
Mailing Lists
wxWidgets project has several active mailing lists described in details below.
Notice that you need to subscribe to them before posting. To do this, you
should either send an empty message to the subscription address given below or
do it from Google Groups web interface. Notice that the latter option requires
a Google account while the former does not.
As well as the mailing lists, we also have a Message Board,
for those who prefer an alternative method of discussion.
See also this nice searchable version of wx-users and wx-dev: GMANE wx-users archive,
GMANE wx-dev archive.
Please make sure that you have read the Mailing list
HOWTO before posting!
wx-users |
wx-dev |
wx-discuss |
wx-announce |
wx-translators |
wx-commits |
wx-commits-diffs |
wx-testers |
wx-os2pm |
Newsgroups |
Internet Relay Chat |
General notes |
Choosing the right list
Developers' list
A higher-bandwidth list for people involved in the development of wxWidgets.
This is for technical discussion only.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive |
GMANE wx-dev archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-dev group
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Discussion list
A list for people to discuss the wxWidgets project, its future, etc.
This is not for technical discussions.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-discuss group
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Announcement list
A low-bandwidth list for announcing wxWidgets releases.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-announce group
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Translators' list
For people involved in writing translations of the wxWidgets message catalogues.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-translators group
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Source repository updates list
Get notification of changes to the subversion source code repository.
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To send a message
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N/A
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List archive
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N/A
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-commits group
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Source repository updates list with diffs
Get notification of changes to the Subversion repository, with diff indicating what's changed.
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To send a message
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N/A
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List archive
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N/A
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-commits-diffs group
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Testers list
Discussion list for wxWidgets testers.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-testers group
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OS/2 PM port list
For people involved in the port to OS/2.
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To send a message
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List archive
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Archive
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To (un)subscribe
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wx-os2pm group
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You can use
comp.soft-sys.wxwindows.
The wx-users mailing list is now gatewayed to and from this newsgroup, so all
messages posted to the list appear on the newsgroup and vice versa.
Unfortunately the mailing list/newsgroup gateway doesn't work any longer and
few people still use the newsgroup. If you can help us with reestablishing a
functional gateway between USENET and the mailing list, it would be very
welcome!
You can chat with other wxWidgets users on
irc.freenode.net/#wxWidgets.
Here are some popular IRC clients you can use:
- BitchX is a console-based client for Windows and Linux.
- mIRC is a graphical client for X11 and Windows.
- xchat is another graphical client for X11 and Windows.
To visit the wxWidgets channel on the OPN IRC network, connect
to the OPN main server, irc.freenode.net, or a geographically closer one
listed here. This is usually
accomplished with the following command, or by accessing the appropriate
dialog:
/server irc.freenode.net
From there one may join the #wxWidgets channel with the following command:
/join #wxWidgets
Arnout Engelen has added a 'bot' that
can recognise certain commands on IRC when you /msg it, displaying
information extracted from the wxWidgets documentation. Here are the
commands currently supported:
01:38 <wxGuru> describe <classname> describes the wxWidgets class
01:38 <wxGuru> describe <class>::<method> describes the wxWidgets method
01:38 <wxGuru> type <class>::<method> display the first type for this
method (will check parents recursively)
01:38 <wxGuru> parents <class> display all parent classes for class
01:38 <wxGuru> <subject> display information on this subject,
if available
01:38 <wxGuru> addfact <subject> hasdescription <information>
01:38 <wxGuru> stores <information> regarding
<subject>
01:38 <wxGuru> removefact <subject> removes this factoid
01:38 <wxGuru> listfactoids lists all functions that have a
factoid
01:38 <wxGuru> wipecache wipe the cache (as this doen't happen
automatically yet)
01:38 <wxGuru> help display this help
Please don't send (un)subscription requests to wx-users, wx-announce or wx-dev! You would be amazed
at how many people do this. It really annoys everyone on the lists so please make sure you make a note
of how to unsubscribe.
Announcements will normally be posted to both wx-users and wx-announce so you
do not need to be subscribed to both.
Note that subscription is now automated.
Sometimes, messages to the lists aren't echoed back to the sender. However,
this doesn't seem to stop the message reaching everyone else.
Please, please save the subscription acknowledgement you get,
so you know how to unsubscribe without annoying hundreds of people by
sending a message to wx-users.
wx-users is the list for problems using wxWidgets; if something is almost
certainly a bug in wxWidgets, or it's a suggestion for a new feature, then
mailing wx-dev is usually more appropriate.
You should never post to the announce or the commits lists. Other lists
should be self explanatory, e.g. wx-translators is for the discussion of the
translation issues and so forth.
wx-testing list is a very low level list which is only used to send the
reports about testing wxWidgets before a new release.