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16wxWindows Roadmap
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25<a href="#schedule">Schedule</a> | <a href="#todo">To-Do List</a>
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28<P>
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30This page represents current thinking about where wxWindows is going in the near,
31medium and long-term. It also serves as a schedule for new releases so
32that both developers and users can know what to expect when, at least approximately.<P>
33
34We are adopting the Linux kernel style of numbering system where odd minor version numbers are development
35versions, and even numbers are stable versions. For example, 2.1.x are development releases,
36and the next 'stable' or final release of it would be 2.2.<P>
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38Bug-fix patches to the stable release (if made) then become point
39releases of 2.2 (2.2.x) while development continues with wild abandon
40on 2.3.x until the end of the next development cycle when it is
41released as 2.4.<P>
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43Development versions that end up on the FTP site or CD-ROM, as opposed to remaining
44in the CVS archive, are semi-stable -- i.e. they are checked for compilation and
45run-time problems, but not as thoroughly as the stable versions.<P>
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47Note that since the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines:
48but we will endeavour to follow them as closely as possible.<P>
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50Note also that the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows
51its own development path but is due to merge with the main code base in November/December.
52Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be
53available at dates convenient to the developers.<P>
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56<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
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60<H4>Release 2.1.14</H4>
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62Release date: March 21st, 2000<P>
63
64This will be the final beta release before the final 2.2 release. It will be
65synchronized for as many platforms as possible (at least Windows and GTK,
66probably Motif and hopefully Mac).
67
68Changes since the last synchronized release (2.1.11):
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70<ul>
71<li>First beta release of wxBase
72<li>New or significantly improved base classes: wxDateTime, wxLongLong,
73wxCmdLineParser, wxDir, wxStopWatch
74<li>Much better i18n support, encoding conversion on the fly, wxFontMapper
75<li>New wxGrid class
76<li>New wxCalendarCtrl class
77<li>Dynamic toolbar/menubar management
78<li>Better image formats support: TIFF (new), PCX (8 and 24 bit saving added)
79<li>Attributes (custom colours/font) support in wxTreeCtrl, wxListCtrl
80<li>Impressive number of fixed bugs in wxMSW and wxGTK including various
81incompatibilities between the two
82<li>wxIPCxxx classes reworked.
83<li>Several new samples and demos.
84</ul>
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86<P>
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88<H4>Release 2.2 (stable)</H4>
89
90Release date: mid. April, 2000.<P>
91
92This is the next stable version of wxWindows. No new features since
932.1.14 beta.
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95<ul>
96<li>bugs found during 2.1.14 will be fixed.
97<li>translations of text strings used in wxWindows.
98<li>documentation updated to include all new classes.
99</ul>
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101<P>
102
103<H4>Release 2.3</H4>
104
105Release date: ?
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107<ul>
108<li>Context sensitive help.
109<li>More i18n issues: dates, times, ...
110<li>POSIX-like regular expressions support for all platforms.
111<li>Encryption support (interface to OpenSSL).
112<li>Full UDP support in wxSocket
113<li>wxPlot
114<li>XML for resource files.
115<li>Built-in support for configuring key bindings
116</ul>
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118<P>
119
120<H4>Release 2.4 (stable)</H4>
121
122Release date: ?
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124Stable version of 2.3.
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126<ul>
127<li>wxMac release.
128<li>wxBeOS port.
129</ul>
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131<P>
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133<CENTER>
134<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo">To-Do List</a></B></I></FONT> <HR>
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137<P>
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139Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done.
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141<P>
142
143<B><I>Already done</I></B><P>
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145<P>
146
147<ul>
148<li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate
149printed reports with very little effort.
150<li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI
151applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only)
152and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
153<li>wxSocket.
154<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
155<li>PCX writing code.
156<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxStopWatch class.
157<li>wxDateTime class.
158<li>Rotated text support (might still be improved)
159<li>Bug tracking system.
160</ul>
161
162<B><I>General</I></B><P>
163
164<ul>
165<li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets
166that can handle multiple formats).
167<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file;
168add constraint specification to WXR syntax and Dialog Editor; add multilanguage support to WXR.
169May be we'd better change the format completely and replace WXR with XML
170(providing conversion utility for old files)?
171<li>Context sensitive help: we need to have wxHelpEvent which would be
172generated when the help for a given control is requested and a standard
173handler for it in wxWindow which would invoke the default help system with the
174correct help id.
175<li>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
176<li>Modem-oriented classes: wxDialUpManager for dialing up the ISP and
177determining if there is a connection to Internet on the machine and
178wxPhoneDialer for dialing arbitrary phone numbers and otherwise communicating
179with the modem.
180<li>GIF animation code (support is already there, but wxAnimation is not yet complete)
181<li>Debug wxPostScriptDC further.
182<li>Regular expressions support.
183<li>Expansion of wxHTML to support further tags, and frames.
184<li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page).
185<li>FreeType support.
186<li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes
187written generically in wxWindows.
188<li>Serial and parallel port support.
189<li>Modem and telephony support.
190<li>Book, tutorial.
191<li>More examples.
192</ul>
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194<P>
195
196<B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P>
197
198<ul>
199<li>Windows CE port.
200<li>Write a RC to WXR converter.
201</ul>
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203<P>
204
205<B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P>
206
207<ul>
208<li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries.
209</ul>
210
211<P>
212
213<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>
214
215<ul>
216<li>Fix menu accelerators
217<li>Fix refresh problems
218<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
219panel application.
220</ul>
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