Update docs to mention new filesystem handlers.

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / sizer.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/sizer.tex b/docs/latex/wx/sizer.tex
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--- a/docs/latex/wx/sizer.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/sizer.tex
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ add empty space of the desired size and attributes, and then use the wxSizerItem
 method to determine where the drawing operations should take place.
 
 
+Please notice that sizers, like child windows, are owned by the library and
+will be deleted by it which implies that they must be allocated on the heap.
+However if you create a sizer and do not add it to another sizer or window, the
+library wouldn't be able to delete such an orphan sizer and in this, and only
+this, case it should be deleted explicitly.
+
 \pythonnote{If you wish to create a sizer class in wxPython you should
 derive the class from {\tt wxPySizer} in order to get Python-aware
 capabilities for the various virtual methods.}
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ here:
 
 \docparam{window}{The window to be added to the sizer. Its initial size (either set explicitly by the
 user or calculated internally when using wxDefaultSize) is interpreted as the minimal and in many
-cases also the initial size. This is particularly useful in connection with \helpref{SetSizeHints}{wxsizersetsizehints}.}
+cases also the initial size.}
 
 \docparam{sizer}{The (child-)sizer to be added to the sizer. This allows placing a child sizer in a
 sizer and thus to create hierarchies of sizers (typically a vertical box as the top sizer and several
@@ -486,11 +492,16 @@ after initial creation.
 
 \func{void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{wxWindow* }{window}}
 
-Tell the sizer to set (and \helpref{Fit}{wxsizerfit}) the minimal size of the \arg{window} to
-match the sizer's minimal size.  This is commonly done in the constructor of the window itself,
-see sample in the description of \helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer} if the window is resizable
-(as are many dialogs under Unix and frames on probably all platforms).
+This method first calls \helpref{wxSizer::Fit}{wxsizerfit} and then 
+\helpref{SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints} on the {\it window}
+passed to it. This only makes sense when {\it window} is actually a
+\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow} such as a wxFrame or a
+wxDialog, since SetSizeHints only has any effect in these classes. 
+It does nothing in normal windows or controls.
 
+This method is commonly invoked in the constructor of a toplevel window itself
+(see the sample in the description of \helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}) if the
+toplevel window is resizable.
 
 \membersection{wxSizer::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxsizersetvirtualsizehints}