Applied patch [ 589484 ] wxGenericListCtrl, fix for direct use.

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 59550de7bc64471c34593558f340c1afb5036509..9bbb2f2f5c5d83b982fafd926451fcfe09accc54 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
     paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
     with '!' in the first column.
 
     paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
     with '!' in the first column.
 

+    Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
+    is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
+    series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
+    your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
+    2.6 release.
+
+

 wxBase:
 
 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
 wxBase:
 
 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems


@@ -34,6 +41,11 @@ wxBase:
   a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
   is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
 
   a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
   is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
 

+- another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
+  must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
+  the default assert handling.
+
+

 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


@@ -41,12 +53,12 @@ All (GUI):
   in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
 
   You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
   in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
 
   You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour

-  but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
+  but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code

   instead!
 
 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
   your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
   instead!
 
 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
   your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace

-  the occurences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
+  the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.

 
 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
   generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
 
 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
   generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if


@@ -80,6 +92,10 @@ All (GUI):
   parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
   from happening
 
   parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
   from happening
 

+- several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
+  for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
+  and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
+

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -155,12 +171,17 @@ wxBase:
 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
   deprecated)
 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
   deprecated)
 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)

+- added wxEXPLICIT macro

 
 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
 
 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

+- wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
+  lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
+  the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
+- fixed thread priority setting under Linux

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 


@@ -189,6 +210,15 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search

+- wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
+  so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
+  table fills up
+- updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
+- Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
+  cleanup.
+- generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
+  renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
+  (Rene Rivera).

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -218,6 +248,13 @@ wxMSW:
   has the capture before release it.
 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
 - default button handling is now closer to expected
   has the capture before release it.
 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
 - default button handling is now closer to expected

+- setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
+- multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
+- tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
+- fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
+- fixed a condition where a thread can hang during
+  message/event processing
+- increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -232,6 +269,13 @@ wxGTK:
 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)

+- made internal GC pool dynamically growable
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
+- improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
+- improved toolbar control alignment

 
 wxHTML:
 
 
 wxHTML:
 


@@ -270,6 +314,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)

+- improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -280,6 +325,14 @@ wxMSW:
 wxGTK:
 
 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
 wxGTK:
 
 - fixed popup menu positioning bug

+- fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
+- fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
+  correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
+  Tools

 
 wxHTML:
 
 
 wxHTML:
 


@@ -458,7 +511,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
 - wxFrame restores focus better
 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
 - wxFrame restores focus better
 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to

-  frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
+  frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise

   (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
   (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.


@@ -541,7 +594,7 @@ all (GUI):
 
 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
 
 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively

-- wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
+- wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management

 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
   dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
   dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes


@@ -557,7 +610,7 @@ all (GUI):
 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper

-  for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
+  for dealing with conversions between different encodings,

   charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
 - wxDragImage class added
 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
   charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
 - wxDragImage class added
 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help


@@ -599,11 +652,11 @@ wxHTML:
   including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
   and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
   loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
   including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
   and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
   loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search

-  splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
+  split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller

 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
   taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
   taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames

-- added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
+- added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers

 - improved HTML printing
 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
 - improved HTML printing
 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes


@@ -866,7 +919,7 @@ wxMotif:
   global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
   WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
   global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
   WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.

-- Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
+- Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.

 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
   It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
 
 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
   It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
 


@@ -922,7 +975,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent

-  so event can travel up the window hierachy.
+  so event can travel up the window hierarchy.

 
 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
 ------------------------
 
 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
 ------------------------


@@ -1183,7 +1236,7 @@ Generic:
 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
   wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
   wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.

-- Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
+- Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).

 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
   will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
   MoreRequested.
 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
   will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
   MoreRequested.


@@ -1212,7 +1265,7 @@ All:
   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard

-  WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
+  WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or

   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus


@@ -1293,7 +1346,7 @@ At this point, the following has been achieved:
   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 - PrologIO revised.
 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 - PrologIO revised.
 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.

-  MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
+  MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.

 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
   Windows settings.
 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
   Windows settings.
 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour