don't inherit the controls colours from the parent - at least for the background...

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 8459ba4df443ae3645a57668397df9469b954997..36a00a6cc10084c46f0e4ef1cba2121a3bdd75fa 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ All (GUI):
   but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
   instead!
 
   but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
   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.
+

 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
   have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
   ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
   have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
   ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following


@@ -42,17 +46,26 @@ All (GUI):
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 

+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to 
+  unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
+

 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
   but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
   where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
   but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
   where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update

-  the include path in your make/project files appropriately.
+  the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
+  xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
+  class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your 
+  make/project files.

 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
   effect
 
 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
   effect
 

+- all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
+  previously selected one instead of replacing it
+

 Unix ports:
 
 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
 Unix ports:
 
 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of


@@ -60,6 +73,10 @@ Unix ports:
   and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
   to compile pure C files.
 
   and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
   to compile pure C files.
 

+
+OTHER CHANGES
+=============
+

 2.3.3
 -----
 
 2.3.3
 -----
 


@@ -68,17 +85,57 @@ 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)
+- fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
+- added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
+  after STL hash_map
+
+Unix (Base/GUI):
+
+- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
+  programs and not only GNU make

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
+  wxHashTable
+- significantly improved native font support
+- added IFF image handler

 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2

+- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF and ICO formats)
+- support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
+- wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
+- added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 

-- huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() (=> much faster toolbar creation)
+- small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
+- refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
+- changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style

 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText

+- improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
+  are changed

 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535

+- wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
+- bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
+- showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
+  recursion any more
+- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
+- wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
+- wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
+- added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
+  wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
+- fixed alignment handling in tables

 
 2.3.2
 -----
 
 2.3.2
 -----