wxWidgets Mailing Lists

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-cvs-updates | wx-cvs-diffs | wx-testers | wxwindows-os2pm | Newsgroups | Internet Relay Chat | General notes | Choosing the right list

Users' list

For users of wxWidgets

To send a message wx-users@lists.wxwidgets.org
List archive Archive | GMANE wx-users archive | Search the archive | Old archive
To (un)subscribe Mail wx-users-subscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org, or wx-users-unsubscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org.
To get help Please mail wx-users-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org

Developers' list

A higher-bandwidth list for people involved in the development of wxWidgets. This is for technical discussion only.

To send a message wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org
List archive Archive | Search the archive | GMANE wx-dev archive
To (un)subscribe Mail wx-dev-subscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org, or wx-dev-unsubscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org.
To get help Please mail wx-dev-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org
Discussion list

A list for people to discuss the wxWidgets project, its future, etc. This is not for technical discussions.

To send a message wx-discuss@lists.wxwidgets.org
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To get help Please mail wx-discuss-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org

Announcement list

A low-bandwidth list for announcing wxWidgets releases.

To send a message wx-announce@lists.wxwidgets.org
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Translators' list

For people involved in writing translations of the wxWidgets message catalogues.

To send a message wx-translators@lists.wxwidgets.org
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To get help Please mail wx-translators-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org

CVS updates list

Get notification of changes to the CVS archive.

To send a message N/A
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To (un)subscribe Mail wx-cvs-updates-subscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org, or wx-cvs-updates-unsubscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org.
To get help Please mail wx-cvs-updates-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org

CVS diff updates list

Get notification of changes to the CVS archive, with diff indicating what's changed.

To send a message N/A
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To (un)subscribe Mail wx-cvs-diffs-subscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org, or wx-cvs-diffs-unsubscribe@lists.wxwidgets.org.
To get help Please mail wx-cvs-diffs-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org
Testers list

Discussion list for wxWidgets testers.

To send a message wx-testers@lists.wxwidgets.org
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To get help Please mail wx-testers-admin@lists.wxwidgets.org

OS/2 PM port list

For people involved in the port to OS/2.

To send a message wxwindows-os2pm@lists.sourceforge.net
List archive Archive
To (un)subscribe Click here to (un)subscribe.
Or mail wxwindows-os2pm-request@lists.sourceforge.net with a subject or body containing just the word help. You will receive an automated reply giving you further directions.
To get help Please mail wxwindows-os2pm-admin@lists.sourceforge.net


Newsgroups

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.


Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

You can chat with other wxWidgets users on irc.freenode.net/#wxWidgets.

Here are some popular IRC clients you can use:

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


General notes

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.


Choosing the right list

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 cvs-updates 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.