INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
================================
+Unicode-related changes
+-----------------------
+
+The biggest changes in wxWidgets 3.0 are the changes due to the merge of the
+old ANSI and Unicode build modes in a single build. See the Unicode overview
+in the manual for more details but here are the most important incompatible
+changes:
+
+- Many wxWidgets functions taking "const wxChar *" have been changed to take
+ either "const wxString&" so that they accept both Unicode and ANSI strings.
+ and the argument can't be NULL or "const char *" if the strings are always
+ ANSI but may be NULL. This change is normally backwards compatible except:
+
+ a) Virtual functions: derived classes versions must be modified to take
+ "const wxString&" as well to make sure that they continue to override the
+ base class version.
+
+ b) Passing NULL as argument: as NULL can't be unambiguously converted to
+ wxString, in many cases code using it won't compile any more and NULL
+ should be replaced with an empty string.
+
+
+- Some structure fields which used to be of type "const wxChar *" (such as
+ wxCmdLineEntryDesc::shortName, longName and description fields) are now of
+ type "const char *", you need to remove wxT() or _T() around the values used
+ to initialize them (which should normally always be ASCII).
+
+- wxIPC classes didn't work correctly in Unicode build before, this was fixed
+ but at a price of breaking backwards compatibility: many methods which used
+ to work with "wxChar *" before use "void *" now (some int parameters were
+ also changed to size_t). While wxIPC_TEXT can still be used to transfer 7
+ bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
+
+
+wxODBC and contrib libraries removal
+------------------------------------
+
+wxODBC library was unmaintained since several years and we couldn't continue
+supporting it any longer so it was removed. Please use any of the other open
+source ODBC libraries in the future projects.
+
+Also the "applet", "deprecated", "fl", "mmedia" and "plot" contrib libraries
+were removed as they were unmaintained and broken since several years.
+The "gizmos", "ogl", "net" and "foldbar" contribs have been moved to
+wxCode (see http://wxcode.sourceforge.net/complist.php); they are now
+open for futher development by volunteers.
+
+The "stc" and "svg" contribs instead have been moved respectively into a new
+"official" library stc and in the core lib.
+
+
Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
proportions to return to the old behaviour.
+- wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
+ your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
+
+
Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
-----------------------------------------------------------
- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
+- wxDC classes hierarchy has changed, if you derived any classes from wxDC you
+ need to review them as wxDC doesn't have any virtual methods any longer and
+ uses delegation instead of inheritance to present different behaviours.
+
- Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
-- virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
+- Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
-- Funtions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
+- Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
must be used instead.
+- wxTmemxxx() functions take either wxChar* or char*, not void*: use memxxx()
+ with void pointers.
+
+- Removed insecure wxGets() and wxTmpnam() functions.
+
+- Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
+ wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.
+
+- wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
+ derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
+ can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
+
+- wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they can't be
+ implemented correctly any longer because automatically generated ids are not
+ necessarily allocated consecutively any more. Use GetChildren() to find the
+ next/previous control sibling instead.
+
+
Deprecated methods and their replacements
-----------------------------------------
- wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
to use
+- wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
+ terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
+ "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.
+- wxConnection::OnExecute() is not formally deprecated yet but new code should
+ use simpler OnExec() version which is called with wxString argument
Major new features in this release
----------------------------------
+- wxWidgets is now always built with Unicode support but provides the same
+ simple (i.e. "char *"-tolerant) API as was available in ANSI build in the
+ past.
+
+- wxWidgets may now use either wchar_t (UTF-16/32) or UTF-8 internally,
+ depending on what is optimal for the target platform.
+
+- Events loops, timers and sockets can now be used in wxBase, without GUI.
+
2.9.0
-----
All:
-- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
-- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
-- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
-- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
-- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
-- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
-- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)
-- Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers)
-- Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin)
+- Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)
+- Added wxXLocale class and xlocale-like functions using it
+- Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
+- Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
+- Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
+- Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
+- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxDateTime::FormatISOCombined() and ParseISODate/Time/Combined()
+- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
+- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
+- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().
+- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz).
+- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev).
+- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev).
+- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski).
+- Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers).
+- Added support for binary data to wxConfig (Charles Reimers).
+- Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin).
- wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
- wxLogInterposerTemp was added
-- Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent)
+ wxLogInterposerTemp was added.
+- Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent).
+- Documentation now includes the wx library in which each class is defined.
+- wxrc --gettext now generates references to source .xrc files (Heikki
+ Linnakangas).
+- wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
+ if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
+- Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
+- Added wxVector<T> class templates
+
+All (Unix):
+
+- Added wx-config --optional-libs command line option (John Labenski).
All (GUI):
-- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
-- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
-- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)
-- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
-- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage()
+- Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes
+- Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
+- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
+- Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
+- Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
+- Added wxWrapSizer
+- Added custom controls support to wxFileDialog (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
+- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
+- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
+- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).
+- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage().
+- Added wxListCtrl::Set/GetColumnsOrder() (Yury Voronov)
+- Added wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars() (Julian Scheid)
+- Added wxMouseEvent::GetClickCount() (Julian Scheid)
+- Added wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT background style (Julian Scheid)
+- Added XRCSIZERITEM() macro for obtaining sizers from XRC (Brian Vanderburg II)
+- New and improved wxFileCtrl (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
- Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
- Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
- Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
- Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
-- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK
-- Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba)
-- Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov)
-- Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
-- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
-- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
-- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
-- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner)
+- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK.
+- Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba).
+- Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov).
+- Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
+- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate().
+- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc.
+- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr).
+- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner).
+- Added support for two auxiliary mouse buttons to wxMouseEvent (Chris Weiland).
+- Added wxToolTip::SetAutoPop() and SetReshow() (Jan Knepper).
+- Added wxTaskBarIcon::Destroy().
+- Added XRC handler for wxSearchCtrl (Sander Berents).
+- Read image resolution from TIFF, JPEG and BMP images (Maycon Aparecido Gasoto).
+- Add support for reading alpha data from TIFF images.
+- Added wxSYS_DCLICK_TIME system metric constant (Arne Steinarson).
+- Added wxApp::Get/SetAppDisplayName() (Brian A. Vanderburg II).
+- Added wxWindow::GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser() (Arne Steinarson).
+- Implemented wxTreeCtrl::GetPrevVisible() in the generic version and made the
+ behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
+- Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
+ to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
+- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren(). (Szczepan Holyszewski)
+- Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
+- Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new wxDialogLayoutAdapter
+ class and various new wxDialog functions. See the topic "Automatic Scrolling
+ Dialogs" in the manual for further details.
+- Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
+ via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
+ Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.
+- Made wxSizer::Fit() set the client size of the target window
+- Add support for wxDatePickerCtrl in wxGenericValidator (Herry Ayen Yang)
+- Added wxWindow::HasFocus().
+- Added wxGLCanvas::IsDisplaySupported().
+- Added wxApp::SetNativeTheme() (Stefan H.).
wxGTK:
-- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Native keyboard navigation implementation
-- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
+- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Native keyboard navigation implementation.
+- Added wxCB_SORT support to wxComboBox (Evgeniy Tarassov).
+- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa.
- Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
- wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
- wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
- wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
- Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
-- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
-- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
+- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
+- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.
+- Added support for GTK+ print backend
wxMac:
-- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
-- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson)
-- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
-- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
-- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
+- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls).
+- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson).
+- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs).
+- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
+- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
+- Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale
+- Added native wxCollapsiblePane
wxMSW:
- Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
- Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
-- wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
+- wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
+- Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon
+- Fix centering wxFileDialog and allow positioning it
+- Allow centering wxMessageDialog on its parent window (troelsk)
+- Implement support for display enumeration under WinCE (Vince Harron)
wxX11:
-- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
-- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
+- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart).
+- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart).
+
+
+2.8.8
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Fixed bug with parsing some dates in wxDateTime (Bob Pesner)
+- Fixed bug with parsing negative time zones in wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date()
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling()
+- Improve wximage::ResampleBox() (Mihai Ciocarlie)
+- Implemented ScrollList() in generic wxListCtrl (Tim Kosse)
+- Fixed wxXmlResource::GetText() to convert data to current locale's
+ charset in ANSI build.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fix rare bug with messages delivered to wrong wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
+- Fix setting icons when they have non-default (16*16 and 32*32) sizes
+- Fixed wxLocale::GetInfo to use the C locale.
+- Don't enable disabled windows when showing them (Harry McKame).
+- Fix assert when using owner-drawn menu items with the newest (Vista) SDK
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Return false from wxEventLoop::Dispatch() if gtk_main_quit() was called and
+ so the loop should exit (Rodolfo Schulz de Lima)
+
+
+2.8.7
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Fixed bug with default proxy destruction in wxURL (Axel Gembe).
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Correct (harmless) warnings given for forward-declared DLL-exported classes
+ by mingw32 4.2 (Tim Stahlhut).
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Added gtk.window.force-background-colour wxSystemOptions option to work around
+ a background colour bug in the gtk-qt theme under KDE.
+- Implemented wxGetClientDisplayRect() correctly for wxGTK and X11-based ports.
+
+
+2.8.6
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Fixed another bug in wxFileConfig when deleting entries (Axel Gembe)
+- Added Portuguese translation (Antonio Cardoso Martins)
2.8.5
- Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
- Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
- Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
+- Fixed showing busy cursor for disabled windows and during wxExecute()
+- Set the string of wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED events (Luca Cappa)
+- Fix problems with timers on SMP machines in wxAnimationCtrl (Gennady)
wxGTK:
- Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
- Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
- Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
+- Generate wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event even if label didn't change
+- Fix WX_GL_STEREO attribute handling (Tristan Mehamli)
+- Fix wxThread::SetPriority() when the thread is running (Christos Gourdoupis)
+- Fixed off by 1 bug in wxDC::GradientFillLinear() (Tim Kosse)
2.8.4
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