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README.md

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ A mature and proven cross-platform GUI system for embedded and smart IoT devices
 
 MiniGUI is a mature cross-platform windowing system and a GUI (Graphics
 User Interface) support system for embedded systems and smart IoT devices.
-This is the version 3.2.x of MiniGUI maintained by WEI Yongming
-(Vincent Wei, https://github.com/VincentWei).
+This is the version 4.0.x of MiniGUI maintained by WEI Yongming
+[Vincent Wei](https://github.com/VincentWei).
 
 MiniGUI is released under GPLv3 and the dual-licensing applies to commercial
 use.
@@ -47,18 +47,16 @@ for the developers to develop app much easier:
     functions like path, gradient, anti-aliase stretch, and color combination.
 
   * mGEff: mGEff provides an animation framework for MiniGUI app.
-     It also provides some popular UI/UE special effects.
+    It also provides some popular UI/UE special effects.
 
   * mGNCS: This component provides a new control set for MiniGUI app.
-    By using mGNCS, you can use miniStudio to develop MiniGUI app in
-    WYSIWYG way.
 
   * mGNCS4Touch: This component provides some new controls, which are
     compliant to the new control API spec of mGNCS, for devices with
-    a touch screen.
+    touch screens.
 
-There are also some legacy MiniGUI components. We will not maintain these
-components for MiniGUI core v3.2:
+There are also some legacy MiniGUI components. But we will not maintain these
+components since MiniGUI v3.2.0:
 
   * mGi: An input method component for MiniGUI. This component provides
     some typical input methods (such as softkey, hand-writing, and predict
@@ -105,11 +103,6 @@ components, and other open source apps on GitHub. You can visit them on:
 
 https://github.com/VincentWei
 
-FMSoft also releases miniStudio, which is a WYSIWYG IDE for MiniGUI, as a shareware.
-You can also download it from the official site of MiniGUI.
-
-http://www.minigui.com/en/download
-
 
 ## A BRIEF BUILDING INSTRUCTION
 
@@ -126,7 +119,7 @@ You can run `apt install <package_name>` to install the software on Ubuntu Linux
     * libpng12-dev
     * libfreetype6-dev
 
-### Building
+### Building MiniGUI Core
 
 MiniGUI core uses GNU autoconf/automake scripts to configure and build the project.
 
@@ -146,11 +139,34 @@ For more information, please run
 
     $ ./configure --help
 
+### Building the Comprehensive Demo
+
+If you are anxious to see the comprehensive demo of MiniGUI core
+and MiniGUI components, please fetch one of the following repositories
+from GitHub and follow the instructions to build the samples and
+the demostration programs:
+
+    https://github.com/VincentWei/build-minigui-4.0
+
+or
+
+    https://github.com/VincentWei/build-minigui-3.2
+
+
+### Unit Tests
+
+Since MiniGUI 4.0.0, we orgnize the unit test code of MiniGUI APIs in the
+following repository:
+
+    https://github.com/VincentWei/mg-tests
+
+If you are intersted in hacking the MiniGUI code, please use this repository.
+
 
 ## NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 4.0.x
 
 In this version, we enhanced and tuned the APIs related to text rendering,
-in order to support HybridOS Foundation C++ Library.
+in order to support [HybridOS Foundation C++ Library].
 
 * MiniGUI now provides complete APIs for Unicode characters processing.
   These APIs conform to Unicode 12.0.
@@ -399,3 +415,5 @@ the commercial license of MiniGUI, please write to sales@minigui.com.
     For more information about the commercial license, please refer to
     <http://www.minigui.com/en/about/licensing-policy/>.
 
+[HybridOS]: https://github.com/FMSoftCN/hybridos
+[HybridOS Foundation C++ Library]: https://github.com/FMSoftCN/hybridos/tree/dev/device-side/hfcl

RELEASE-NOTES.md

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 ## Version 4.0.0
 
 The MiniGUI development team announces the availability of MiniGUI 4.0.0.
-All users of MiniGUI are recommended strongly to use this version.
+However, currently, it is still in the beta/pre-release stage. We plan to
+release the stable version about Jun. 2019.
+
+We now encourage the MiniGUI users to use this version for any new MiniGUI
+apps, especially if the new features of MiniGUI 4.0.0 are must for your
+new apps.
+
 Please report any bugs and incompatibilities in
 
     https://github.com/VincentWei/minigui
@@ -30,8 +36,8 @@ rendering in order that MiniGUI can handle complex writing systems
 * We introduced a Slice Memory Allocator for fast concurrent memory chunk
   allocation.
 
-The new APIs also conform to the specification of CSS Text Module
-Level 3. Indeed, we design the APIs for HybridOS Foundation Class Library,
+The new APIs also conform to the specification of [CSS Text Module Level 3].
+Indeed, we design the APIs for [HybridOS Foundation Class Library],
 which will provide the ability to render GUIs in CSS way.
 
 #### New APIs conforming Unicode 12.0
@@ -675,3 +681,8 @@ report any bugs and incompatibilities in
   * [NEW] LockDCEx: support for directly read and write the pixels in a DC.
   * [NEW] CreateSecondaryDC: Creates a secondary window DC of a window.
   * [NEW] SetSecondaryDC:set a window's secondary DC and the callback for double buffer window.
+
+
+[HybridOS]: https://github.com/FMSoftCN/hybridos
+[HybridOS Foundation C++ Library]: https://github.com/FMSoftCN/hybridos/tree/dev/device-side/hfcl
+[CSS Text Module Level 3]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/