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wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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    Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
    paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
    with '!' in the first column.

    Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
    is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
    series.

! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
  wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
  exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)


- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
  now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
  from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
- also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
- pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now


DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
==============================

Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
versions, please update your code to not use them.

- wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
- wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
- wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
- wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
             SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles


OTHER CHANGES
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2.5.1
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All:

- wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
- wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
- added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)

All (GUI):

- added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
- added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
- added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()

wxMSW:

- fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
- wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
- changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
- wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
- several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
- wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)

wxGTK:

- fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
- fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)


2.5.0
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All:

- It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
  huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
  separately compiled library
- added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
- added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
- wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
- added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
- added wxArray::SetCount()
- wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
  by default in Unicode mode
- bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
- added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
- added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
- added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
- fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
- chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
  and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
- added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
- added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
- added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
- added wxRecursionGuard class
- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)

wxBase:

- added Watcom makefiles