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-wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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+---------------------------------------------------------------
+wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+2.6.0
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
+- Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
+ non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
+- Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
+- wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
+
+wxWinCE:
+
+- Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
+
+wxGTK:
+- New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
+ --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
+ --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
+ --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
+ --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
+- wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
+- Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
+
+wxMac:
+- Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
+
+2.5.5
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
+ user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
+- Added wxDebugReport class.
+- Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
+- Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
+- Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
+- Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
+- Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
+- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
+ GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
+- Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
+- Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
+ the whole virtual area.
+- Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
+- Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
+ isn't used to set the window size.
+- Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
+- wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
+ splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
+- Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
+
+Unix:
+
+- Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
+- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
+- fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
+- wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
+- Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
+ handling (Jamie Gadd).
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
+- Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
+- Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
+- Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
+- Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
+- GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
+ and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
+
+wxPalmOS:
+
+- Native wxRadioBox implementation.
+
+wxWinCE:
+
+- Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
+- Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
+ You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
+- Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
+- Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
+- wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
+ with correct titlebar style.
+- Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
+ PocketPC guidelines
+- Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
+- Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
+- Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
+- Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
+- Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
+- wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
+ to the dialog's toolbar.
2.5.4
-----
All:
+- wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
+ use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
- added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
- changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
- implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
-- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
+- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
- Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
- A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
-- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
+- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
- use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
- wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
- XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
- Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
printing stuff in the GTK port.
+- Deprecated print setup dialog.
- Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
-- The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
+- The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
+- added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
+- wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
+- wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
+ wxSystemSettings::Get*()
+- wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
+ the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
+ client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
+ to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
+- Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
+ due to a rounding error.
+- Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
+ SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
+- Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
+ mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
+- "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
+- wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
+- wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
+- added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
+
All (GUI):
+- added wxMediaCtrl
- added wxDatePickerCtrl
+- wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
- wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
- wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
- wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
+- wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
+ in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
+- added wxImage::InitAlpha()
Unix:
runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
errors otherwise.
+- wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
+- Added wxRawBitmap support
+- Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
+ interaction with wxWidgets' events.
+- wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
wxMac:
+- Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
+- wxJoystick now works on OSX
wxMSW:
wxWinCE:
- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
but not mentioned anywhere.
+- Added (preliminary) support for sockets
wxUniv:
- enumeration of available volumes
- native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
- native wxProgressDialog implementation
+- native wxColourDialog implementation
- native wxSystemSettings colours
+- native wxButton implementation
+- native wxCheckBox implementation
+- native wxSlider implementation
+- native wxToggleButton implementation
+- native wxRadioButton implementation
+- native wxStaticText implementation
+- native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
2.5.3
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