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This page represents current thinking about where wxWindows is going in the near, 
medium and long-term. It also serves as a schedule for new releases so
that both developers and users can know what to expect when, at least approximately.<P>

Note (1): as the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines:
but we will endeavour to follow them as closely as possible.<P>

Note (2): the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows
its own development path but is due to merge with the main code base in November/December.
Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be
available at dates convenient to the developers.<P>

<CENTER>
<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
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<P>

<H4>Release 2.0.?</H4>

<ul>
<li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999
<li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows
is split into base and GUI libraries.
<li>New wxGrid in beta.
<li>wxWizard (beta)
<li>wxDialUpManager and wxPhoneDialer (beta)
<li>wxFontEnumerator (beta)
<li>Preliminary support for different encodings
<li>wxPostEvent function
</ul>

<P>

<H2>Release 2.1</H2>

<ul>
<li>Release date: November 7th, 1999
<li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles
are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid
combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only.
<li>New wxGrid.
<li>wxSocket working.
<li>Full support for fonts in different encodings
<li>Tested multithreading support (wxThread)
<li>wxHTML printing (possibly).
<li>Better i18n support (i.e. more translations)
<li>Animation classes (possibly, low priority).
<li>PCX writing capability (possibly, low priority).
<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
<li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class.
<li>Bug tracking system in place.
</ul>

<P>

<H4>Release 2.1.1</H4>

<ul>
<li>Release date: January 9th, 2000
<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
</ul>

<P>

<H4>Release 2.1.2</H4>

<ul>
<li>Release date: March 5th, 2000
<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
<li>wxDateTime class in beta.
<li>Context sensitive help
<li>More i18n issues: dates, times, ...
</ul>

<P>

<H4>Release 2.1.3</H4>

<ul>
<li>Release date: May 7th, 2000
<li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW.
</ul>

<P>

<H2>Release 2.2</H2>

<ul>
<li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000
<li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW.
<li>wxDateTime class.
<li>Regular expressions support.
</ul>

<P>

<H2>Release 2.3</H2>

<ul>
<li>Release date: unknown
<li>WinCE port available.
</ul>

<P>

<CENTER>
<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo">To-Do List</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
</CENTER>

<P>

Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done.

<P>

<B><I>General</I></B><P>

<ul>
<li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate
printed reports with very little effort.
<li>wxSocket.
<li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI
applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only)
and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
<li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets
that can handle multiple formats).
<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file;
add constraint specification to WXR syntax and Dialog Editor; add multilanguage support to WXR.
May be we'd better change the format completely and replace WXR with XML
(providing conversion utility for old files)?
<li>Context sensitive help: we need to have wxHelpEvent which would be
generated when the help for a given control is requested and a standard
handler for it in wxWindow which would invoke the default help system with the
correct help id.
<li>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
<li>Modem-oriented classes: wxDialUpManager for dialing up the ISP and
determining if there is a connection to Internet on the machine and
wxPhoneDialer for dialing arbitrary phone numbers and otherwise communicating
with the modem.
<li>PCX writing code.
<li>GIF animation code.
<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class.
<li>Debug wxPostScriptDC further.
<li>wxDateTime class.
<li>Expansion of wxHTML to support further tags, and frames.
<li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page).
<li>Rotated text support.
<li>FreeType support.
<li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes
written generically in wxWindows.
<li>Serial and parallel port support.
<li>Modem and telephony support.
<li>Book, tutorial.
<li>More examples.
</ul>

<P>

<B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P>

<ul>
<li>Windows CE port.
<li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become
default buttons (heavy black border).
<li>Write a RC->WXR converter.
</ul>

<P>

<B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P>

<ul>
<li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries.
</ul>

<P>

<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>

<ul>
<li>Fix menu accelerators
<li>Fix refresh problems
<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
panel application.
</ul>


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	16	wxWindows Roadmap
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	18	</td>
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	20	</table>
	21
	22	<P>
	23
	24	<CENTER>
	25	<a href="#schedule">Schedule</a> \| <a href="#todo">To-Do List</a>
	26	</CENTER>
	27
	28	<P>
	29
	30	This page represents current thinking about where wxWindows is going in the near,
	31	medium and long-term. It also serves as a schedule for new releases so
	32	that both developers and users can know what to expect when, at least approximately.<P>
	33
	34	Note (1): as the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines:
	35	but we will endeavour to follow them as closely as possible.<P>
	36
	37	Note (2): the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows
9b94d7f9 JS	38	its own development path but is due to merge with the main code base in November/December.
9b94d7f9 JS	39	Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be
25a37c8c JS	40	available at dates convenient to the developers.<P>
	41
	42	<CENTER>
	43	<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
	44	</CENTER>
	45	<P>
	46
9b94d7f9	47	<H4>Release 2.0.?</H4>
25a37c8c JS	48
	49	<ul>
	50	<li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999
	51	<li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows
	52	is split into base and GUI libraries.
	53	<li>New wxGrid in beta.
f19d58d5 VZ	54	<li>wxWizard (beta)
	55	<li>wxDialUpManager and wxPhoneDialer (beta)
	56	<li>wxFontEnumerator (beta)
5b95b795 VZ	57	<li>Preliminary support for different encodings
5b95b795 VZ	58	<li>wxPostEvent function
25a37c8c JS	59	</ul>
	60
	61	<P>
	62
9b94d7f9	63	<H2>Release 2.1</H2>
25a37c8c JS	64
	65	<ul>
	66	<li>Release date: November 7th, 1999
	67	<li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles
	68	are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid
	69	combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only.
	70	<li>New wxGrid.
	71	<li>wxSocket working.
5b95b795 VZ	72	<li>Full support for fonts in different encodings
5b95b795 VZ	73	<li>Tested multithreading support (wxThread)
25a37c8c	74	<li>wxHTML printing (possibly).
f19d58d5 VZ	75	<li>Better i18n support (i.e. more translations)
	76	<li>Animation classes (possibly, low priority).
	77	<li>PCX writing capability (possibly, low priority).
25a37c8c JS	78	<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
	79	<li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class.
	80	<li>Bug tracking system in place.
	81	</ul>
	82
	83	<P>
	84
9b94d7f9	85	<H4>Release 2.1.1</H4>
25a37c8c JS	86
	87	<ul>
	88	<li>Release date: January 9th, 2000
	89	<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
	90	</ul>
	91
	92	<P>
	93
9b94d7f9	94	<H4>Release 2.1.2</H4>
25a37c8c JS	95
	96	<ul>
	97	<li>Release date: March 5th, 2000
	98	<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
	99	<li>wxDateTime class in beta.
7c7d8b16 VZ	100	<li>Context sensitive help
7c7d8b16 VZ	101	<li>More i18n issues: dates, times, ...
25a37c8c JS	102	</ul>
	103
	104	<P>
	105
9b94d7f9	106	<H4>Release 2.1.3</H4>
25a37c8c JS	107
	108	<ul>
	109	<li>Release date: May 7th, 2000
	110	<li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW.
	111	</ul>
	112
	113	<P>
	114
9b94d7f9	115	<H2>Release 2.2</H2>
25a37c8c JS	116
	117	<ul>
	118	<li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000
	119	<li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW.
	120	<li>wxDateTime class.
e90c1d2a	121	<li>Regular expressions support.
25a37c8c JS	122	</ul>
	123
	124	<P>
	125
9b94d7f9	126	<H2>Release 2.3</H2>
25a37c8c JS	127
	128	<ul>
	129	<li>Release date: unknown
	130	<li>WinCE port available.
	131	</ul>
	132
	133	<P>
	134
	135	<CENTER>
	136	<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo">To-Do List</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
	137	</CENTER>
	138
	139	<P>
	140
	141	Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done.
	142
	143	<P>
	144
	145	<B><I>General</I></B><P>
	146
	147	<ul>
	148	<li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate
	149	printed reports with very little effort.
	150	<li>wxSocket.
	151	<li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI
	152	applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only)
	153	and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
	154	<li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets
	155	that can handle multiple formats).
9b94d7f9 JS	156	<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file;
9b94d7f9 JS	157	add constraint specification to WXR syntax and Dialog Editor; add multilanguage support to WXR.
f19d58d5 VZ	158	May be we'd better change the format completely and replace WXR with XML
f19d58d5 VZ	159	(providing conversion utility for old files)?
7c7d8b16 VZ	160	<li>Context sensitive help: we need to have wxHelpEvent which would be
	161	generated when the help for a given control is requested and a standard
	162	handler for it in wxWindow which would invoke the default help system with the
	163	correct help id.
25a37c8c	164	<li>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
f19d58d5 VZ	165	<li>Modem-oriented classes: wxDialUpManager for dialing up the ISP and
	166	determining if there is a connection to Internet on the machine and
	167	wxPhoneDialer for dialing arbitrary phone numbers and otherwise communicating
	168	with the modem.
25a37c8c JS	169	<li>PCX writing code.
	170	<li>GIF animation code.
	171	<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class.
9b94d7f9	172	<li>Debug wxPostScriptDC further.
25a37c8c	173	<li>wxDateTime class.
9b94d7f9	174	<li>Expansion of wxHTML to support further tags, and frames.
25a37c8c JS	175	<li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page).
	176	<li>Rotated text support.
	177	<li>FreeType support.
	178	<li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes
	179	written generically in wxWindows.
9b94d7f9 JS	180	<li>Serial and parallel port support.
9b94d7f9 JS	181	<li>Modem and telephony support.
25a37c8c JS	182	<li>Book, tutorial.
	183	<li>More examples.
	184	</ul>
	185
	186	<P>
	187
	188	<B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P>
	189
	190	<ul>
	191	<li>Windows CE port.
	192	<li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become
	193	default buttons (heavy black border).
	194	<li>Write a RC->WXR converter.
	195	</ul>
	196
	197	<P>
	198
	199	<B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P>
	200
	201	<ul>
	202	<li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries.
	203	</ul>
	204
	205	<P>
	206
	207	<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>
	208
	209	<ul>
f19d58d5 VZ	210	<li>Fix menu accelerators
f19d58d5 VZ	211	<li>Fix refresh problems
25a37c8c JS	212	<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
	213	panel application.
	214	</ul>
	215
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