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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -5,17 +5,93 @@ wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
 ================================
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
 ================================
 

-- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
+- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.

 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't

-  even compile)
+  even compile).

 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
   to read _past_ the end of file.
 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
   to read _past_ the end of file.

+- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
+- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
+  length of the converted string in all cases now.
+- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
+- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
+  wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
+  continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+  use ProcessMouseClick().
+- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
+  wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
+  continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+  use GetMouseCursor().
+- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
+  override it.
+- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
+  not pointers to arrays.
+- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
+- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle
+  the wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
+- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
+- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
+- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
+- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
+  As a consequence, the class interface changed largely.
+  Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
+
+

 
 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 
 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------------------
 

-- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
-- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
+- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
+- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
+
+
+Major changes in 2.7 release
+----------------------------
+
+- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more
+
+
+2.7.1
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
+- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
+  Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
+- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
+- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
+- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
+  consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
+- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
+  fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
+- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
+  parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
+  high-contrast theme).
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
+  to the SDK.
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
+- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault()

 
 
 2.7.0
 
 
 2.7.0


@@ -23,8 +99,15 @@ Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

-- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
-- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
+- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
+- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
+- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
+- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
+- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
+- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.

 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
   during a search and replace.
 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
   during a search and replace.
 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex


@@ -39,17 +122,45 @@ All:
 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.

-- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett)
-- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker)
+- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
+- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).

 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.

-- Overloaded Connect and SetLocal methods for binding to local address/port.
-- Consistency of count getters (GetCount()) with returning size_t everywhere.
+- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
+- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
+- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
+- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
+- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
+- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
+  and WXK*PAGEDOWN.  If you have switch statements that use both
+  constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
+  versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
+- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
+  the first time it was called.
+- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
+- Added wxString::EndsWith().
+- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
+  Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
+- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
+- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
+- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
+- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
+- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
+- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
+- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).

 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).

-- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric()
-- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
+- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
+- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
+- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
+- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
+- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
+- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
+- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().

 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
   wxComboBox and wxChoice).
 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
   wxComboBox and wxChoice).


@@ -63,14 +174,14 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
   and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
   and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.

-- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
+- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().

 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
   windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
   windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).

-- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
-- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
+- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
+- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().

 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch

-  by Sandro Sigala)
+  by Sandro Sigala).

 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,


@@ -78,11 +189,12 @@ All (GUI):
 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
   best size.
 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
   best size.
 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.

+- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).

 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables

-  with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros
-- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl
+  with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
+- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.

 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to


@@ -90,9 +202,32 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.

-- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss)
+- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).

 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.

-- Added wxListBox::HitTest()
+- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
+- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
+- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
+- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
+  wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
+- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
+- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
+- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
+- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
+- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
+- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
+- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
+- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
+- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
+- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
+- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
+- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
+- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
+  implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
+- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
+- Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
+- Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
+  that CaptureMouse() is called on.

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -101,7 +236,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.

-- Removed __WIN95__ define
+- Removed __WIN95__ define.

 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
   resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
   target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
   resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
   target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.


@@ -127,8 +262,8 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.

-- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated
-- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl
+- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
+- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.

 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
   correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
   correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.


@@ -139,31 +274,41 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
   changes the system font.
 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
   changes the system font.

-- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts)
+- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
+- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
+  if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
+  wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
+- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
+- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 

-- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated
-- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support
-- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
+- Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
+- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
+- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
+- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.

 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10

-  implementation
+  implementation.

 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify

-  --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.\
+  --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.

 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
   lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
   is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
   lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
   is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls

-  previously unable to be focused upon before
-- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for 
-  wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox
+  previously unable to be focused before.
+- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
+  wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.

 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
   class was used.
 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
   class was used.
 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.

-- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett)
-- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl
+- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
+- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
+- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
+- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
+- Added file preview support in file dialogs.
+- Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.

 
 wxMac:
 
 
 wxMac:
 


@@ -201,10 +346,12 @@ wxMac:
 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.

+- Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
+  polling for process termination in a separate thread.

 
 wxCocoa:
 
 
 wxCocoa:
 

-- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura)
+- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).

 
 wxWinCE:
 
 
 wxWinCE:
 


@@ -227,20 +374,30 @@ wxWinCE:
   and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
   and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.

+- Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.

 
 wxUniv:
 
 
 wxUniv:
 

-- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor)
+- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
+- Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
+- Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).

 
 wxX11:
 
 - Invisible text problem fixed.
 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
 
 wxX11:
 
 - Invisible text problem fixed.
 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.

+- Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
+- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)

 
 Unix:
 
 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
 
 
 Unix:
 
 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
 

+wxMGL:
+
+- Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
+- Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
+

 
 2.6.2
 -----
 
 2.6.2
 -----