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@@ -5,6 +5,36 @@ 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()
+- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
+- 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()
+- 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
+- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
+- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
+             SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
+
+

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


@@ -13,8 +43,11 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

-- added wxCLOSE style for dialogs and frames
+- It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
+  huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
+  separately compiled library

 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)

+- added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling


@@ -22,14 +55,30 @@ All:
 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
   by default in Unicode mode
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
   by default in Unicode mode
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed

+- added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
+- 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:
 
 - added Watcom makefiles
 
 wxBase:
 
 - added Watcom makefiles

+- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)

 
 All GUI ports:
 
 
 All GUI ports:
 

-- added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
+- 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
+- wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may b resizeable (Robert Vazan)

 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)


@@ -38,61 +87,122 @@ 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
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds

-
-- 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.
+- it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
+  by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
+- 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
+  wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
+- Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
+- Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
+  delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
+  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
+- sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
+- wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
+- 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.
+- send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
+- improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- added wxMirrorDC class
+- printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
+  been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
+  report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
+  number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
+  wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
+  correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
+  improved

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

+- added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
+- added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build

 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
   window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
   window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN

-- 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 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:
 
 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
 
 wxMSW:
 
 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)

+- added wxCrashReport

 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
 - 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
 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
 - 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

+- 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
+- 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.
+- 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:

 
 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
   does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
 
 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
   does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog


@@ -102,6 +212,23 @@ wxMotif
   xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
   with Motif 1.x compatibility
 - implemented wxToggleButton
   xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
   with Motif 1.x compatibility
 - implemented wxToggleButton

+- wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
+  instead of a sunken border
+- implemented wxBitmapDataObject
+- finished wxClipboard implementation
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- controls in toolbars now supported
+
+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)
+- wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
+

 
 OLD CHANGES
 ===========
 
 OLD CHANGES
 ===========


@@ -323,7 +450,7 @@ wxBase:
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix

-- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
+- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
   after (non standard) STL hash_map
 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
   after (non standard) STL hash_map


@@ -384,8 +511,7 @@ 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: