don't do anything in wxLogBuffer::Flush() if there are no messages (patch 1216159)

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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2.6.1
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All:

- Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
- Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)

All (GUI):

- Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
- Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
- Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
- wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
- Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
- Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
- Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
- Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
- PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
- wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.

wxMSW:

- Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
  (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
- Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
  eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
- Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
  by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
- Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
  allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
- Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
- Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
  window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
  checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
- A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
- Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
- Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
- Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
- wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
- Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
- Compiles again with WIN64.
- Winelib compilation now works.
- When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
  channel and set the bitmap to use it.
- wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
- Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
- wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
- Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
- Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
- wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
- DDE fixed for Unicode.
- Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
- wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
- Fixed some wxRegKey bugs.

wxWinCE:

- Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.

wxGTK:

- Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
- Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
- Fixed scrollbar border colour.
- Added bitmap support in menus.

wxMac:

- Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
  .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
- Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
  incorrect state.
- Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
- Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
- Window menu now added automatically.
- Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
- Modified function key support fixed.
- wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.

wxX11:

- Menu problems fixed.
- wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
- Fixed a font memory leak.
- Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.


2.6.0
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All:

- wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
- Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.

All (GUI):

- Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
  non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.

wxMSW:

- Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
- Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
- wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.

wxWinCE:

- Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.

wxGTK:
- New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
    --with-gtk             Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
    --with-gtk=1           Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
    --with-gtk=2           Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
    --with-gtk=any         Use any available GTK
- wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
- Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.

wxMac:
- Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions

2.5.5
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All:

- wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
  user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
- Added wxDebugReport class.
- Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
- Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
- Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
- Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
- Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)

All (GUI):

- Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
  GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
- Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
- Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
  the whole virtual area.
- Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
- Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
  isn't used to set the window size.
- Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
- wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
  splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
- Added wxImage::IsTransparent().

Unix:

- Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.

wxMSW:

- Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
- fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
- wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
- Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
  handling (Jamie Gadd).

wxGTK:

- Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
- Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
- Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
- Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
- Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
- Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
- GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
  and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).

wxMac:

- Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.

wxPalmOS:

- Native wxRadioBox implementation.

wxWinCE:

- Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
- Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
  You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
- Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
- Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
- wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
  with correct titlebar style.
- Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
  PocketPC guidelines
- Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
- Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
- Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
- Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
- Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
- wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
  to the dialog's toolbar.

2.5.4
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All:

- wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
  use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)