added wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars() and its wxMac implementation

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / function.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
index 18632a68561320692f80ac98f9db290a7c81a290..b3230a5d8e4d09273994ae0de12710e4f77f8338 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}\\
 \helpref{wxDEPRECATED}{wxdeprecated}\\
 \helpref{wxDEPRECATED\_BUT\_USED\_INTERNALLY}{wxdeprecatedbutusedinternally}\\
+\helpref{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}{wxdeprecatedinline}\\
 \helpref{wxDirExists}{functionwxdirexists}\\
 \helpref{wxDirSelector}{wxdirselector}\\
 \helpref{wxDisplayDepth}{wxdisplaydepth}\\
@@ -1570,11 +1571,14 @@ that there isn't always a standard way to do a reliable check on the OS architec
 
 \membersection{::wxGetUserHome}\label{wxgetuserhome}
 
-\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetUserHome}{\param{const wxString\& }{user = ""}}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetUserHome}{\param{const wxString\& }{user = ""}}
 
-Returns the home directory for the given user. If the username is empty
-(default value), this function behaves like
-\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir}.
+Returns the home directory for the given user. If the \arg{user} is empty
+(default value), this function behaves like 
+\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir} i.e. returns the current user home
+directory.
+
+If the home directory couldn't be determined, an empty string is returned.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
@@ -1801,11 +1805,9 @@ build. In fact, its definition is:
 \func{const wxChar *}{wxTRANSLATE}{\param{const char *}{s}}
 
 This macro doesn't do anything in the program code -- it simply expands to the
-value of its argument (except in Unicode build where it is equivalent to
-\helpref{wxT}{wxt} which makes it unnecessary to use both wxTRANSLATE and wxT
-with the same string which would be really unreadable).
+value of its argument.
 
-However it does have a purpose and it is to mark the literal strings for the
+However it does have a purpose which is to mark the literal strings for the
 extraction into the message catalog created by {\tt xgettext} program. Usually
 this is achieved using \helpref{\_()}{underscore} but that macro not only marks
 the string for extraction but also expands into a
@@ -1820,7 +1822,7 @@ translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as
 day names already). If you write
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
+static const char * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
 ...
 // use weekdays[n] as usual
 \end{verbatim}
@@ -1829,7 +1831,7 @@ the code wouldn't compile because the function calls are forbidden in the array
 initializer. So instead you should do
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ..., wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
+static const char * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ..., wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
 ...
 // use wxGetTranslation(weekdays[n])
 \end{verbatim}
@@ -1841,6 +1843,7 @@ wxTRANSLATE() in the above, it wouldn't work as expected because there would be
 no translations for the weekday names in the program message catalog and
 wxGetTranslation wouldn't find them.
 
+
 \membersection{::wxVsnprintf}\label{wxvsnprintf}
 
 \func{int}{wxVsnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
@@ -1959,6 +1962,8 @@ See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
 
 Ring the system bell.
 
+Note that this function is categorized as a GUI one and so is not thread-safe.
+
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
 <wx/utils.h>
@@ -2853,6 +2858,11 @@ The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
 \param{wxBase64DecodeMode }{mode = wxBase64DecodeMode\_Strict},\\
 \param{size\_t }{*posErr = \NULL}}
 
+\func{wxMemoryBuffer}{wxBase64Decode}{\\
+\param{const wxString\& }{src},\\
+\param{wxBase64DecodeMode }{mode = wxBase64DecodeMode\_Strict},\\
+\param{size\_t }{*posErr = \NULL}}
+
 These function decode a Base64-encoded string. The first version is a raw
 decoding function and decodes the data into the provided buffer \arg{dst} of
 the given size \arg{dstLen}. An error is returned if the buffer is not large
@@ -2875,7 +2885,8 @@ necessary buffer size.}
 \docparam{dstLen}{The size of the output buffer, ignored if \arg{dst} is
 \NULL.}
 
-\docparam{src}{The input string, must not be \NULL.}
+\docparam{src}{The input string, must not be \NULL. For the version using
+wxString, the input string should contain only ASCII characters.}
 
 \docparam{srcLen}{The length of the input string or special value
 \texttt{wxNO\_LEN} if the string is \NUL-terminated and the length should be
@@ -3009,6 +3020,25 @@ used from the user code or, in case of Visual C++, even when it is simply
 overridden.
 
 
+\membersection{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}\label{wxdeprecatedinline}
+
+\func{}{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}{\param{}{func}, \param{}{body}}
+
+This macro is similar to \helpref{wxDEPRECATED}{wxdeprecated} but can be used
+to not only declare the function \arg{func} as deprecated but to also provide
+its (inline) implementation \arg{body}.
+
+It can be used as following:
+\begin{verbatim}
+    class wxFoo
+    {
+    public:
+        // OldMethod() is deprecated, use NewMethod() instead
+        void NewMethod();
+        wxDEPRECATED_INLINE( void OldMethod(), NewMethod() );
+    };
+\end{verbatim}
+
 \membersection{wxEXPLICIT}\label{wxexplicit}
 
 {\tt wxEXPLICIT} is a macro which expands to the C++ {\tt explicit} keyword if
@@ -3261,6 +3291,18 @@ Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
 
 
+\membersection{wxFromString}\label{wxfromstring}
+
+\func{bool}{wxFromString}{\param{const wxString\& }{str},
+                           \param{wxColour* }{col}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxFromString}{\param{const wxString\& }{str},
+                           \param{wxFont* }{col}}
+
+Converts string to the type of the second argument. Returns \true on success.
+See also: \helpref{wxToString}{wxtostring}.
+
+
 \membersection{::wxGetActiveWindow}\label{wxgetactivewindow}
 
 \func{wxWindow *}{wxGetActiveWindow}{\void}
@@ -3330,7 +3372,7 @@ Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates.
 
 Returns the current state of the mouse.  Returns a wxMouseState
 instance that contains the current position of the mouse pointer in
-screen coordinants, as well as boolean values indicating the up/down
+screen coordinates, as well as boolean values indicating the up/down
 status of the mouse buttons and the modifier keys.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
@@ -3385,8 +3427,8 @@ Returns label that should be used for given {\it id} element.
 \docparam{id}{given id of the \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}, \helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar} tool, etc.}
 
 \docparam{withCodes}{if false then strip accelerator code from the label;
-usefull for getting labels without accelerator char code like for toolbar tooltip or
-under platforms without traditional keyboard like smartphones}
+useful for getting labels without accelerator char code like for toolbar tooltip or
+on platforms without traditional keyboard like smartphones}
 
 \docparam{accelerator}{optional accelerator string automatically added to label; useful
 for building labels for \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}
@@ -3576,6 +3618,16 @@ class name internally. Example of using the macro:
 Notice that there should be no semicolon after this macro.
 
 
+\membersection{wxToString}\label{wxtostring}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxToString}{\param{const wxColour\& }{col}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxToString}{\param{const wxFont\& }{col}}
+
+Converts its argument to string.
+See also: \helpref{wxFromString}{wxfromstring}.
+
+
 \membersection{wxULL}\label{wxull}
 
 \func{wxLongLong\_t}{wxULL}{\param{}{number}}