switched to using a real class instead of a namespace because of Mac base/GUI problems

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -147,13 +147,15 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 - Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
   wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
   is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
 - Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
   wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
   is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter

-- wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- the are no longer
+- wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- they are no longer

   needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
   into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.
   needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
   into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.

-- wxFile methods now return wxFileOffset which may be a 64 bit integer type,
-  even on 32 bit platforms, instead of off_t and so the return value of
-  wxFile::Length(), for example, shouldn't be assigned to off_t variable any
-  more (the compiler might warn you about this).
+- wxFile methods now return either wxFileOffset or wxFileSize_t which may be a
+  64 bit integer type, even on 32 bit platforms, instead of off_t and so the
+  return value of wxFile::Length(), for example, shouldn't be assigned to off_t
+  variable any more (the compiler might warn you about this)
+- wxListItem::m_data is now of type wxUIntPtr, not long, for compatibility
+  with 64 bit systems

 
 
 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
 
 
 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x


@@ -191,11 +193,43 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them.
   and has now been removed
 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
 - obsolete and not used wxUSE_GENERIC_DIALOGS_IN_MSW has been removed
   and has now been removed
 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
 - obsolete and not used wxUSE_GENERIC_DIALOGS_IN_MSW has been removed

+- wxDbTable::wxDbTable with wxChar* deprecated, same with wxString& instead

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

+2.5.4
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
+- wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
+
+Unix:
+
+- wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
+
+wxMac:
+
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
+- Group of wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive
+
+

 2.5.3
 -----
 
 2.5.3
 -----
 


@@ -215,6 +249,8 @@ All:
 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams

+- added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
+- fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 


@@ -240,6 +276,10 @@ All (GUI):
 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection

+- it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
+- added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
+- wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
+  supported, instead of zero.

 
 Unix:
 
 
 Unix:
 


@@ -249,11 +289,21 @@ Unix:
   builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
 - wx-config has new --version-full option
 
   builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
 - wx-config has new --version-full option
 

-wxMAC:
+wxCocoa:
+
+- added Unicode compatability layer for OSX 10.2
+- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2 
+- Tooltips now supported
+- wxSound now supported
+- wxDisplay now supported 
+- Some stock cursors now supported 
+
+wxMac:

 
 

-- Fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX (RN)
-- Added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock (RN)
-- Added wxDrawerWindow class for drawer windows for OSX >= 10.2 (RN - from Jason Bagley)
+- fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX 
+- added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock 
+- added Unicode compatability layer for OSX 10.2
+- wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -296,6 +346,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases

+- fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build

 
 wxUniv/X11:
 
 
 wxUniv/X11:
 


@@ -303,9 +354,9 @@ wxUniv/X11:
 
 wxWinCE:
 
 
 wxWinCE:
 

-- added native SmartPhone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
-- added native SmartPhone wxChoice implementation using spinners
-- added automatized but customizable handling of native SmartPhone menus
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
+- added automatized but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus

 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
 
 wxHTML:
 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
 
 wxHTML: