-*** wxWindows 2.3.3 ***
+*** wxWidgets 2.3.3 ***
-Beta support for GTK 2.0.
+Look at the General changes file for more encompassing on
+the changes that have taken place in 2.3.3. This file has
+not been kept uptodate. RR.
+
+Beta support for GTK 2.0. Use "configure --enable-gtk2 --enable-unicode".
+
+Lots of work locale/encoding conversion classes.
+
+Large changes in wxThread/wxCondition code.
+
+wxLocale detects the system language on all ports.
+
+Corrected wxFrame::ShowFullScreen().
Added wxArtProvider for changing default icons and more.
Added IFF image handler.
-Added ICO, CUR and ANI image handler.
+Added ICO, CUR and ANI image handler. Added image handler
+for several image per file (GIF, TIFF).
wxFrame::SetMenuBar() corrected (for NULL etc.)
Reworked wxConfig class interface.
Reworked wxDynamicLibary class for loading classes (particularly
-wxWindows classes) from dynamic libraries.
+wxWidgets classes) from dynamic libraries.
Removed wxObjectStream class.
Further improvements to wxFileName class.
-*** wxWindows 2.3.2 ***
+*** wxWidgets 2.3.2 ***
Addition of wxFileName class to handler DOS, Unix, Mac and VMS filenames
and paths in a platform independent way.
Addition of a wxPopupWindow class to imitate temporary windows such
as those used combo boxes or in tool tips.
-Addition of wxToggleButton which was missing in wxWindows 2.2.
+Addition of wxToggleButton which was missing in wxWidgets 2.2.
Support for virtual lists in wxListCtrl.
Improved wxSizer-based layout system for better support for dynamic
layout.
-*** wxWindows 2.3.0 ***
+*** wxWidgets 2.3.0 ***
scaling for map modes other than wxMM_TEXT works correctly (Derry Bryson)
-*** wxWindows 2.2.6 ***
+*** wxWidgets 2.2.6 ***
wxGauge now supports wxGA_VERTICAL (Shane Forsythe)
-*** 29th January 2001: wxWindows 2.2.5 released ***
+*** 29th January 2001: wxWidgets 2.2.5 released ***
Synchronized with wxMSW 2.2.5, include macros
for upwards 2.4.0 compatibility.
Fixed compilation with --enable-no_rtti/no_exceptions
with older egcs.
-*** 15th January 2001: wxWindows 2.2.4 released ***
+*** 15th January 2001: wxWidgets 2.2.4 released ***
Corrected wxYield() to handle recursive calls
more gracefully (and with a warning in debug mode).
Synchronized release with wxMSW again.
-*** 3rd November: wxWindows 2.2.3 released ***
+*** 3rd November: wxWidgets 2.2.3 released ***
Fixed bugs in HTTP code.
Linux and FreeBSD default to using GS fonts (and not
Adobe fonts).
-*** 20th September: wxWindows 2.2.2 released ***
+*** 20th September: wxWidgets 2.2.2 released ***
Fixed wxSizer bug that made items with option
flags greater than 1 report a wrong size.
Other minor fixes.
-*** 20th August 2000: wxWindows 2.2.1 released ***
+*** 20th August 2000: wxWidgets 2.2.1 released ***
Minor build fixes.
Minor wxCommandLineParser changes.
-*** 10th July 2000: wxWindows 2.2.0 released ***
+*** 10th July 2000: wxWidgets 2.2.0 released ***
Added code for writing BMP images.
Bug-fixes.
-*** 4th June 2000: wxWindows pre-2.2 release ***
+*** 4th June 2000: wxWidgets pre-2.2 release ***
Complete freeze now. Only vital bug-fixes allowed.
MANY bugfixes.
-*** 22th March 2000: wxWindows 2.1.15 released ***
+*** 22th March 2000: wxWidgets 2.1.15 released ***
-Build fix. RPMs no loner require GTK's include files.
+Build fix. RPMs no longer require GTK's include files.
An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets built
-*** 19th March 2000: wxWindows 2.1.14 released ***
+*** 19th March 2000: wxWidgets 2.1.14 released ***
An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets built
and installed. There is also an extra RPM for this
The L-GPL iODBC library must now be enables explicitly so as
to not mislead people into reading the license wrong.
-*** 24th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.13 released ***
+*** 24th January '2000: wxWidgets 2.1.13 released ***
Corrections to TAB handling in notebooks.
Build-fixes for various platforms and compilers.
-*** 6th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.12 released ***
+*** 6th January '2000: wxWidgets 2.1.12 released ***
Who has a BigEndian computer (e.g. Sparc or PowerPC) that runs a 15
and/or 16 bit colour mode? I need this for testing purposes, i.e. this
Began work on a new dialog and resource editor (wxDesigner).
-*** 7st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released ***
+*** 7st November '99: wxWidgets 2.1.11 released ***
There is still an unresolved problem with bitmap to image
conversion on big-endian architectures (such as Solaris),
Enlightenment has struck the majority of the developers and
they have chosen to use the Linux kernel numbering scheme
-for wxWindows from now on. This means that the next stable
-release will be called wxWindows 2.2.X, development snapshots
+for wxWidgets from now on. This means that the next stable
+release will be called wxWidgets 2.2.X, development snapshots
will be called 2.1.X.
A lot of discussion has been wasted on how to maintain a
once released stable version. It was almost universally
agreed that only a commercial entity will have the motivation
-($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWindows Inc.
+($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWidgets Inc.
Support for GTK 1.0 has been dropped. This version has
been tested with GTK 1.2.3 and GTK 1.2.6 - it might
with immediate success. Actually, when using GNU compilers,
your chances are quite good.
-My rewrite of the wxWindows underlying GTK widget
+My rewrite of the wxWidgets underlying GTK widget
has turned scrolling including subwindows from barely
functional to pretty and fast. I also added scrolling
of foreign windows to wxScrolledWindow.
Several printing things fixed. More work needs to be done
here..
-HTML widget and the wxWindows' help system based upon
+HTML widget and the wxWidgets' help system based upon
it have been reorganized and improved for easier use
from Python and C++. Also HTML printing has been added.
Michael is writing a complete rewrite of the antiquated
wxGrid. This is still work-in-progress and might not make
-it into wxWindows 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome
+it into wxWidgets 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome
to make that happen.
Made wxMenu code lose less memory, also added wxMenu::Delete().
Added code to send wxActivateEvent to MDI windows.
-Vadim added configure things to compile wxWindows without any
+Vadim added configure things to compile wxWidgets without any
GUI library. This is probably work in progress. He'll also add
a wxFontEnumerator class and has enhanced wxFont to make use
of char-encodings.
another cursor misbehaviour.
Updated many parts of the documentation to reflect changes
-in wxWindows 2.1, wxPython and more exact description of
+in wxWidgets 2.1, wxPython and more exact description of
cross-platform issues as well as platform differences.
Many other fixes, mainly by others...
handling and scroll event intercepting from wxScrolledWindow.
By and large much of the code has stabilized and won't be much
-*** different in the final wxWindows 2.1 release. Please test as ***
+*** different in the final wxWidgets 2.1 release. Please test as ***
much as you can.
The next release will have a new build system.
to call usleep()) in idle time - giving more CPU slices to
the application if desired.
-wxGLCanvas (the OpenGl for wxWindows) now accepts keyboard input.
+wxGLCanvas (the OpenGl for wxWidgets) now accepts keyboard input.
The usual number of compile and bug fixes from all involved.
12th April '99: First wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
-This is the first developers' version of wxWindows 2.1 for GTK. It's main
+This is the first developers' version of wxWidgets 2.1 for GTK. It's main
new feature is that it supports GTK 1.2 (as opposed to GTK 1.0) which
will make development within the GNOME environment a lot easier.
-*** 5th March '99: wxWindows 2.0 released ***
+*** 5th March '99: wxWidgets 2.0 released ***
-This is the final version of wxWindows 2.0 for GTK. The versions for
+This is the final version of wxWidgets 2.0 for GTK. The versions for
Windows and Motif (and also this version) are available form Julian Smart's
site. The Mac version is still under development.
-*** 19th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 5 ***
+*** 19th February '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 5 ***
This is the fifth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and
-*** 12th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 4 ***
+*** 12th February '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 4 ***
This is the fourth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and
-*** 29th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 3 ***
+*** 29th January '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 3 ***
This is the third beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes.
it Drag'n'Drop. This is mostly due to the fact that DnD in
GTK 1.0 is hardly usable and much different from GTK 1.2 which means that
we have to design a common API for Windows, GTK 1.0 and GTK 1.2. Although
-we are trying to prevent that, it is possible that wxWindows 2.0 (being
+we are trying to prevent that, it is possible that wxWidgets 2.0 (being
based on GTK 1.0) will not have proper DnD support.
The major changes are that tool tips have been added, threads have been completely
-*** 6th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 2 ***
+*** 6th January '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 2 ***
This is the second beta release and contains it mostly build and
-*** 20th December '98: wxWindows 2.0 beta 1 ***
+*** 20th December '98: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 1 ***
This is the first beta release and we have used the time before
We changed the name of the shared library to include the version of
the GTK used so that no conflicts emerge with simultaneous
-versions of wxWindows for GTK 1.0 and for GTK 1.2 and so on.
+versions of wxWidgets for GTK 1.0 and for GTK 1.2 and so on.
As you can see, we have not moved to GTK 1.1.X as the different
development versions are too different and buggy to be useful. We'll
Linux-x86 and egcs 1.1 on Linux-Alpha and egcs 1.0 on Sparc. This isn't
as easy as it sounds...
-Available form this site are the Python bindings of wxWindows.
+Available form this site are the Python bindings of wxWidgets.
Thanks to Robin Dunn for this tremendous contribution.
Tkinter is dead, Java is dead, wxPython rules! That's all there is to say.
constructors.
As the number of users and the number of test programs and samples
-is steadily rising the core classes of wxWindows for MSW and GTK 1.0
+is steadily rising the core classes of wxWidgets for MSW and GTK 1.0
can be considered to be very stable if not outright bug-free. I haven't
-seen a crash for weeks now and wxWindows' internal debug features also
+seen a crash for weeks now and wxWidgets' internal debug features also
have improved every week, making stepping-through with a debugger almost
completely unnecessary as the library reports possible errors itself
(when in debug mode).
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