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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>
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  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>
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  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>
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  46 <H4>Release 2.1.10</H4>
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  48 <ul>
  49 <li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999
  50 <li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows
  51 is split into base and GUI libraries.
  52 <li>New wxGrid in beta.
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  57 <H2>Release 2.1.11 (final)</H2>
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  59 <ul>
  60 <li>Release date: November 7th, 1999
  61 <li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles
  62 are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid
  63 combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only.
  64 <li>New wxGrid.
  65 <li>wxSocket working.
  66 <li>wxHTML printing (possibly).
  67 <li>Animation classes (possibly).
  68 <li>PCX writing capability (possibly).
  69 <li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files.
  70 <li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class.
  71 <li>Bug tracking system in place.
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  76 <H4>Release 2.1.12</H4>
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  78 <ul>
  79 <li>Release date: January 9th, 2000
  80 <li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
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  85 <H4>Release 2.1.13</H4>
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  87 <ul>
  88 <li>Release date: March 5th, 2000
  89 <li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements.
  90 <li>wxDateTime class in beta.
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  95 <H4>Release 2.2.0</H4>
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  97 <ul>
  98 <li>Release date: May 7th, 2000
  99 <li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW.
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 104 <H2>Release 2.2.x (final)</H2>
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 106 <ul>
 107 <li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000
 108 <li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW.
 109 <li>wxDateTime class.
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 114 <H2>Release 2.3.x (final)</H2>
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 116 <ul>
 117 <li>Release date: unknown
 118 <li>WinCE port available.
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 129 Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done.
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 133 <B><I>General</I></B><P>
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 136 <li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate
 137 printed reports with very little effort.
 138 <li>wxSocket.
 139 <li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI
 140 applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only)
 141 and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only).
 142 <li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets
 143 that can handle multiple formats).
 144 <li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file.
 145 <li>Rewrite Dialog Editor.
 146 <li>PCX writing code.
 147 <li>GIF animation code.
 148 <li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class.
 149 <li>wxDateTime class.
 150 <li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page).
 151 <li>Rotated text support.
 152 <li>FreeType support.
 153 <li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes
 154 written generically in wxWindows.
 155 <li>Book, tutorial.
 156 <li>More examples.
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 161 <B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P>
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 163 <ul>
 164 <li>Windows CE port.
 165 <li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become
 166 default buttons (heavy black border).
 167 <li>Write a RC->WXR converter.
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 172 <B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P>
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 174 <ul>
 175 <li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries.
 176 </ul>
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 180 <B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P>
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 182 <ul>
 183 <li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control
 184 panel application.
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