-29th July '99: Eight wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
+6th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.12 released
+
+Who has a BigEndian computer (e.g. Sparc or PowerPC) that runs a 15
+and/or 16 bit colour mode? I need this for testing purposes, i.e. this
+person could help me by running a small testprogram and sending
+me the output.
+
+Improved support for GTK's themes, changes in font sizes (and
+the dialogs' ability to react to that) and related things.
+
+Added Calendar control.
+
+Added classes for recoding text (e.g. from Windows encoding to ISO encoding
+and for converting to and from Unicode).
+
+Updated the 64-bit long class (a class that substitutes a 64-bit int
+type on platforms which don't provide a native one).
+
+Added wxImage::Replace() (for replacing colours) and wxImage::GetSubImage().
+Also corrected conversion from mono bitmaps to wxImage.
+
+Added wxBitmap::GetSubBitmap().
+
+Removed some flicker from tree ctrl. Minor optical changes.
+
+Added support for multiple font and colour support for items in
+list ctrls and tree ctrls.
+
+Added support for multiple-selection file dialog.
+
+Implemented wxMenuBar::Insert() and wxMenu::Insert(). There is
+also a Remove() method now, but the GTK doesn't really like that.
+
+Enhanced wxMimeTypesManager to read GNOME and KDE file ending
+bindings to MIME types and icons.
+
+Corrected wxExecute to longer eat up all memory and crash under
+certain circumstances (Karsten Ballueder).
+
+wxGTK no longer gives warnings if the application shows a dialog
+before entering the main loop.
+
+Added string to long/ulong/float conversion routines and some
+more string related things.
+
+Updated documentation for wxFile, wxFFile and their respective
+stream classes. Documented some more stream classes.
+
+Improved wxHTML and its help system. Options dialog, better printing,
+history index. Also implemented more (cite, definition lists, etc).
+
+Corrected wxRegion::GetBox().
+
+Added wxNotebookSizer for combining notebooks and sizers.
+
+Added wxDir class. Useful as a replacement for wxFileGetFirst()
+and wxFileGetNext().
+
+Fixed Y2000 bug in file dialog (sic.)
+
+Added wxStopWatch class.
+
+wxBitmap now derives from wxGDIObject.
+
+Added inlined classes for 2D geometry calculations.
+
+wxSpinCtrl now has its own event, intercepted using EVT_SPINCTRL.
+
+The ODBC classes can now be configured at run-time if they
+are to use forward-only cursors or not.
+
+Added wxDateTime class. The existing classes wxTime and wxDate
+have been reimplemented and corrected using wxDateTime.
+
+Rewritten wxThread to have a flag controlling if the
+thread will delete its C++ class itself ("delete this") or
+if the main thread must delete the C++ class.
+
+Added TIFF reading code, PCX writing code.
+
+Minor compile and build fixes for different architectures.
+
+Added more flags to wxSizer for proportional sizing and
+centering and alignment combination and a wxNotebookSizer.
+
+Added controls to wxToolBars (e.g. combobox) and DeleteTool.
+
+Fixed several problems with buffered streams. Added support for
+setting the end-of-line mode (Mac,DOS,Unix) in wxTextOutputStream.
+
+Added code to send events from one thread to another and added
+function to wake up idle system (needed for sending inter-thread
+events).
+
+Corrected wrongly set flag in dialogs which broke its tab code.
+Also corrected navigation on wxRadioBox.
+
+Corrected segfaults in wxGLCanvas and stupid race when using
+several such canvasses.
+
+Some minor updates to wxSockets. Fixed timeout problem.
+
+Speed-up for new encoding related font code. Minor fixes.
+
+Changed wxListBox to send deferred events, i.e. events emitted by
+the listbox won't get processed before the next idle message.
+
+More minor changes and fixes.
+
+Began work on a new dialog and resource editor (wxDesigner).
+
+7st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released
+
+There is still an unresolved problem with bitmap to image
+conversion on big-endian architectures (such as Solaris),
+where color values get exchanged. I'd need help on this
+one as I have no BE computer.
+
+Enlightment has struck the majority of the developers and
+they have chosen to use the Linux kernel numbering scheme
+for wxWindows from now on. This means that the next stable
+release will be called wxWindows 2.2.X, development snapshots
+will be called 2.1.X.
+
+A lot of discussion has been wasted on how to maintain a
+once released stable version. It was almost universally
+agreed that only a commercial entity will have the motivation
+($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWindows Inc.
+
+Support for GTK 1.0 has been dropped. This version has
+been tested with GTK 1.2.3 and GTK 1.2.6 - it might
+not work with some other versions.
+
+Rewritten the support for multiple-format Drag'n'Drop and
+clipboard under both GTK and MSW. There are probably some
+problems here and there left.
+
+wxListBox and wxChoice can now handle only either void
+client data (which it will not delete on destruction) or
+client data of the wxClientData type (which it will delete),
+instead of both at the same time. The same will happen
+to wxComboBox some time. Also, wxListBox can now sort its
+items.
+
+Many build fixes for various platforms have been applied,
+try again, poor AIX, HP-UX and *BSD users, but don't reckon
+with immediate success. Actually, when using GNU compilers,
+your chances are quite good.
+
+My rewrite of the wxWindows underlying GTK widget
+has turned scrolling including subwindows from barely
+functional to pretty and fast. I also added scrolling
+of foreign windows to wxScrolledWindow.
+
+Setting size hints for the window manager might work now.
+
+wxSocket and Co. have been improved up to the point of
+calling it a rewrite. It works on wxMSW now too and
+seems pretty stable, but testing is still welcome.
+
+The ODBC classes contributed by Remstar Inc. have been
+overhauled (incl the sample) and have been tested with
+all relevant SQL databases (even DBase). For that reason
+I have reawakened the iODBC code from wxGTK 2.0 so you
+can now use wxODBC from wxMSW and wxGTK.
+
+Several printing things fixed. More work needs to be done
+here..
+
+HTML widget and the wxWindows' help system based upon
+it have been reorganized and improved for easier use
+from Python and C++. Also HTML printing has been added.
+
+wxSpinCtrl added. Like a wxSpinButton and a wxTextCtrl.
+
+Changed the beaviour of the popular new wxFileDialog to
+not forget the once typed file name when changing the
+directory.
+
+Implemented the wxSIMPLE_BORDER flag (simple black line
+without shadow affect).
+
+Michael is writing a complete rewrite of the antiquated
+wxGrid. This is still work-in-progress and might not make
+it into wxWindows 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome
+to make that happen.
+
+Made wxMenu code lose less memory, also added wxMenu::Delete().
+
+Added code to send wxActivateEvent to MDI windows.
+
+Vadim added configure things to compile wxWindows without any
+GUI library. This is probably work in progress. He'll also add
+a wxFontEnumerator class and has enhanced wxFont to make use
+of char-encodings.
+
+wxSlider, wxWindow, wxScrollBar now emit the correct events
+for scrolling (like page up, line up etc) instead of just
+"thumb-track" as before.
+
+Corrected Reparent() code, including the special case for
+wxToolBar (as the toolbar sits in a different window than
+normal windows).
+
+Corrected key accelerator code for toplevel child windows
+and added support for more key combinations - pretty much
+all, actually.
+
+Corrected cursor handling in a number of special cases.
+
+wxGLCanvas now waits until all expose events have been sent
+and then emits its own redraw event. Also removed flicker
+for wxGLCanvas and in some other places.
+
+A handler to read PCX file (in most variants) has been added.
+
+A number of problems with compressed and socket streams have
+been solved.
+
+Changed behavour of wxTextStream to make use of deliminators
+and default to space as the standard C++ stream do.
+
+Changes to tab traversal code to better reflect MSW code.
+
+Corrected problems with wxGenericValidator and certain controls.
+
+Made default button action work in more cases.
+
+28th August '99: Ninth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
+
+As the old makefile system didn't work, I trashed it and wrote
+a new one - mo more GNU. This, of course, caused a lot of people
+to start sing their song of complaints - any change is a good
+opportunity to complain, but the effect of the change is that
+we now have shared library support on Linux and Solaris (and
+probably others as well) and that the Linux shared library no
+longer depends on libstdc++, so that we can finally create an
+RPM that works on different Linux distributions. Also, the
+Unix make system is now much simpler and directly mirrors its
+Windows counterparts, making it easier to understand and maintain.
+As it is independent of the various GNU tools, the requirements
+for using CVS versions are also much less (any make, any compiler,
+no other tools).
+
+Split RPMs into two, one for run-time requirements and one
+for developement (mostly headers).
+
+Addition of new layout classes that work like Java's, GTK's
+or Qt`s - basically, you pack item in a box and let it tell
+you how much space it needs. These class are called wxSizer
+and I consider them a great addition as they make true cross-
+platform dialogs a child's play and are very quick to write
+and easy to read. Do consider using them.
+
+Rewritten all dialogs to make use of the new sizers. Also
+added a new wxFileDialog like Win95 and replaced the generic
+wxFontDialog with GTK's native font selection dialog - this
+probably isn't perfect though.
+
+A few more fixes to wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, implemented
+more options and modes like the wxMSW version.
+
+New handler for PNM files. Added CanRead() function to image
+handlers, updates to GIF handler for preparing the new wxAnimation
+class. We'll also get a PCX and hopefully a TIFF handler so
+that we support all common general-purpose file formats I know
+about. PhotoShop and PhotoPaint images are not general purpose.
+I also tried to correct a wxImage bug in connection with big-endian
+vs. little-endian problems, but I have no Sparc to actually test
+this.
+
+Inclusion of wxMultiMedia. Can play most sound formats on GTK
+and MSW and (using xanim on Unix and Win95's MM functions)
+display a video in a wxWindow. This will probably be moved to
+the core library.
+
+Small updates to socket code. The MSW version is still missing.
+
+Implemented wxBitmapDataObject class.
+
+Added wxFFileStream using FILE* instead if file desrcriptor.
+Useful for creating a "cerr" like class as in normal C++.
+Also added "endl" for use with wxTextStream and fixed a few
+minor problems with buffered streams etc.
+
+Corrected Tabbing code in wxPanel and made it work with wxNotebook.
+
+Small cursor fixes in connection with text control.
+
+Added experimental wxWizard class. Work in progress.
+
+A few more minor fixes.
+
+6th August '99: Eight wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
The new makefile system is not able to produce shared libraries
on Unix with the exception of Linux - libtool is really great.
Fixed bug reporting two refreshes when scrolling.
-Disabled GUI threading as I have not been able to get this working
-correctly in _all_ circumstances.
-
Corrected bug in wxComboBox client data code.
Corrected reported but unverified bug in BMP loading code.
Added a wrapper for ffile() etc functions.
+Updates to wxDynamicLibrary.
+
New documentation.
+New version of wxPython, of course.
+
Fixed in unenclosed number of other bugs...
25th June '99: Seventh wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released
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