Unicode compilation fix (patch 81006)

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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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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- 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()


DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
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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)

All (GUI):

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

wxMSW:

- fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
- wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
- changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files

wxGTK:

- fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)


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