wxWindows 2 Change Log
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-next release (2.1.12 or 2.2?)
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+2.1.14
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wxBase:
- wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
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- wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
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- wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
long options, switches and parameters of different types)
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- it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
and BeOS (without thread support yet)
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- wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
only so far)
- wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
- buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
is available)
-- wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprectaed wxArray::Remove(index)
+- wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
all (GUI):
+- Added wxImage::Rotate.
- new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
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- wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
- wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
- vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
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- wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
- "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
John Norris)
- wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
MIME types if available (Unix only)
- wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
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- TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
- PCX files can now be written (24 bit only so far)
+- validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
+- wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
+- wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
+- added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
+ for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
+ charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
wxMSW:
+- wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
+- support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
+ (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
- implemented setting colours for push buttons
- wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
-- tooltips work with wxRadioBox
- loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
+- tooltips work with wxRadioBox
+- wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
+ Unix ports
- returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
wxGTK:
wxMotif:
-- wxMenu::Enable) works
+- wxMenu::Enable works
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
+ including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
+ and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
+ loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
+ splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
+- added support for charsets and <meta> tag
+- added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
+ taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
+- added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
+- improved HTML printing
+- added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
+- fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
+- added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
+ fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
+
NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
change log.
-Major improvements are listed in readme.txt.
-
2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
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