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@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ MiniGUI is a mature cross-platform windowing system and GUI (Graphics
User Interface) support system for embedded systems and IoT devices. This
is the mainline release of MiniGUI maintained by WEI Yongming.
MiniGUI is released under GPLv3 and the dual-licensing applies to commercial
use.
MiniGUI aims to provide a fast, stable, full-featured, and cross-platform
windowing and GUI support system, which is especially fit for
embedded systems or IoT devices based-on Linux/uClinux, eCos, and other
tranditional RTOSes, such as VxWorks, ThreadX, Nucleus, pSOS, uC/OS-II,
traditional RTOSes, such as VxWorks, ThreadX, Nucleus, pSOS, uC/OS-II,
and OSE.
This is the MiniGUI core source tarball, which provides windowing
@@ -43,22 +46,22 @@ for the developers to develop app much easier:
* mGEff: mGEff provides an animation framework for MiniGUI app.
It also provides some popular UI/UE special effects.
There are also some legacy MiniGUI components:
* mGi: An input method component for MiniGUI. This component provides
some typical input methods (such as softkey, hand-writing, and predict
text input for mobile phone) for MiniGUI apps.
* mGp: A printing component for MiniGUI. By using mGp, you can print
out the graphics created by MiniGUI app to general-purpose priters.
* mG3d: A simple three-dimension component for MiniGUI. This component
provides a simple 3D API for app. You can use mG3d to create
3D UI.
* mGUtils: A MiniGUI component which contains miscellaneous utilities
like ColorSelectionDialogBox, FileOpenDialogBox, and so on.
There are also some legacy MiniGUI components:
* mGp: A printing component for MiniGUI. By using mGp, you can print
out the graphics created by MiniGUI app to general-purpose printers.
* mG3d: A simple three-dimension component for MiniGUI. This component
provides a simple 3D API for app. You can use mG3d to create simple
3D UI.
MiniGUI is a free software project. In December 1998, the initiator of
FMSoft, Wei Yongming, began to develop MiniGUI under the GNU General Public
License (GPL). In September 2002, the core developers of
@@ -88,27 +91,32 @@ for examples:
* mEagle, licensed under GPL 3.0, is an embedded GIS development platform
which addresses the needs of map browse, query, analysis, etc
FMSoft had created the public repositories for MiniGUI core, MiniGUI
components, and other open source apps on GitHub. You can visit them on:
https://github.com/VincentWei
FMSoft releases miniStudio, which is a WYSIWYG IDE for MiniGUI, as a shareware.
You can also download it from the official site of MiniGUI:
You can also download it from the official site of MiniGUI.
## THE RUNTIME MODES OF MINIGUI
You can configure and compile MiniGUI as one of three runtime modes:
* `MiniGUI-Threads': A program running on MiniGUI-Threads can create
* 'MiniGUI-Threads': A program running on MiniGUI-Threads can create
multiple cascaded windows in different threads, and all the windows
belong to a single process. MiniGUI-Threads is fit for some real-time
systems on Linux/uClinux, eCos, uC/OS-II, VxWorks, pSOS, ThreadX,
and OSE.
* `MiniGUI-Processes': A program running on MiniGUI-Processes is
* 'MiniGUI-Processes': A program running on MiniGUI-Processes is
an independent process, which can also create multiple windows.
MiniGUI-Processes is fit for some complex embedded systems, such as
PDAs, Thin-Clients or STBs. This mode is only useful for full-featured
UNIX-like operating systems, like Linux.
* `MiniGUI-Standalone': A single process version of MiniGUI. This mode
* 'MiniGUI-Standalone': A single process version of MiniGUI. This mode
is useful for some small systems, like uClinux or RTOSes.
The original MiniGUI (version 1.0) run in MiniGUI-Threads mode.
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ In version 1.0.00, we designed MiniGUI-Lite, which was more fit for
some complex embedded systems, such as PDAs, Thin-Clients, or STBs.
MiniGUI-Lite made the embedded systems more stable and efficient.
The version 1.0.00 provided the native fbcon engine based on Linux
FrameBuffer device directly as well.
frame buffer device directly as well.
In the development of version 1.1.00, we re-wrote the GAL and GDI
interfaces, and provided some advanced video features, such as raster
@@ -166,19 +174,16 @@ objects, and can be used to render advanced graphics objects.
In the development of version 2.0.x, we developed MiniGUI-Processes.
In the development of version 3.0.x, we introduced Look & Feel Renderer,
BIDI text support, No-rectagular window, double-buffer window, and
other main featuers.
BIDI text support, Non-rectangular window, double-buffer window, and
other main features.
In the development of version 3.2.x, we enhanced MiniGUI to support Gtk+
v2.16.x smoothly.
A brief history description of the developement progress lay below:
A brief history description of the development progress lay below:
0) 1994 ~ 1996: MiniGUI DOS version.
1) Dec, 1998: Began to write.
2) Apr, 1999: The skeleton of MiniGUI, windowing sub-system
and basic graphics device interfaces.
3) May, 1999: Timer, menu, and the sekleton of control sub-system.
3) May, 1999: Timer, menu, and the skeleton of control sub-system.
4) Jun, 1999: Chinese input method (by Kang Xiaoning).
5) July, 1999: GIF and JPG loading support (by LI Zhuo).
6) Aug, 1999: Some standard controls (Portion by Zhao Jianghua).
@@ -261,8 +266,8 @@ messages to consult@minigui.com.
Q: Is GPL'd MiniGUI free for commercial use?
A: Simply no. FMSoft release some versions of MiniGUI under
GPL license. It is free for those who are 100% GPL and those who
A: Simply no. FMSoft releases MiniGUI under GPLv3 license.
It is free for those who are 100% GPL and those who
never copy, modify and distribute MiniGUI. But if you want to use
these GPL'd versions for commerce, you should get the commercial
license from FMSoft first.