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   2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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   4
   5 2.5.5
   6 -----
   7
   8 All:
   9
  10 - wxURI::GetUser and wxURI::HasUser have been renamed to wxURI::GetUserInfo and wxURI::HasUserInfo respectively so that wxURI::GetUser returns the old username that were in the HTTP specification along with wxURI::GetPassword (Note that if you used wxURI::GetUser from 2.5.3 you should rename all instances of it to wxURI::GetUserInfo).
  11 - Added
  12
  13 All (GUI):
  14
  15 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
  16   GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
  17 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
  18 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just
  19   the client, or the whole virtual area.
  20
  21 wxPalmOS:
  22
  23 - native wxRadioBox implementation
  24
  25
  26 2.5.4
  27 -----
  28
  29 All:
  30
  31 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
  32   use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
  33 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
  34 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
  35 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
  36 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
  37 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
  38 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
  39 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
  40 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
  41 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
  42 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
  43 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
  44 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
  45 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
  46   SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
  47   behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
  48 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
  49 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
  50 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
  51 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
  52 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
  53 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
  54   print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
  55   printing stuff in the GTK port.
  56 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
  57 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
  58 - The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
  59   datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
  60 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
  61 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
  62 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
  63   wxSystemSettings::Get*()
  64 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
  65   the client size and total size of the window.  Code that sets the
  66   client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
  67   to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
  68 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
  69   due to a rounding error.
  70 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
  71   SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
  72 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
  73   mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
  74 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
  75 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
  76 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
  77 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
  78
  79
  80 All (GUI):
  81
  82 - added wxMediaCtrl
  83 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
  84 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
  85 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
  86 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
  87 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
  88 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
  89   item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
  90 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
  91   book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
  92   Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
  93 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
  94 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
  95 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
  96   of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
  97 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
  98   in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
  99 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
 100
 101 Unix:
 102
 103 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
 104
 105 wxGTK:
 106
 107 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
 108   now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
 109   if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
 110   code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
 111 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
 112 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
 113 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
 114 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
 115   is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
 116   after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
 117 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
 118   runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
 119   are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
 120   errors otherwise.
 121 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
 122 - Added wxRawBitmap support
 123 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
 124   interaction with wxWidgets' events.
 125 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
 126
 127 wxMac:
 128
 129 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
 130 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
 131 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
 132 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
 133
 134 wxMSW:
 135
 136 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
 137 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
 138 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
 139 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
 140 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
 141
 142 wxWinCE:
 143 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
 144   but not mentioned anywhere.
 145 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
 146
 147 wxUniv:
 148
 149 - wxBU_... button align flags support
 150 - vertical notebook orientation support
 151 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
 152 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
 153
 154 wxPalmOS:
 155
 156 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
 157   (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
 158 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
 159   all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
 160 - enumeration of available volumes
 161 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
 162 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
 163 - native wxColourDialog implementation
 164 - native wxSystemSettings colours
 165 - native wxButton implementation
 166 - native wxCheckBox implementation
 167 - native wxSlider implementation
 168 - native wxToggleButton implementation
 169 - native wxRadioButton implementation
 170 - native wxStaticText implementation
 171 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
 172
 173
 174 2.5.3
 175 -----
 176
 177 All:
 178
 179 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
 180 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
 181 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
 182 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
 183 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
 184 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
 185   (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
 186 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
 187 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
 188 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
 189 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
 190 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
 191 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
 192 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
 193 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
 194 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
 195
 196 All (GUI):
 197
 198 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
 199 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
 200   of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
 201   is discouraged
 202 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
 203 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
 204 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
 205 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
 206 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
 207 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
 208 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
 209 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
 210   wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
 211 - added samples/splash
 212 - added support for stock buttons
 213 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
 214 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
 215 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
 216 - added wxChoicebook control
 217 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
 218 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
 219 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
 220 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
 221 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
 222 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
 223   supported, instead of zero.
 224 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
 225
 226 Unix:
 227
 228 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
 229 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
 230 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
 231   builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
 232 - wx-config has new --version-full option
 233
 234 wxCocoa:
 235
 236 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
 237 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
 238 - Tooltips now supported
 239 - wxSound now supported
 240 - wxDisplay now supported
 241 - Some stock cursors now supported
 242
 243 wxMac:
 244
 245 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
 246 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
 247 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
 248 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
 249
 250 wxGTK:
 251
 252 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
 253   configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
 254 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
 255 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
 256 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
 257 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
 258 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
 259 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
 260 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
 261 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
 262 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
 263   in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
 264 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
 265   freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
 266 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
 267 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
 268 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
 269   icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
 270 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
 271
 272 wxMotif:
 273
 274 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
 275
 276 wxMSW:
 277
 278 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
 279 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
 280 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
 281 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
 282 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
 283 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
 284 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
 285 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
 286 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
 287 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
 288 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
 289 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
 290 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
 291 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
 292
 293 wxUniv/X11:
 294
 295 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
 296
 297 wxWinCE:
 298
 299 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
 300 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
 301 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
 302 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
 303
 304 wxHTML:
 305
 306 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
 307   than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
 308
 309
 310 2.5.2
 311 -----
 312
 313 All:
 314
 315 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
 316 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
 317 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
 318   with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
 319   of run-time) now
 320 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
 321   wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
 322   to forward declare these classes.
 323
 324 All (GUI):
 325
 326 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
 327   resulting in much better display of scaled images
 328 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
 329 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
 330 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
 331 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
 332   sizer items that are windows.  This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
 333   will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
 334   window in a sizer should have.  If you want to still use the initial
 335   size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag.  When
 336   windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
 337   min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
 338   are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
 339 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
 340 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
 341
 342 wxMSW:
 343
 344 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
 345 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
 346   XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
 347 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
 348 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
 349   even try to do it by default -- now it does
 350 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
 351   won't exit even though there are no top level windows
 352 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
 353 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
 354 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
 355 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
 356
 357 wxGTK:
 358
 359 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
 360
 361 wxMotif:
 362
 363 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
 364 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
 365   and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
 366   motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
 367
 368 wxUniv/X11:
 369
 370 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
 371
 372 wxHTML:
 373
 374 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
 375 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
 376
 377 Unix:
 378
 379 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
 380 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
 381
 382 wxODBC:
 383
 384 - Full Unicode support is now available
 385 - BLOB support is working
 386
 387
 388 2.5.1
 389 -----
 390
 391 All:
 392
 393 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
 394 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
 395 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
 396 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
 397 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
 398 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
 399 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
 400 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
 401 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
 402 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
 403 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
 404 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
 405 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
 406   (as in 2.5.0).
 407 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
 408   GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
 409 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
 410   on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
 411 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
 412   wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
 413 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
 414   wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
 415 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
 416   for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
 417   wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
 418 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
 419
 420 All (GUI):
 421
 422 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 423 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
 424 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
 425 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
 426 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
 427 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
 428 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
 429 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
 430 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
 431 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
 432 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
 433 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
 434 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
 435 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
 436 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
 437 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
 438   when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
 439 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
 440 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
 441 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
 442   added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
 443 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
 444 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
 445 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
 446 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
 447 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
 448
 449 wxMSW:
 450
 451 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
 452 - fixed DDE memory leaks
 453 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
 454 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
 455 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
 456 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
 457 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
 458 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
 459 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
 460 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
 461 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
 462 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
 463 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
 464 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
 465   should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
 466   wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
 467 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
 468 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
 469 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
 470 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
 471 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
 472 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
 473 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
 474 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
 475 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
 476   aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
 477 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
 478   than the specified default size
 479 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
 480
 481 wxGTK:
 482
 483 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
 484 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
 485 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
 486 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
 487 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
 488 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
 489 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
 490 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
 491 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
 492
 493 wxMac:
 494
 495 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
 496 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
 497 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
 498 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
 499
 500 wxMotif:
 501
 502 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
 503
 504 wxHTML:
 505
 506 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
 507   on Unix (Markus Sinner)
 508
 509 Unix:
 510
 511 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
 512 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
 513   addition to existing OSS one
 514 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
 515
 516
 517 2.5.0
 518 -----
 519
 520 All:
 521
 522 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
 523   huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
 524   separately compiled library
 525 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 526 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 527 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
 528 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
 529 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
 530 - added wxArray::SetCount()
 531 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
 532   by default in Unicode mode
 533 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 534 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
 535 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
 536 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
 537 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
 538 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
 539   and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
 540 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
 541 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
 542 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
 543 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
 544 - added wxRecursionGuard class
 545 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
 546 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
 547   When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
 548   std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
 549   implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
 550 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
 551   it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
 552   both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
 553
 554 wxBase:
 555
 556 - added Watcom makefiles
 557 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
 558
 559 All GUI ports:
 560
 561 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
 562 - added wxListbook control
 563 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 564 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
 565 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 566 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
 567 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
 568 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 569 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 570 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
 571 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
 572 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
 573 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 574 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 575 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
 576 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
 577 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
 578 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 579 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
 580   by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 581 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
 582 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
 583 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
 584 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
 585   wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
 586 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
 587 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
 588   delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
 589   a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
 590   the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
 591   default extension for the template
 592 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
 593 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
 594 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
 595 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
 596 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
 597 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
 598 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
 599   to allow better rich text support.
 600 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
 601 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
 602 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
 603   custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
 604 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
 605 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
 606   user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
 607 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
 608   sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
 609   DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
 610 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
 611   CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
 612 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
 613   determine whether a window should receive idle events.
 614 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
 615   styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
 616 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
 617 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
 618 - added wxMirrorDC class
 619 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
 620   been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
 621   report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
 622   number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
 623   wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
 624   correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
 625   improved
 626
 627 Unix:
 628
 629 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 630 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 631 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
 632 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
 633 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
 634
 635 Generic controls:
 636
 637 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
 638 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
 639 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
 640   to contrib/src/deprecated
 641
 642 wxGTK:
 643
 644 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
 645 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
 646 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
 647 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
 648 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
 649   window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
 650 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 651 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
 652   be appended to filenames with no extension
 653 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
 654 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
 655 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
 656 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
 657
 658 wxMac:
 659
 660 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
 661 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
 662
 663 wxMSW:
 664
 665 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
 666 - added wxCrashReport
 667 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
 668 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 669 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 670 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
 671 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
 672 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
 673 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
 674 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 675 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
 676 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
 677 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
 678 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
 679 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
 680 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
 681   to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
 682 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
 683   or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
 684 - improved border handling under Windows XP
 685 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
 686   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
 687   wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
 688 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
 689 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
 690 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
 691 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
 692
 693 wxMotif:
 694
 695 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
 696   does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
 697   documentation for a detailed explanation
 698 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
 699 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
 700   xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
 701   with Motif 1.x compatibility
 702 - implemented wxToggleButton
 703 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
 704   instead of a sunken border
 705 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
 706 - finished wxClipboard implementation
 707
 708 wxUniv:
 709
 710 - controls in toolbars now supported
 711
 712 wxHTML:
 713
 714 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
 715 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
 716 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
 717   <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
 718 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
 719
 720
 721 OLD CHANGES
 722 ===========
 723
 724 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
 725 ================================
 726
 727     Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
 728     paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
 729     with '!' in the first column.
 730
 731     Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
 732     is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
 733     series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
 734     your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
 735     2.6 release.
 736
 737     NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
 738         of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
 739         (see the documentation) useful.
 740
 741
 742 wxBase:
 743
 744 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
 745   under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
 746   code.
 747
 748 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
 749   architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
 750   used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
 751   arrays containing non-pointers.
 752
 753 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
 754   simply don't make sense for all objects
 755
 756 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
 757   by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
 758   add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
 759
 760 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
 761
 762 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
 763   from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
 764   could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
 765   a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
 766   is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
 767
 768 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
 769   must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
 770   the default assert handling.
 771
 772 All (GUI):
 773
 774 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
 775   allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
 776   in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
 777
 778   You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
 779   but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
 780   instead!
 781
 782 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
 783   your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
 784   the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
 785
 786 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
 787   generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
 788   you want to get OnChar() as well
 789
 790 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
 791   have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
 792   please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
 793
 794 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
 795   have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
 796   ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
 797   will *NOT* work any longer:
 798
 799         if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
 800                 ... do something ...
 801         if ( flags & wxYES )
 802                 ... do something else ...
 803
 804 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
 805   in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
 806   the ctor
 807
 808 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
 809
 810 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
 811   if you derived any classes from it
 812
 813 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
 814   unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
 815
 816 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
 817   now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
 818
 819 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
 820   they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
 821
 822 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
 823   parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
 824   from happening
 825
 826 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
 827   for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
 828   and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
 829
 830 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
 831   to obtain the previous behaviour, add
 832   wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
 833   (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
 834
 835 wxMSW:
 836
 837 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
 838   but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
 839   where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
 840   the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
 841   xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
 842   class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
 843   make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
 844   use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
 845   where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
 846   is only present for the DLLs builds.
 847
 848 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
 849   style to avoid it
 850
 851 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
 852   previously selected one instead of replacing it
 853
 854 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
 855   return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
 856   never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
 857
 858 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
 859   anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
 860
 861
 862 Unix ports:
 863
 864 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
 865   `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
 866   and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
 867   to compile pure C files.
 868
 869
 870 wxThread and related classes:
 871
 872 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
 873   as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
 874   semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
 875   wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
 876
 877 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
 878   documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
 879   unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
 880   (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
 881
 882 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
 883   recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
 884   documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
 885
 886 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
 887   this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
 888
 889
 890 OTHER CHANGES
 891 =============
 892
 893 2.4.0
 894 -----
 895
 896 wxMSW:
 897
 898 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
 899
 900 2.3.4
 901 -----
 902
 903 All:
 904
 905 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
 906 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
 907 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
 908
 909 Unix (Base/GUI):
 910
 911 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
 912 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
 913 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
 914
 915 wxGTK:
 916 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
 917 - Addition of native frame site grip.
 918
 919 wxX11:
 920 - Unicode support through Pango library.
 921
 922 wxMSW:
 923
 924 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
 925 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
 926
 927 wxHTML:
 928
 929 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
 930
 931 2.3.3
 932 -----
 933
 934 wxBase:
 935
 936 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
 937 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
 938 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 939 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
 940   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
 941 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 942 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
 943 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
 944   after (non standard) STL hash_map
 945 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
 946 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
 947 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
 948 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
 949 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
 950   Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
 951 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
 952
 953 Unix (Base/GUI):
 954
 955 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
 956   programs and not only GNU make
 957 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
 958 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
 959   lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
 960   the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
 961 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
 962
 963 All (GUI):
 964
 965 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
 966   small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
 967 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
 968 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
 969 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
 970   wxWidgets dialogs
 971 - significantly improved native font support
 972 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
 973   wxHashTable
 974 - added IFF image handler
 975 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
 976 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
 977   (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
 978 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 979 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 980 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
 981 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
 982 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
 983 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
 984 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
 985   for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
 986 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
 987 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
 988 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
 989 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
 990 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
 991 - wxMessageOutput class added
 992 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
 993   so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
 994   table fills up
 995 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
 996 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
 997 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
 998   renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
 999   (Rene Rivera).
1000 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1001   whether a label edit was cancelled.
1002 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1003
1004 wxMSW:
1005
1006 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1007 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1008 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1009 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1010 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1011 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1012 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1013 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1014 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1015 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1016   are changed
1017 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1018 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1019 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1020   of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1021 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1022 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1023 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1024   recursion any more
1025 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1026 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1027 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1028 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1029 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1030 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1031 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1032   has the capture before release it.
1033 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1034 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1035 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1036 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1037 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1038 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1039 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1040 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1041 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1042 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1043 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1044   provided in wxFontData
1045 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1046 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1047
1048 wxGTK:
1049
1050 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1051 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1052 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1053 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1054 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1055   Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1056 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1057 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1058 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1059 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1060 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1061 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1062 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1063
1064 wxMotif:
1065
1066 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1067 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1068 - improved toolbar control alignment
1069 - implemented wxSpinButton
1070 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1071 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1072 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1073
1074 wxX11:
1075
1076 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1077 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1078
1079 wxMac:
1080
1081 - Many improvements
1082
1083 wxOS2:
1084
1085 - First alpha-quality release
1086
1087 wxHTML:
1088
1089 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1090 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1091   wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1092 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1093 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1094
1095 2.3.2
1096 -----
1097
1098 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1099
1100 wxBase:
1101
1102 - wxRegEx class added
1103 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1104 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1105 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1106   glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1107   capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1108
1109 All (GUI):
1110
1111 - support for virtual list control added
1112 - column images in report mode of the list control
1113 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1114 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1115 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1116 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1117 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1118 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1119 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1120 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1121 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1122 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1123 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1124 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1125
1126 wxMSW:
1127
1128 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1129 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1130   project files
1131
1132 wxGTK:
1133
1134 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1135 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1136 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1137   correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1138
1139 wxMac:
1140
1141 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1142   Tools
1143
1144 wxHTML:
1145
1146 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1147   to tags parsing
1148 - added support for animated GIFs
1149
1150 2.3.1
1151 -----
1152
1153 wxBase:
1154
1155 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1156 - Fixed new charset detection code
1157 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1158 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1159 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1160 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1161 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1162   so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1163
1164 All (GUI):
1165
1166 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1167 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1168   user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1169   push on a custom event handler for example)
1170 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1171   GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1172 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1173 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1174 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1175 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1176   first-time saved
1177 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1178 - Various wxXML enhancements
1179 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1180 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1181 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1182   instead of GetId()
1183 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1184 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1185
1186 wxMSW:
1187
1188 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1189   accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1190 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1191   alt or shift) now work
1192 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1193 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1194 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1195 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1196   wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1197 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1198 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1199 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1200 - We now send iconize events
1201 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1202 - Added mousewheel processing
1203 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1204   wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1205   in wxDC
1206 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1207   child frame styles are honoured
1208
1209 wxGTK:
1210
1211 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1212 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1213 - We now send iconize events
1214 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1215   GetSelection() results
1216
1217 2.3.0
1218 -----
1219
1220 wxBase:
1221
1222 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1223 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1224 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1225 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1226 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1227 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1228 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1229 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1230   detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1231   cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1232
1233 All (GUI):
1234
1235 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1236 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1237 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1238 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1239 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1240 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1241   (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1242   wxImage methods and ctor)
1243 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1244 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1245 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1246 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1247 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1248 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1249
1250 wxMSW:
1251
1252 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1253 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1254 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1255   other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1256
1257 wxGTK:
1258
1259 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1260
1261 wxHTML:
1262
1263 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1264 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1265
1266 2.2.0
1267 -----
1268
1269 wxBase:
1270
1271 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1272 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1273 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1274 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1275 - Completed Czech translations
1276 - Some stream corrections
1277 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1278 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1279 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1280 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1281
1282 All (GUI):
1283
1284 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1285   flicker-free dragging is now possible
1286 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1287 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1288 - Paper names now translated
1289 - wxGrid fixes
1290 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1291   wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1292 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1293   error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1294   File dialog.
1295 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1296 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1297   writing code
1298 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1299 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1300 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1301   wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1302
1303 wxMSW:
1304
1305 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1306   This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1307   backward compatibility, please set
1308   wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1309 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1310 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1311 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1312 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1313 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1314 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1315 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1316   the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1317 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1318 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1319 - wxFrame restores focus better
1320 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1321   frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1322   (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1323 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1324 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1325 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1326   sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1327 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1328 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1329 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1330
1331 wxGTK:
1332
1333 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1334
1335 wxMotif:
1336
1337 - Small compilation fixes
1338
1339 Documentation:
1340
1341 - wxCaret documented
1342
1343 2.1.16
1344 ------
1345
1346 wxBase:
1347
1348 All (GUI):
1349
1350 wxMSW:
1351
1352 - Various bug fixes
1353 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1354   files. This works under VC++ only
1355 - Modal dialog handling improved
1356 - Printer dialog now modal
1357
1358 wxGTK:
1359
1360 - Various bug fixes
1361
1362 wxMotif:
1363
1364 - Various bug fixes
1365
1366 2.1.15
1367 ------
1368
1369 Documentation:
1370
1371 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1372
1373 File hierarchy:
1374
1375 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1376   the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1377
1378 wxBase:
1379
1380 - wxSocket support
1381 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1382   available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1383 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1384 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1385   long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1386 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1387   and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1388 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1389   added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1390   only so far)
1391 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1392 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1393 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1394   results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1395 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1396 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1397   is available)
1398 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1399
1400 all (GUI):
1401
1402 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1403 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1404 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1405 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1406   dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1407 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1408 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1409 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1410   John Norris)
1411 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1412   MIME types if available (Unix only)
1413 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1414 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1415 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1416 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1417 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1418 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1419 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1420   for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1421   charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1422 - wxDragImage class added
1423 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1424   controllers, as well as native help
1425 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1426
1427 wxMSW:
1428
1429 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1430 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1431   (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1432 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1433 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1434    positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1435 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1436 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1437 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1438 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1439   Unix ports
1440 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1441 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1442 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1443
1444 wxGTK:
1445
1446 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1447 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1448 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1449
1450 wxMotif:
1451
1452 - wxMenu::Enable works
1453 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1454 - OGL samples made to work again
1455
1456 wxHTML:
1457
1458 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1459   including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1460   and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1461   loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1462   split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1463 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1464 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1465   taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1466 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1467 - improved HTML printing
1468 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1469 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1470 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1471   fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1472
1473
1474 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1475 change log.
1476
1477 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1478 -----------------------
1479
1480 wxGTK:
1481
1482 - JPEG support added.
1483 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1484
1485 wxMSW:
1486
1487 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1488   SetTabSize added.
1489 - JPEG support added.
1490 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1491 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1492 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1493
1494 wxMotif:
1495
1496
1497 General:
1498
1499 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1500
1501
1502 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1503 -------------------------------
1504
1505 wxGTK:
1506
1507 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1508 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1509
1510 wxMSW:
1511
1512 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1513 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1514 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1515 - Some makefile fixes.
1516
1517 wxMotif:
1518
1519 - None.
1520
1521 General:
1522
1523 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1524 - More topic overviews.
1525 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1526   prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1527   (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1528
1529
1530 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1531 --------------------------
1532
1533 wxGTK:
1534
1535 - wxExecute improved.
1536
1537 wxMSW:
1538
1539 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1540   expected).
1541 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1542   debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1543   with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1544 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1545 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1546 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1547
1548 wxMotif:
1549
1550 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1551 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1552
1553 General:
1554
1555 - wxLocale documented.
1556 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1557 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1558   DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1559   (though doesn't display help yet).
1560
1561 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1562 --------------------------
1563
1564 wxGTK:
1565
1566 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1567
1568 wxMSW:
1569
1570 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1571   rationalised.
1572 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1573
1574 wxMotif:
1575
1576 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1577 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1578 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1579 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1580   syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1581 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1582   crashes for some reason).
1583 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1584   of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1585
1586 General:
1587
1588 - Further doc improvements.
1589 - wxGenericValidator added.
1590 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1591   automatically.
1592
1593 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1594 -------------------------
1595
1596 wxGTK:
1597
1598 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1599 - wxToolTip class added.
1600 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1601
1602 wxMSW:
1603
1604 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1605 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1606 - TWIN32 support added.
1607 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1608   factored out program/library settings.
1609 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1610
1611 wxMotif:
1612
1613 - A few more colour fixes.
1614 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1615 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1616 - wxChoice crash fix.
1617 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1618
1619 General:
1620
1621 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1622 - Added samples/dde.
1623 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1624
1625 Beta 2, January 1999
1626 --------------------
1627
1628 wxGTK:
1629
1630 wxMSW:
1631
1632 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1633
1634 wxMotif:
1635
1636 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1637   the right place.
1638 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1639 - Added thread support (Robert).
1640 - wxPoem sample now works.
1641
1642 General:
1643
1644 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1645 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1646   the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1647   or below).
1648 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1649 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1650   sample.
1651 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1652
1653 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1654 --------------------------
1655
1656 wxGTK:
1657
1658 - Various
1659
1660 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1661
1662
1663 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1664 ----------------------------
1665
1666 wxMSW:
1667
1668 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1669 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1670   wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1671   a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1672   Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1673   on a tab.
1674 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1675 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1676   of Stefan Csomor.
1677
1678 wxMotif:
1679
1680 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1681   without (permanently) resizing the window.
1682 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1683   that disabled scrollbar paging.
1684 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1685   colours correctly.
1686 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1687   when any button was pressed.
1688 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1689   have a white background.
1690 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1691 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1692   they have sensible colours by default.
1693 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1694 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1695 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1696 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1697 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1698
1699 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1700 ----------------------------
1701
1702 wxMSW:
1703
1704 - More documentation updates, especially for
1705   wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1706 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1707   of wxTrace.
1708 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1709   However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1710   VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1711   position.
1712 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1713
1714 wxMotif:
1715
1716 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1717   were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1718   child frames).
1719 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1720 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1721   to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1722 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1723   by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1724   the debugging implementation.
1725 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1726   global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1727   WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1728 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1729 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1730 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1731   It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1732
1733 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1734
1735 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1736 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1737 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1738 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1739 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1740 - wxNotebook almost done.
1741 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1742   to vertical toolbars).
1743
1744 More recently:
1745
1746 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1747   to scrollbars).
1748 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1749   tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1750 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1751
1752 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1753 ----------------------------
1754
1755 wxMSW:
1756
1757 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1758   sample.
1759 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1760 - A few more makefiles added.
1761 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1762 - Further doc updates.
1763 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1764
1765 wxMotif:
1766
1767 - First start at Motif port.
1768 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1769 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1770   wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1771   wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1772
1773 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1774 --------------------------
1775
1776 wxMSW:
1777
1778 - wxBitmap debugged.
1779 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1780 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1781   converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1782 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1783 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1784 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1785   so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1786
1787 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1788 ------------------------
1789
1790 wxMSW:
1791
1792 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1793   wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1794   area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1795   wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1796 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1797 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1798 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1799   changes, wxNotebook.
1800 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1801
1802 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1803 -----------------------
1804
1805 wxMSW:
1806
1807 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1808   altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1809   Windows functions, for efficiency.
1810 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1811 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1812   don't support it.
1813 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1814 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1815
1816 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1817 -----------------------
1818
1819 wxMSW:
1820
1821 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1822   have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1823
1824 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1825 -----------------------
1826
1827 wxMSW:
1828
1829 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1830 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1831   wxMenuBar.
1832 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1833   SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1834   wxMenuItem accessors.
1835 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1836   wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1837 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1838 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1839 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1840 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1841 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1842   then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1843   the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1844   to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1845   being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1846   first, then doing the assignment.
1847 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1848 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1849
1850 Generic:
1851
1852 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1853 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1854
1855 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1856 ----------------------
1857
1858 wxMSW:
1859
1860 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1861   and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1862   icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1863 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1864 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1865   require application-supplied positioning code though.
1866 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1867   for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1868   change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1869
1870 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1871 ------------------------
1872
1873 wxMSW:
1874
1875 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1876   fields were used.
1877 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1878   compilation and pragmas.
1879 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1880   commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1881
1882 Generic:
1883
1884 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1885 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1886   compilation and pragmas.
1887 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1888
1889 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1890 ------------------------
1891
1892 wxMSW:
1893
1894 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1895 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1896   some reason :-(
1897 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1898 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1899 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1900   of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1901   startup/exit.
1902 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1903   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1904 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1905 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1906 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1907   compatibility functions.
1908 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1909 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1910 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1911 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1912 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1913 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1914 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1915
1916 Generic:
1917
1918 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1919 - Added samples/png.
1920 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1921   Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1922   header files.
1923 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1924
1925 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1926 ------------------------
1927
1928 wxMSW:
1929
1930 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1931 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1932   cleaned up properly before exit.
1933 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1934   automatically.
1935 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1936 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1937   memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1938   unresolved issues.
1939 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1940   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1941   tray area.
1942 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1943   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1944 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1945 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1946
1947 Generic:
1948
1949 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1950 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1951   new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1952   now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1953   See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1954 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1955   a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1956   wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1957   allow better control of memory.
1958 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1959   checking.
1960 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1961   float to long in wxToolBar files.
1962
1963 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1964 ------------------------
1965
1966 wxMSW:
1967
1968 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1969 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1970 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1971   check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1972   exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1973   m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1974   don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1975 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1976 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1977   added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1978   wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1979   Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1980   IUnknown.
1981   Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1982 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1983   Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1984 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1985 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1986   Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1987 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1988   can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1989   internal implementation.
1990 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1991   in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1992   binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1993
1994 Generic:
1995
1996 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1997 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1998 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1999   owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2000   (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2001
2002 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2003 --------------------------
2004
2005 wxMSW:
2006
2007 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2008   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2009   the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2010   changes.
2011 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2012   resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2013   advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2014 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2015   again.
2016 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2017 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2018   e.g. wxDC.
2019
2020 Generic:
2021
2022 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2023   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2024   the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2025   changes.
2026 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2027   platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2028   docs/gtk.
2029 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2030   created dynamically, not as a global object.
2031 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2032 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2033   consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2034   changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2035 - Added gcc pragmas.
2036 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2037 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2038 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2039   added a few references to wxTransString.
2040 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2041   to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2042 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2043 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2044   wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2045 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2046 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2047 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2048   will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2049   MoreRequested.
2050
2051 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2052 --------------------------
2053
2054 All:
2055
2056 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2057   integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2058 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2059 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2060   an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2061   origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2062 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2063   function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2064   OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2065   When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2066 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2067   scrolling toolbars.
2068 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2069   to help printing with multiple pages.
2070 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2071   define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2072   implementation updated to use these base classes.
2073 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2074   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2075   WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2076   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2077   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2078 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2079   internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2080   New files from Vadim:
2081   include\wx\string.h
2082   include\wx\debug.h
2083   include\wx\file.h
2084   include\wx\log.h
2085   include\wx\intl.h
2086   src\common\string.cpp
2087   src\common\log.cpp
2088   src\common\intl.cpp
2089   src\common\file.cpp
2090   No longer use GNU wxString files.
2091 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2092   src\common\filefn.cpp.
2093 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2094   samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2095 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2096   including changes to defs.h.
2097 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2098   introduced.
2099 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2100   hidden).
2101 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2102   cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2103   trick).
2104 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2105
2106 Alpha 3, September 1997
2107 -----------------------
2108
2109 All:
2110
2111 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2112 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2113 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2114 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2115 - Started documentation.
2116
2117 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2118 ------------------------
2119
2120 All:
2121
2122 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2123   with MetroWerks compiler.
2124 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2125 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2126   to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2127   Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2128   for testing purposes.
2129 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2130   handlers.
2131 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2132 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2133   fully).
2134 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2135 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2136   a separate file.
2137
2138 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2139 -----------------------
2140
2141 Generic:
2142
2143 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2144
2145 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2146   naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2147   wxString instead of char *.
2148 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2149   old system event system) and code size reduced.
2150 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2151   as wxbWindow now removed.
2152 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2153   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2154 - PrologIO revised.
2155 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2156   MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2157 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2158   Windows settings.
2159 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2160   settings mucho rationalised.
2161 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2162   event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2163   classes removed.
2164 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2165   wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2166 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2167 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2168   wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2169   made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2170   of event handlers.
2171 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2172 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2173   wxToolBarBase
2174   wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2175   wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2176   wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2177 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2178 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2179   have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2180   rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2181 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2182   an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2183   will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2184   in the future.
2185 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2186   with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2187   variables instead.
2188 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2189   determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2190   introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2191 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2192   any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2193 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2194   Win95.
2195 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2196   classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2197   the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2198 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2199   in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2200 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
2201
2202