2 6th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.12 released
4 Who has a BigEndian computer (e.g. Sparc or PowerPC) that runs a 15
5 and/or 16 bit colour mode? I need this for testing purposes, i.e. this
6 person could help me by running a small testprogram and sending
9 Improved support for GTK's themes, changes in font sizes (and
10 the dialogs' ability to react to that) and related things.
12 Added Calendar control.
14 Added classes for recoding text (e.g. from Windows encoding to ISO encoding
15 and for converting to and from Unicode).
17 Updated the 64-bit long class (a class that substitutes a 64-bit int
18 type on platforms which don't provide a native one).
20 Added wxImage::Replace() (for replacing colours) and wxImage::GetSubImage().
21 Also corrected conversion from mono bitmaps to wxImage.
23 Added wxBitmap::GetSubBitmap().
25 Removed some flicker from tree ctrl. Minor optical changes.
27 Added support for multiple font and colour support for items in
28 list ctrls and tree ctrls.
30 Added support for multiple-selection file dialog.
32 Implemented wxMenuBar::Insert() and wxMenu::Insert(). There is
33 also a Remove() method now, but the GTK doesn't really like that.
35 Enhanced wxMimeTypesManager to read GNOME and KDE file ending
36 bindings to MIME types and icons.
38 Corrected wxExecute to longer eat up all memory and crash under
39 certain circumstances (Karsten Ballueder).
41 wxGTK no longer gives warnings if the application shows a dialog
42 before entering the main loop.
44 Added string to long/ulong/float conversion routines and some
45 more string related things.
47 Updated documentation for wxFile, wxFFile and their respective
48 stream classes. Documented some more stream classes.
50 Improved wxHTML and its help system. Options dialog, better printing,
51 history index. Also implemented more (cite, definition lists, etc).
53 Corrected wxRegion::GetBox().
55 Added wxNotebookSizer for combining notebooks and sizers.
57 Added wxDir class. Useful as a replacement for wxFileGetFirst()
60 Fixed Y2000 bug in file dialog (sic.)
62 Added wxStopWatch class.
64 wxBitmap now derives from wxGDIObject.
66 Added inlined classes for 2D geometry calculations.
68 wxSpinCtrl now has its own event, intercepted using EVT_SPINCTRL.
70 The ODBC classes can now be configured at run-time if they
71 are to use forward-only cursors or not.
73 Added wxDateTime class. The existing classes wxTime and wxDate
74 have been reimplemented and corrected using wxDateTime.
76 Rewritten wxThread to have a flag controlling if the
77 thread will delete its C++ class itself ("delete this") or
78 if the main thread must delete the C++ class.
80 Added TIFF reading code, PCX writing code.
82 Minor compile and build fixes for different architectures.
84 Added more flags to wxSizer for proportional sizing and
85 centering and alignment combination and a wxNotebookSizer.
87 Added controls to wxToolBars (e.g. combobox) and DeleteTool.
89 Fixed several problems with buffered streams. Added support for
90 setting the end-of-line mode (Mac,DOS,Unix) in wxTextOutputStream.
92 Added code to send events from one thread to another and added
93 function to wake up idle system (needed for sending inter-thread
96 Corrected wrongly set flag in dialogs which broke its tab code.
97 Also corrected navigation on wxRadioBox.
99 Corrected segfaults in wxGLCanvas and stupid race when using
100 several such canvasses.
102 Some minor updates to wxSockets. Fixed timeout problem.
104 Speed-up for new encoding related font code. Minor fixes.
106 Changed wxListBox to send deferred events, i.e. events emitted by
107 the listbox won't get processed before the next idle message.
109 More minor changes and fixes.
111 Began work on a new dialog and resource editor (wxDesigner).
113 7st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released
115 There is still an unresolved problem with bitmap to image
116 conversion on big-endian architectures (such as Solaris),
117 where color values get exchanged. I'd need help on this
118 one as I have no BE computer.
120 Enlightment has struck the majority of the developers and
121 they have chosen to use the Linux kernel numbering scheme
122 for wxWindows from now on. This means that the next stable
123 release will be called wxWindows 2.2.X, development snapshots
124 will be called 2.1.X.
126 A lot of discussion has been wasted on how to maintain a
127 once released stable version. It was almost universally
128 agreed that only a commercial entity will have the motivation
129 ($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWindows Inc.
131 Support for GTK 1.0 has been dropped. This version has
132 been tested with GTK 1.2.3 and GTK 1.2.6 - it might
133 not work with some other versions.
135 Rewritten the support for multiple-format Drag'n'Drop and
136 clipboard under both GTK and MSW. There are probably some
137 problems here and there left.
139 wxListBox and wxChoice can now handle only either void
140 client data (which it will not delete on destruction) or
141 client data of the wxClientData type (which it will delete),
142 instead of both at the same time. The same will happen
143 to wxComboBox some time. Also, wxListBox can now sort its
146 Many build fixes for various platforms have been applied,
147 try again, poor AIX, HP-UX and *BSD users, but don't reckon
148 with immediate success. Actually, when using GNU compilers,
149 your chances are quite good.
151 My rewrite of the wxWindows underlying GTK widget
152 has turned scrolling including subwindows from barely
153 functional to pretty and fast. I also added scrolling
154 of foreign windows to wxScrolledWindow.
156 Setting size hints for the window manager might work now.
158 wxSocket and Co. have been improved up to the point of
159 calling it a rewrite. It works on wxMSW now too and
160 seems pretty stable, but testing is still welcome.
162 The ODBC classes contributed by Remstar Inc. have been
163 overhauled (incl the sample) and have been tested with
164 all relevant SQL databases (even DBase). For that reason
165 I have reawakened the iODBC code from wxGTK 2.0 so you
166 can now use wxODBC from wxMSW and wxGTK.
168 Several printing things fixed. More work needs to be done
171 HTML widget and the wxWindows' help system based upon
172 it have been reorganized and improved for easier use
173 from Python and C++. Also HTML printing has been added.
175 wxSpinCtrl added. Like a wxSpinButton and a wxTextCtrl.
177 Changed the beaviour of the popular new wxFileDialog to
178 not forget the once typed file name when changing the
181 Implemented the wxSIMPLE_BORDER flag (simple black line
182 without shadow affect).
184 Michael is writing a complete rewrite of the antiquated
185 wxGrid. This is still work-in-progress and might not make
186 it into wxWindows 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome
189 Made wxMenu code lose less memory, also added wxMenu::Delete().
191 Added code to send wxActivateEvent to MDI windows.
193 Vadim added configure things to compile wxWindows without any
194 GUI library. This is probably work in progress. He'll also add
195 a wxFontEnumerator class and has enhanced wxFont to make use
198 wxSlider, wxWindow, wxScrollBar now emit the correct events
199 for scrolling (like page up, line up etc) instead of just
200 "thumb-track" as before.
202 Corrected Reparent() code, including the special case for
203 wxToolBar (as the toolbar sits in a different window than
206 Corrected key accelerator code for toplevel child windows
207 and added support for more key combinations - pretty much
210 Corrected cursor handling in a number of special cases.
212 wxGLCanvas now waits until all expose events have been sent
213 and then emits its own redraw event. Also removed flicker
214 for wxGLCanvas and in some other places.
216 A handler to read PCX file (in most variants) has been added.
218 A number of problems with compressed and socket streams have
221 Changed behavour of wxTextStream to make use of deliminators
222 and default to space as the standard C++ stream do.
224 Changes to tab traversal code to better reflect MSW code.
226 Corrected problems with wxGenericValidator and certain controls.
228 Made default button action work in more cases.
230 28th August '99: Ninth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
232 As the old makefile system didn't work, I trashed it and wrote
233 a new one - mo more GNU. This, of course, caused a lot of people
234 to start sing their song of complaints - any change is a good
235 opportunity to complain, but the effect of the change is that
236 we now have shared library support on Linux and Solaris (and
237 probably others as well) and that the Linux shared library no
238 longer depends on libstdc++, so that we can finally create an
239 RPM that works on different Linux distributions. Also, the
240 Unix make system is now much simpler and directly mirrors its
241 Windows counterparts, making it easier to understand and maintain.
242 As it is independent of the various GNU tools, the requirements
243 for using CVS versions are also much less (any make, any compiler,
246 Split RPMs into two, one for run-time requirements and one
247 for developement (mostly headers).
249 Addition of new layout classes that work like Java's, GTK's
250 or Qt`s - basically, you pack item in a box and let it tell
251 you how much space it needs. These class are called wxSizer
252 and I consider them a great addition as they make true cross-
253 platform dialogs a child's play and are very quick to write
254 and easy to read. Do consider using them.
256 Rewritten all dialogs to make use of the new sizers. Also
257 added a new wxFileDialog like Win95 and replaced the generic
258 wxFontDialog with GTK's native font selection dialog - this
259 probably isn't perfect though.
261 A few more fixes to wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, implemented
262 more options and modes like the wxMSW version.
264 New handler for PNM files. Added CanRead() function to image
265 handlers, updates to GIF handler for preparing the new wxAnimation
266 class. We'll also get a PCX and hopefully a TIFF handler so
267 that we support all common general-purpose file formats I know
268 about. PhotoShop and PhotoPaint images are not general purpose.
269 I also tried to correct a wxImage bug in connection with big-endian
270 vs. little-endian problems, but I have no Sparc to actually test
273 Inclusion of wxMultiMedia. Can play most sound formats on GTK
274 and MSW and (using xanim on Unix and Win95's MM functions)
275 display a video in a wxWindow. This will probably be moved to
278 Small updates to socket code. The MSW version is still missing.
280 Implemented wxBitmapDataObject class.
282 Added wxFFileStream using FILE* instead if file desrcriptor.
283 Useful for creating a "cerr" like class as in normal C++.
284 Also added "endl" for use with wxTextStream and fixed a few
285 minor problems with buffered streams etc.
287 Corrected Tabbing code in wxPanel and made it work with wxNotebook.
289 Small cursor fixes in connection with text control.
291 Added experimental wxWizard class. Work in progress.
293 A few more minor fixes.
295 6th August '99: Eight wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
297 The new makefile system is not able to produce shared libraries
298 on Unix with the exception of Linux - libtool is really great.
299 Therefore, the build system defaults to static libraries on
300 anything but Linux for now.
302 Work in wxPen, wxBrush and wxDC to match wxMSW more exactly and
303 to implement missing feature etc.
305 Reimplemented radio buttons. The first of a group of such buttons
306 is now marked by having the wxRB_GROUP style.
308 Complete redesign of all stream classes, including tests for them
311 Controls now send the same messages (or more importantly none if
312 changed programmatically) as per wxMSW.
314 New implementation of wxSocket using an intermediate library called
315 GSocket. This willl hopefully change in the future.
317 Reworked in-place editing of wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl.
319 Fixed bug reporting two refreshes when scrolling.
321 Corrected bug in wxComboBox client data code.
323 Corrected reported but unverified bug in BMP loading code.
325 Added a few more methods to wxStaticBitmap.
327 Integration of wxHTML code in the main library, including wxZIPStream,
328 wxFilesystem, wxHTMLHelpController and others.
330 Added a wrapper for ffile() etc functions.
332 Updates to wxDynamicLibrary.
336 New version of wxPython, of course.
338 Fixed in unenclosed number of other bugs...
340 25th June '99: Seventh wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
342 Many fixes to th new makefile system. The last version gave
343 immediate crashes on all Unices except Linux when linked
344 dynamically against an application. I reordered the object
345 files in the library as I guess that this was the cause.
347 Added icons to message box. This also slightly killed the
348 layout so this needs to be changed again.
350 wxGTK now chooses the best visual available on the display instead
353 Fixed wxProgressDialog again.
355 Some more corrections I forgot.
357 New wxPython (includes new layout system and printing).
359 15th June '99: Sixth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
362 The biggest change is the completely rewritten configure/makefile
363 system using automake. The main argument for switching to automake
364 is that the resulting makefiles should be more portable so that
365 people can use the native make utilities instead of GNU make. The
366 new makefile sytem also handles dependencies correctly, allows for
367 shared-only compilation, can be invoked from any directory for
368 concurrent builds wihtin one source tree, uses libtool for greater
369 shared-library platform support, has a functinonal "make uninstall",
370 works with GTK, Motif and WINE, conforms better to GNU standards
371 as far as configure option names are concerned and is easier to
374 Applied patches to compile wxGTK on OS/2.
376 Configure checks for byte-order and new defines for byte swapping
377 with respect to the byte-order. Added test for this to typetest sample.
378 Also made BMP handler bigendian safe so that it should work on
381 Small changes to basic drawing stuff: made wxColour actually compare
382 RGB values in the == operator, added new constructor to wxMask,
383 corrected initial background colour for DCs, it is now possible
384 to use a wxWindowDC etc before there is any window (this doesn't
385 make any sense, but it is what wxMSW does.)
387 Added support for the PRIMARY SELECTION to the wxClipboard
390 Fixed redraw bug when scrolling window-less widgets out
391 of the visible area (actually a work-around for a GTK bug).
393 Regrouped some samples, created new one for various versions
396 Added wxWindow::Reparent() and wxFrame::MakeModal().
398 Improved handling of column width in wxListCtrl and made
399 this more compatible with the wxMSW version. Also removed
400 a bug from the wxImageList returning an off-by-one id for
403 Fixed keyboard hotkeys and resizing for wxMDIChildFrame
406 Added flag to wxSplitterWindow to update its children's
407 sizes "live" instead of moving a XOR'ed bar around - this
408 is a resource-draining option. Also corrected cursors
411 New way to show "disabled" or greyed toolbar items.
413 Rewrote parts of the tree ctrl to allow multiple selections
414 and variable size items (Sylvain). These new function do not
415 exist in the native Win32 tree control.
417 Implemented global cursors and wxBusyCursor etc. Also removed
418 another cursor misbehaviour.
420 Updated many parts of the documentation to reflect changes
421 in wxWindows 2.1, wxPython and more exact description of
422 cross-platform issues as well as platform differences.
424 Many other fixes, mainly by others...
426 Further compile fixes for different architectures.
430 25th May '99: Fifth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
434 This is mostly a bug-fix release. We are having funny
435 times to make wxGTK work well with different micro
436 versions of GTK 1.2 - which is very close to impossible.
437 All versions give warnings, although their number might
438 vary a lot. I use GTK 1.2.3 and only get wanrnings in
439 one sample (notebook) and that one is due to a bug in
440 GTK - some people using GTK 1.2.2 reported hundreds of warnings
441 getting spitted out for what seems like no reason.
443 This snapshot contains the beginnings of our merging of
444 headers, meaning that in the future all ports will
445 use the same headers and will share a lot more code.
446 We have taken this moment to reorganize some code and
447 hope to have eliminated much bad C++ code, as reported
448 primarily by SGI's compilers (Vadim Zeitlin).
450 Rewritten char and key event propagation routines
451 to reflect documentation and do the same on wxGTK
452 as on wxMSW. If you are interested in ascii chars
453 and cursor key etc, intercept EVT_CHAR, if you
454 are interested in which key actually got pressed,
455 intercept EVT_KEYDOWN (Norbert Irmer).
457 Control that are given -1 as their ID no longer
458 get arbitrary positive IDs assigned but arbitrary
459 negative IDs. This had caused some trouble with ID clashes.
461 wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow no longer use the
462 wxScrollEvent, but the newly invented wxScrollWinEvent
463 so that no mixing up of events sent from wxSliders
464 or wxScrollbars placed in a wxWindow can occur.
466 Added wxProgressDialog for use with long background
467 work such as printing.
469 Added drawing sample and scrolling sample, both of
470 which show some misbehaviours...
472 When drawing with the wxXOR logical mode, wxGTK now uses
473 GdkXOR (instead of GdkInvert) and when drawing in wxINVERT logical
474 mode, wxGTK now uses GdkInvert (as before). When you did some
475 rubberband dragging and you used wxXOR and a black pen, then
476 you should change wxINVERT.
478 Applied more patches for SGI and HP-UX compilation.
480 More updates for wxSockets (Guilhem Lavaux). Seems to be nearly
483 You can now use threads within your GUI again. Well,
484 at least if you know what you are doing and you had a look
485 at the threads sample.
487 wxGLCanvas updated so that it can share display lists
488 over several windows and to not exhibit any flicker.
491 wxNotebook revamped so that its process of creation matches
492 wxMSW's more closely, also avoiding problems with wrong page
493 number. Added InsertPage() and the possibility to prevent
494 switching pages by intercepting the PAGE_CHANGING event. Also,
495 wxNotebooks now get shown even if all pages are empty.
497 Added Activate() to wxMDIChildFrame (Russel).
499 Improved wxSplitterWindow behaviour and visual feed-back when
500 given a minimal size etc (Bruce DeVisser).
502 Minor updates to wxTreeCtrl, wxListBox, printing, wxClipboard,
503 wxString, wxThreads and many others.
505 Also wxMSW got a big face-lift, not to mention the new wxMac release...
509 11th May '99: Fourth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
512 This is mostly a bug-fix release. This affects wxSocket, wxThread,
513 and a few GUI classes. Also more work has been done and window
514 placement and decorations etc. which we hope to have finished now.
516 Applied patches for FreeBSD and SGI compilation (not yet finshed).
518 Updated wxPython to beta 9.
520 Made wxGLCanvas work again - strangely it flickers now...
522 wxStaticText is currently broken with GTK 1.2.2 (which I don't
523 yet have and thus could not fix). Also, scrolling subwindows
524 (although much improved including a sample) doesn't work perfectly
525 due to a bug in GTK 1.2.1 (probably 1.2.2 as well).
529 Note that the next release might bring about changes to keyboard
530 handling and scroll event intercepting from wxScrolledWindow.
532 By and large much of the code has stabilized and won't be much
533 different in the final wxWindows 2.1 release. Please test as
536 The next release will have a new build system.
540 3rd May '99: Third wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
543 Updated INSTALL.txt and SYMBOLS.txt.
545 Support for Unicode is now almost complete. Most samples work in
546 both Unicode and non-Unicode mode. Thanks to Ove Kaaven and Vadim.
548 Internal changes required for wxOLE and addition of a very experimental
549 wxOLE code section using GNOME's Bonobo library (from GNOME's CVS).
551 New version of wxPython that works with the wxGTK 2.1.
552 This now includes a very comprensive test/demo suite. Thanks to
553 Robin Dunn, Harm v.d. Heijden and others. Beware of the hang-man...
555 More fine tuning of focus handling and GUI widgets.
557 Complete rewrite of wxSocket classes (still experimental).
558 Thanks to Guilhem Lavaux.
560 wxMenuBar supports underlined shortcuts like Windows does,
561 indicated by a leading & character. wxMenus now have hotkeys
562 such as in wxXt and wxMSW.
564 Rewritten MDI subsystem.
566 Correcetions and additions to the printing framework including
567 a paper type database (Julian).
569 Several controls now support more style flags for modifying
570 look (and feel) of the controls and windows.
572 New implementation of idle handlers, which now send an idle
573 event only once after the event queue has been emptied (which
574 is what happens in the wxMSW port as well), not regularly.
575 This no longer forces wxGTK applications to sleep (by having
576 to call usleep()) in idle time - giving more CPU slices to
577 the application if desired.
579 wxGLCanvas (the OpenGl for wxWindows) now accepts keyboard input.
581 The usual number of compile and bug fixes from all involved.
585 21st April '99: Second wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
588 Added much code for Unicode support. Still experimental, but looks very
589 cool - thanks to Ove Kaaven and Vadim Zeitlin. If you are very brave, then
590 you can compile wxGTK with "configure --with-unicode".
592 More updates on the dreaded issue of making frames and dialogs impossible
595 Drag and Drop works now under GTK 1.2 - at least basically when dragging
596 and dropping text. The API is not entirely fixed yet but seems quite
597 good now. Support for different actions (copy/move/link/..) still missing.
598 I also removed support for GTK 1.0 Drag and Drop - this is just broken
599 and unusable in GTK 1.0 and I don't want to fix it.
601 I now embed the JPEG library and handlers for JPEG and GIF have been
602 added to the existing PNG and BMP (and XPM for GTK version only). In
603 the future, the RPMs will not contain these libraries but depend on
604 the image libraries to be preinstalled whereas the source *.tgz will
605 ship with everything that is needed for wxGTK so that no downloading
606 of ten image libs will be required - also avoiding problems with ten
607 different kinds of libJPEG-6.0.1.7.IV beta 7. We also updated the
608 PNG code to the newest PNG version.
610 wxImage now makes use of the fast rendering code as provided by
611 GTK 1.2 whenever possible. This should mean a speed-up for graphics
614 Many fixes all over. Also should compile with GTK 1.2.0 as opposed
615 to only with GTK 1.2.1 now.
617 wxPython still doesn't compile, I think.
621 12th April '99: First wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
624 This is the first developers' version of wxWindows 2.1 for GTK. It's main
625 new feature is that it supports GTK 1.2 (as opposed to GTK 1.0) which
626 will make development within the GNOME evironment a lot easier.
628 Apart from the move to GTK 1.2 and the changes (some major) that were
629 required as part of that work, enhancement or corrections have been
630 made to many of the non-GUI classes and functions (such as wxClipboard,
631 wxThread, wxSocket, wxConfig)
632 and a few GUI classes (accelerators in menus, listbox always with
633 scrollbar, wxFrame honours Motif Window Manager hints, corrected tab
634 traversal for broken GTK 1.0 widgets).
636 There have been slight changes to the priting dialogs and their
637 setup data (which might break apps using this code in previous
638 versions). Also, a bug concerning printing white has been fixed
639 (actually not tested).
641 Although this is only the first 2.1 snapshot, there is little reason not
642 to use it as many bugs from version 2.0 have been corrected. There are,
643 pf course, still a few problem left with GTK 1.2 (some of which relate
646 I think I preserved backward compatility with GTK 1.0 and if not it
647 should be easy to fix - but mostly I don't care.
649 Drag'N'Drop is currently completely broken. Also, wxPython currently
650 doesn't compile with this release. The OpenGL canvas still seems to
653 Major targets for the final release (still a long way): a new configure
654 system, support JPEG and GIF formats, wxHTML, super-duppah frame layout
655 stuff, syntax-highlighting editor, possibly Unicode, possibly some GNOME
656 gooddies, possibly world domination.
660 5th March '99: wxWindows 2.0 released
663 This is the final version of wxWindows 2.0 for GTK. The versions for
664 Windows and Motif (and also this version) are available form Julian Smart's
665 site. The Mac version is still under development.
669 19th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 5
672 This is the fifth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and
673 updates for documentation.
675 Applied compile fixes for Solaris (different flavours and compilers).
679 12th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 4
682 This is the fourth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and
683 updates for documentation.
685 Tracked a few more cases, where the bahaviour between wxMSW and wxGTK
686 differed. This was the case for closing a dialog or frame as well as
687 for clearing a device context or setting its background colour and some
690 Most standard dialogs have been face-liftet a little.
692 Implememted default buttons for GTK.
694 Fixed many bugs. You guessed it.
698 29th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 3
701 This is the third beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes.
703 There is one field where we haven't been able to fix the API yet, and that
704 it Drag'n'Drop. This is mostly due to the fact that DnD in
705 GTK 1.0 is hardly usable and much different from GTK 1.2 which means that
706 we have to design a common API for Windows, GTK 1.0 and GTK 1.2. Although
707 we are trying to prevent that, it is possible that wxWindows 2.0 (being
708 based on GTK 1.0) will not have proper DnD support.
710 The major changes are that tool tips have been added, threads have been completely
711 rewritten, the ODBC code has been updated and improved, the socket code works
714 Classes for managing MIME-types under Windows and Unix have been added.
716 There is now a wxGLCanvas class for OpenGl/Mesa for the Windows, GTK and
717 Motif ports. Come see the penguins flying...
719 Documentation has received a big face lift - it now covers nearly all the
722 The usual amount of bug fixes. Countless.
724 A few member functions of wxString have been renamed.
726 For those who are using the ever-so-popular wxImage class (which
727 now available on Motif and Windows as well) in 8-bit mode: wxGTK
728 now creates a color cube upon start-up in 8-bit mode and thus the
729 generation of bitmaps from images has been speeded up 20 times.
731 It is now possible to develop with wxGTK without having the GTK 1.0 header
732 files installed so that having the GTK 1.2 header files installed no longer
733 is any problem. We also provide RPMs for RedHat glibc 2 based systems, compiled
734 with egcs 1.1.1 on SuSE 6.0. Note that the RPM will not work in
735 SuSE 6.0 as SuSE decided to ship 6.0 with a broken GTK+ package.
739 6th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 2
742 This is the second beta release and contains it mostly build and
743 bug fixes. Threads work well now on (up-to-date) glibc 2 systems,
744 commercial Unices and Windows.
748 20th December '98: wxWindows 2.0 beta 1
751 This is the first beta release and we have used the time before
752 this release to tidy up some parts of the API. All releases from
753 now on will be source code compatible but we reserve binary compatibility
754 for the final release. Because of this, the actual library name of
755 the beta version will not be 2.0 but 1.99, so that we prevent
756 conflicts with the final library later on. After the final release
757 we'll only fix bugs so that there will be no reason to link any
758 program statically with wxGTK.
760 We changed the name of the shared library to include the version of
761 the GTK used so that no conflicts emerge with simultaneous
762 versions of wxWindows for GTK 1.0 and for GTK 1.2 and so on.
764 As you can see, we have not moved to GTK 1.1.X as the different
765 development versions are too different and buggy to be useful. We'll
766 wait for a stable GTK 1.2 release (hardly 1.2.0) and start porting
769 wxGTK now compiles without problems on anything between gcc 2.7.2 on
770 Linux-x86 and egcs 1.1 on Linux-Alpha and egcs 1.0 on Sparc. This isn't
771 as easy as it sounds...
773 Available form this site are the Python bindings of wxWindows.
774 Thanks to Robin Dunn for this tremendous contribution.
775 Tkinter is dead, Java is dead, wxPython rules! That's all there is to say.
777 Although only a few new classes have been added, many have been polished
778 up substantially, the most visible are wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl and
779 all classes related to printing. Also the DialogEd now functions
780 much better than before. Drag'n'Drop is fucntional but probably won't
781 be perfect until we use GTK 1.2 and its much improved DnD features.
783 wxClipboard has arrived and works for text. Other formats have not been
784 tested carefully yet.
786 wxMiniFrame has been added which might be useful for docking toolbars
787 etc. Someone has already done that for the MSW port and we hope to
788 include his very nice work later.
790 wxDirDialog has been added (thanks to Harm von der Heijden).
792 The entite "tab traveral" system for moving from item to item in
793 a dialog has been rewritten. It now completely overrides the
794 not-so-well-done GTK native tab system.
796 Quite much has been done to improve the wxImage class, which is now
797 available in the Windows port as well. Very useful for anything related
798 to image processing. wxGTK also uses this class internally e.g. to scale
799 bitmaps when the scale factor (e.g. zooming) of a drawing context
802 Some of the small and handy classes (wxDate, wxTime, wxVariant) have
803 received a face-lift. wxList has been rewritten to make it possible
804 to write type-safe lists. The collection of utility functions (wxFileFind etc)
805 has been revamped and cleaned-up (thanks to Vadim Zeitlin, who has also
806 greatly enhanced many basic classes, ranging wxString to the debug and
809 We removed some constructors of GDI classes (such as wxPen, wxColour)
810 which took a pointer as a parameter. This lead to many errors among users
811 resulting in unexpected behaviour so it was decided to remove these
814 As the number of users and the number of test programs and samples
815 is steadialy rising the core classes of wxWindows for MSW and GTK 1.0
816 can be considered to be very stable if not outright bug-free. I haven't
817 seen a crash for weeks now and wxWindows' internal debug features also
818 have improved every week, making stepping-through with a debugger almost
819 completely unnecessary as the library reports possible errors itself
820 (when in debug mode).