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| 25 | <a href="#schedule">Schedule</a> | <a href="#todo">To-Do List</a> |
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| 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 |
| 38 | its own development path. Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be |
| 39 | available at dates convenient to the developers.<P> |
| 40 | |
| 41 | <HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR> |
| 42 | <P> |
| 43 | |
| 44 | <H4>Release 2.1.10</H4> |
| 45 | |
| 46 | <ul> |
| 47 | <li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999 |
| 48 | <li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows |
| 49 | is split into base and GUI libraries. |
| 50 | <li>New wxGrid in beta. |
| 51 | </ul> |
| 52 | |
| 53 | <P> |
| 54 | |
| 55 | <H2>Release 2.1.11 (final)</H2> |
| 56 | |
| 57 | <ul> |
| 58 | <li>Release date: November 7th, 1999 |
| 59 | <li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles |
| 60 | are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid |
| 61 | combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only. |
| 62 | <li>New wxGrid. |
| 63 | <li>wxSocket working. |
| 64 | <li>wxHTML printing (possibly). |
| 65 | <li>Animation classes (possibly). |
| 66 | <li>PCX writing capability (possibly). |
| 67 | <li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files. |
| 68 | <li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class. |
| 69 | <li>Bug tracking system in place. |
| 70 | </ul> |
| 71 | |
| 72 | <P> |
| 73 | |
| 74 | <H4>Release 2.1.12</H4> |
| 75 | |
| 76 | <ul> |
| 77 | <li>Release date: January 9th, 2000 |
| 78 | <li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements. |
| 79 | </ul> |
| 80 | |
| 81 | <P> |
| 82 | |
| 83 | <H4>Release 2.1.13</H4> |
| 84 | |
| 85 | <ul> |
| 86 | <li>Release date: March 5th, 2000 |
| 87 | <li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements. |
| 88 | <li>wxDateTime class in beta. |
| 89 | </ul> |
| 90 | |
| 91 | <P> |
| 92 | |
| 93 | <H4>Release 2.2.0</H4> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <ul> |
| 96 | <li>Release date: May 7th, 2000 |
| 97 | <li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW. |
| 98 | </ul> |
| 99 | |
| 100 | <P> |
| 101 | |
| 102 | <H2>Release 2.2.x (final)</H2> |
| 103 | |
| 104 | <ul> |
| 105 | <li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000 |
| 106 | <li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW. |
| 107 | <li>wxDateTime class. |
| 108 | </ul> |
| 109 | |
| 110 | <P> |
| 111 | |
| 112 | <H2>Release 2.3.x (final)</H2> |
| 113 | |
| 114 | <ul> |
| 115 | <li>Release date: unknown |
| 116 | <li>WinCE port available. |
| 117 | </ul> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <P> |
| 120 | |
| 121 | <HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo">To-Do List</a></B></I></FONT> <HR> |
| 122 | |
| 123 | <P> |
| 124 | |
| 125 | Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | <P> |
| 128 | |
| 129 | <B><I>General</I></B><P> |
| 130 | |
| 131 | <ul> |
| 132 | <li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate |
| 133 | printed reports with very little effort. |
| 134 | <li>wxSocket. |
| 135 | <li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI |
| 136 | applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only) |
| 137 | and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only). |
| 138 | <li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets |
| 139 | that can handle multiple formats). |
| 140 | <li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file. |
| 141 | <li>Rewrite Dialog Editor. |
| 142 | <li>PCX writing code. |
| 143 | <li>GIF animation code. |
| 144 | <li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class. |
| 145 | <li>wxDateTime class. |
| 146 | <li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page). |
| 147 | <li>Rotated text support. |
| 148 | <li>FreeType support. |
| 149 | <li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes |
| 150 | written generically in wxWindows. |
| 151 | <li>Book, tutorial. |
| 152 | <li>More examples. |
| 153 | </ul> |
| 154 | |
| 155 | <P> |
| 156 | |
| 157 | <B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P> |
| 158 | |
| 159 | <ul> |
| 160 | <li>Windows CE port. |
| 161 | <li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become |
| 162 | default buttons (heavy black border). |
| 163 | <li>Write a RC->WXR converter. |
| 164 | </ul> |
| 165 | |
| 166 | <P> |
| 167 | |
| 168 | <B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P> |
| 169 | |
| 170 | <ul> |
| 171 | <li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries. |
| 172 | </ul> |
| 173 | |
| 174 | <P> |
| 175 | |
| 176 | <B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P> |
| 177 | |
| 178 | <ul> |
| 179 | <li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control |
| 180 | panel application. |
| 181 | </ul> |
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