added missing #if wxUSE_STDPATHS

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
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@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
   instead.
 
   other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
   instead.
 

+- Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
+  according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
+  new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
+  on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
+  sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
+  proportions to return to the old behaviour.
+

 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 


@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   to const wxChar*:
      wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
 
   to const wxChar*:
      wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
 

+- wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
+  build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
+

 - DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
   wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
   conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
 - DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
   wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
   conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:


@@ -59,12 +69,20 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
      for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
 
   This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
      for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
 

+- virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
+

 Deprecated methods and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------
 
 - wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
 - wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
   or wxStringBufferLength instead.
 Deprecated methods and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------
 
 - wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
 - wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
   or wxStringBufferLength instead.

+- wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
+  specified so this style should simply be removed
+- wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
+  wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
+  to use
+

 
 Major new features in this release
 ----------------------------------
 
 Major new features in this release
 ----------------------------------


@@ -79,11 +97,18 @@ All:
 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()

+- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
+- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
+- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
+- Allow using  wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)

 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)

+- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)

 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)

+- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage()

 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().


@@ -97,9 +122,13 @@ All (GUI):
 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc

+- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
+- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner)

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 

+- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)

 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
 - Native keyboard navigation implementation
 - Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
 - Native keyboard navigation implementation
 - Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa


@@ -109,25 +138,73 @@ wxGTK:
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works

+- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)

 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
 
 wxMac:
 
 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
 
 wxMac:
 

+- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
+- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson)

 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)

+- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
+- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)

 
 wxMSW:
 
 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
 
 wxMSW:
 
 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.

+- wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
+- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
+
+
+2.8.5
+-----
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
+- Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
+- Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
+- Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
+- Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
+- Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
+- Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
+- Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)

 
 
 2.8.4
 -----
 
 
 
 2.8.4
 -----
 

+All:
+
+- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+- Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
+  overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
+- Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
+

 All (Unix):
 
 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
 
 All (Unix):
 
 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
 

+All (GUI):
+
+- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
+- Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
+- Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
+- wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
+

 wxMSW:
 
 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
 wxMSW:
 
 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:


@@ -136,12 +213,25 @@ wxMSW:
 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3

+- Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)

 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0

+- Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)

 
 wxGTK:
 
 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
 
 wxGTK:
 
 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)

+- Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
+- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
+- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background

 
 
 2.8.3
 
 
 2.8.3