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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ wxBase:
   under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
   code.
 
   under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
   code.
 

+- wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
+  architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
+  used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
+  arrays containing non-pointers.
+

 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
   simply don't make sense for all objects
 
 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
   simply don't make sense for all objects
 


@@ -17,10 +22,17 @@ wxBase:
   by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
   add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
 
   by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
   add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
 

-- wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
-  architectures. The base class is now implemented once for each needed
-  primitive type in order to avoid invalid reference casts. Macros are
-  provided to implement new arrays using these primitive base arrays.
+- wxCondition now must be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
+  documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
+  unfortunately needed as the old class didn't behave correctly in all cases
+
+- small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
+
+- unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
+  from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
+  could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
+  a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
+  is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 


@@ -54,6 +66,17 @@ All (GUI):
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to 
   unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
 
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to 
   unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
 

+- wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
+  now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
+
+- WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
+  they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
+
+- the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
+  parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
+  from happening
+
+

 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
 wxMSW:
 
 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more


@@ -71,6 +94,14 @@ wxMSW:
 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
   previously selected one instead of replacing it
 
 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
   previously selected one instead of replacing it
 

+- wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
+  return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
+  never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
+  
+- wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
+  anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
+
+

 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


@@ -87,32 +118,52 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
 wxBase:
 
 
 wxBase:
 

+- wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)

 - 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
 - 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
+  after (non standard) STL hash_map
+- wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
+- wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
+- fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
+  deprecated)

 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 
 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
   programs and not only GNU make
 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 
 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
   programs and not only GNU make

+- wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
+  small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
+- implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
+- added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
+- added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
+  wxWindows dialogs

 - significantly improved native font support
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
   wxHashTable
 - added IFF image handler
 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
 - significantly improved native font support
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
   wxHashTable
 - added IFF image handler
 - 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 multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)

 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)

+- added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
+- added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
+  for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
+- added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
+- added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
+- Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
+- Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -120,6 +171,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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
 - 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

+- wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)

 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours


@@ -130,13 +182,27 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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
 - 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

+- the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
+- wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox

 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now

+- Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
+- Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
+- Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
+  has the capture before release it.

 
 wxGTK:
 
 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
 
 wxGTK:
 
 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles

+- added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
+- new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh. 
+  Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
+- support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
+- fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
+- implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
+  (unlike thread work)
+- implemented wxChoice::Delete()

 
 wxHTML:
 
 
 wxHTML:
 


@@ -144,6 +210,7 @@ wxHTML:
 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
   wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
 - fixed alignment handling in tables
 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
   wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
 - fixed alignment handling in tables

+- fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive

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