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@@ -5,7 +5,33 @@ wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 

+- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
+  now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
+  from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
+- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
+
+
+DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
+==============================
+
+Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
+versions, please update your code to not use them.
+

 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()

+- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
+- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
+- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
+- wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
+- wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
+- wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
+- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
+- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
+- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
+- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
+             SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
+

 
 OTHER CHANGES
 =============
 
 OTHER CHANGES
 =============


@@ -27,6 +53,13 @@ All:
 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig

+- chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
+  and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
+- added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
+- added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
+- added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
+- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
+- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)

 
 wxBase:
 
 
 wxBase:
 


@@ -35,6 +68,7 @@ wxBase:
 
 All GUI ports:
 
 
 All GUI ports:
 

+- added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes

 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC


@@ -46,29 +80,12 @@ All GUI ports:
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)

+- added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)

 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
   by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
   by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

-- changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
-    Deprecated:
-        wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
-            - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
-              and destroy the window, use Detach instead
-        wxSizer::GetOption(),
-        wxSizer::SetOption()
-            - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
-              reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
-        wxKeyEvent::KeyCode()
-            - use GetKeyCode instead
-        wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
-            - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
-        wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
-            - use typesafe Get* instead
-        wxListBase::operator wxList&()
-            - use typesafe lists instead
-- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so
-  far)
+- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)

 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call


@@ -79,17 +96,45 @@ All GUI ports:
   a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
   the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
   default extension for the template
   a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
   the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
   default extension for the template

-- Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
+- sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)

 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)

-- Wizard now validates as well as doing data transfer when
-  pressing Back or Next
+- wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next

 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works

+- Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
+- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
+- Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
+  to allow better rich text support.
+- implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
+- Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
+  custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
+- Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
+- wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
+  user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
+- wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
+  sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
+  DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
+- Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
+  CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
+- Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
+  determine whether a window should receive idle events.
+- Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
+  styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
+- wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
+  about to be used.

 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11

+- added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
+- wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
+
+Generic controls:
+
+- implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
+- support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -102,7 +147,15 @@ wxGTK:
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension

-- added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+- added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
+- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
+
+wxMac:
+
+- generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
+- generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -111,30 +164,27 @@ wxMSW:
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more

-- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
-- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
+- fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
+- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
+- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers

 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown

-- all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
-  (for MinGW and Cygwin)
-- When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
-  WXEXPORTDLL
-- A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion. 
-  wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
-  objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
-  ptrs; fixed
+- added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
+- libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
+- when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
+- fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents

 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
   to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
   or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
   to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
   or if user's default locale is Unicode-only

-- Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
-  sunken border under XP
+- improved border handling under Windows XP

 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
   wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
   wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.

-  Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
-- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
-  if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
+- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
+- fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
+- added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
+- you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)

 
 wxMotif:
 
 
 wxMotif:
 


@@ -157,6 +207,7 @@ wxUniv:
 
 wxHTML:
 
 
 wxHTML:
 

+- added text selection to wxHtmlWindow

 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
   <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
   <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)


@@ -444,8 +495,7 @@ All (GUI):
   (Rene Rivera).
 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
   whether a label edit was cancelled.
   (Rene Rivera).
 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
   whether a label edit was cancelled.

-- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
-  deprecated)
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW: