of V Version 1.04. The naming convention on the
distribution files changed to make it easier to tell versions
apart.

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February 22, 1996

Updated to X version 1.03. Cleans up some g++ incompatibilities.
Added Linux binary VDraw demo program to ftp directory.

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February 21, 1996

The Windows version has been updated to use static libraries.
The printer support is also now working.

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February 17, 1996

The v.tar and v.tar.gz files are updated to fix the compile
bugs in vfilesel.cxx and vstatusp.cxx. However, g++ 2.7.0 still
seems to generate a few warnings (in vpsdc.cxx) that can be
ignored. Support for an OS/2 version has been overwhelming,
and the OS/2 port has been moved to high priority -- but it
will still be summer at best.

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February 16, 1996

For the X version, the file "vfilesel.cxx" will not make with
g++ 2.7.0 or later due to a change in C++ semantics. To fix,
move the declaration of ix on line 339 to outside the for loop.
This is also true for "vstatusp.cxx",  line 47  (int limit).
Sorry about that. These changes have NOT been made yet to
the tar distribution files.

Also, the vdraw.exe example for the Windows distribution needs
the Borland runtime .dll. I'll also try to fix that asap.

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February 14, 1996

Version 1.02 -

The X Windows version seems to be stable at this point.

I expect to update the Windows 3.1 version in a few
days. It currently does not have full printer support.

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February 6, 1996

Version 1.01 -
New versions of v.tar.gz and v.tar were installed this date.
The versions for windows will be updated soon.

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January 10, 1996

Version 1.0 posted.
