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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ wxBase:
   under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
   code.
 
   under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
   code.
 

+- wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
+  architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
+  used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
+  arrays containing non-pointers.
+

 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
   simply don't make sense for all objects
 
 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
   simply don't make sense for all objects
 


@@ -17,6 +22,18 @@ wxBase:
   by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
   add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
 
   by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
   add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
 

+- wxCondition now must be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
+  documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
+  unfortunately needed as the old class didn't behave correctly in all cases
+
+- small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
+
+- unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
+  from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
+  could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
+  a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
+  is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
+

 All (GUI):
 
 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
 All (GUI):
 
 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically


@@ -46,17 +63,45 @@ All (GUI):
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 

+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to 
+  unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
+
+- wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
+  now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
+
+- WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
+  they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
+
+- the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
+  parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
+  from happening
+
+

 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
   but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
   where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
   but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
   where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update

-  the include path in your make/project files appropriately.
+  the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
+  xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
+  class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your 
+  make/project files.

 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
   effect
 
 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
   effect
 

+- all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
+  previously selected one instead of replacing it
+
+- wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
+  return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
+  never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
+  
+- wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
+  anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
+
+

 Unix ports:
 
 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
 Unix ports:
 
 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of


@@ -64,35 +109,108 @@ Unix ports:
   and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
   to compile pure C files.
 
   and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
   to compile pure C files.
 

+
+OTHER CHANGES
+=============
+

 2.3.3
 -----
 
 wxBase:
 
 2.3.3
 -----
 
 wxBase:
 

+- wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)

 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)

+- fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
+- added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
+  after (non standard) STL hash_map
+- wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
+- wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
+- fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
+  deprecated)
+
+Unix (Base/GUI):
+
+- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
+  programs and not only GNU make
+- wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
+  small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
+- implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
+- added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
+- added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
+  wxWindows dialogs
+- significantly improved native font support
+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
+  wxHashTable
+- added IFF image handler

 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2

-- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF and ICO formats)
-- support for CUR files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
+- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
+- support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)

 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added

+- added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
+- added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
+- added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
+- added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
+- added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
+  for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
+- added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
+- added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
+- Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
+- Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 

-- huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() (=> much faster toolbar creation)
+- small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
+- refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
+- changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
+- wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)

 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText

+- improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
+  are changed

 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones

+- bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
+- showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
+  recursion any more

 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it

+- the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
+- wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
+- wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
+- Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
+- Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
+- Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
+  has the capture before release it.

 
 wxGTK:
 
 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
 
 wxGTK:
 
 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way

+- wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
+- wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
+- added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
+- new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh. 
+  Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
+- support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
+- fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
+- implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
+- implemented wxChoice::Delete()
+- fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
+- added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
+  wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
+- fixed alignment handling in tables
+- fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive

 
 2.3.2
 -----
 
 2.3.2
 -----