regen MSVC makefiles, too

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 

+- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
+
+
+DEPRECATED METHOD SINCE 2.4.x
+=============================
+
+Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
+versions, please update your code to not use them.
+
+- wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
+- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
+- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
+- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
+- wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
+- wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
+- wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
+- wxTheFontMapper, use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
+
+

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


@@ -22,16 +41,24 @@ All:
   by default in Unicode mode
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
   by default in Unicode mode
 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)

+- added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
+- added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
+- fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
+- chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
+  and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
+- Added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()

 
 wxBase:
 
 - added Watcom makefiles
 
 wxBase:
 
 - added Watcom makefiles

+- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)

 
 All GUI ports:
 
 
 All GUI ports:
 

+- added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes

 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames

-- added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
+- added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC

 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)


@@ -40,32 +67,38 @@ All GUI ports:
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)

+- fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)

 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
   by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
   by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

-
-- changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
-    Deprecated:
-        wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
-            - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
-              and destroy the window, use Detach instead
-        wxSizer::GetOption(),
-        wxSizer::SetOption()
-            - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
-              reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
-        wxKeyEvent::KeyCode()
-            - use GetKeyCode instead
-        wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
-            - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
-        wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
-            - use typesafe Get* instead
-        wxListBase::operator wxList&()
-            - use typesafe lists instead
+- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
+- FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
+- FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
+- In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
+  wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
+- Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
+- Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
+  delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
+  a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
+  the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
+  default extension for the template
+- Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
+- Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
+- Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
+- Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
+- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
+- Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
+  to allow better rich text support.
+- implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members

 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled

+- added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
+- added support for GNU/Hurd in configure

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -78,6 +111,11 @@ wxGTK:
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension

+- added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+
+wxMac:
+
+- generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 


@@ -86,10 +124,31 @@ wxMSW:
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more

-- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
+- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE

 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown

+- all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
+  (for MinGW and Cygwin)
+- When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
+  WXEXPORTDLL
+- A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion.
+  wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
+  objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
+  ptrs; fixed
+- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
+  to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
+- wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
+  or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
+- Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
+  sunken border under XP
+- partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
+  enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
+  wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
+  Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
+- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
+  if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
+- fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)

 
 wxMotif:
 
 
 wxMotif:
 


@@ -102,11 +161,21 @@ wxMotif:
   with Motif 1.x compatibility
 - implemented wxToggleButton
 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
   with Motif 1.x compatibility
 - implemented wxToggleButton
 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style

-  instead of 
+  instead of a sunken border
+- implemented wxBitmapDataObject
+- finished wxClipboard implementation

 
 wxUniv:
 
 
 wxUniv:
 

-- Controls in toolbars now supported.
+- controls in toolbars now supported
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
+- added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
+- it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
+  <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
+- wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker

 
 
 OLD CHANGES
 
 
 OLD CHANGES


@@ -390,8 +459,7 @@ All (GUI):
   (Rene Rivera).
 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
   whether a label edit was cancelled.
   (Rene Rivera).
 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
   whether a label edit was cancelled.

-- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
-  deprecated)
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW: