Simple implementation of wxSL_MIN_MAX_LABELS and wxSL_VALUE_LABEL for MSW

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
 - Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
   need to update your code if you access these files directly.
 
-- Return value of wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir() and similar functions has
-  changed if the vendor name is defined as it now includes it by default under
-  Windows and OS X. Call wxStandardPaths::UseAppInfo(AppInfo_AppName) to
-  revert to behaviour compatible with 2.8 version.
-
 - wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
   necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
   with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
@@ -100,6 +95,15 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
   proportions to return to the old behaviour.
 
+- Interpretation of font height in pixels parameter has changed in wxFont
+  ctor and SetPixelSize() in wxMSW: it is now used as character height and not
+  the total cell height. If you previously used negative height to explicitly
+  request character height matching, you may now change your code to use
+  positive value (passing negative height still works but is undocumented and
+  deprecated). If you used positive height before you should retest your code
+  to check if the changes correspond to your expectations. And if you do need
+  the old behaviour please contact us at wx-dev to let us know about it!
+
 - wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
   your code you need to override DoFreeze/DoThaw() instead now.
 
@@ -288,6 +292,11 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   presence of an element in the list only. If you used it as Find(), simple do
   use Find() instead.
 
+- wxLongLongFmtSpec is now a normal and not wide string so you will need to
+  change expressions of the form wxT("%") wxLongLongFmtSpec wxT("x") to
+  just "%" wxLongLongFmtSpec "x", i.e. simply remove wxT() from the strings you
+  concatenate with it.
+
 
 Deprecated methods and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------
@@ -345,6 +354,12 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
   the static box itself.
 - wxMouseState::{Left,Middle,Right}Down() were renamed to XXXIsDown() for
   consistency with wxMouseEvent and the old names were deprecated.
+- wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing() was deprecated, it never really worked in most
+  ports and was always marked as "experimental" API. It will be replaced with
+  wxDC-level anti-aliasing control in the future.
+- wxValidator::SetBellOnError() incorrectly interpreted its argument (it
+  disabled the bell when it was true) and was replaced by SuppressBellOnError()
+  with more expected semantics.
 
 
 Major new features in this release
@@ -382,8 +397,21 @@ Major new features in this release
 2.9.1:
 ------
 
+INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE SINCE 2.9.0
+
+- wxStandardPaths doesn't use vendor name by default under MSW and OSX to
+  remain compatible with 2.8 behaviour but this makes it incompatible with
+  2.9.0. Please use UseAppInfo(AppInfo_AppName | AppInfo_VendorName) explicitly
+  to use the vendor name in the paths returned by wxStandardPaths.
+
+- wxDataViewModel::GetAttr() is now const, as it should have been from the very
+  beginning. You will need to change it to be const in your derived model
+  class too if you override it.
+
+
 All:
 
+- Added wxFileSystemWatcher (Bartosz Bekier, Google Summer of Code project).
 - Added wxStd{Input,Output}Stream classes (Jonathan Liu).
 - Include port number in host header in wxHTTP (Marcin 'Malcom' Malich).
 - Added wxTempFile::Flush().
@@ -405,6 +433,11 @@ All:
 - wxDateTime timezone functions now dynamic (no caching).
 - Added wxHttp::GetCookie and wxHttp::HasCookies (dodge).
 
+Unix:
+
+- Allow to use WX_APPNAME_DATA_DIR environment var to override the return value
+  of wxStandardPaths::GetDataDir().
+
 All (GUI):
 
 - Added support for showing bitmaps in wxButton.
@@ -421,6 +454,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxMouseEventsManager.
 - Building OpenGL library is now enabled by default.
 - Fixed wxDataViewCtrl::Set{Foreground,Background}Colour().
+- Added wxDataViewRenderer::EnableEllipsize().
 - Improve wxTreeCtrl::ScrollTo() in generic version (Raanan Barzel).
 - Added wxFont::[Make]{Bold,Italic,Smaller,Larger} and Scale[d]() methods.
 - Added wxDC::CopyAttributes() and use it in wxBufferedDC.
@@ -457,6 +491,7 @@ Mac:
 
 - Implement wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() in wxOSX/Cocoa.
 - Correct min/max pages display in the print dialog (Auria).
+- Fix wxDataViewColumn::GetWidth() in Cocoa (Neno Ganchev).
 
 MSW: