Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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+- Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
+ need to update your code if you access these files directly.
+
Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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+- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
+ you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
+
+- Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
+ longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
+ in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
+ code that depends on the result being wxChar.
+
+- The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
+ used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
+ this won't compile:
+ switch (str[i]) { ... }
+ and has to be replaced with this:
+ switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
+
+- Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
+ const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
+ const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
+ convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
+ don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
+ compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
+ to const wxChar*:
+ wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
+
+- 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:
+ for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
+ This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
+ for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
+
Deprecated methods and their replacements
-----------------------------------------
+- wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
+- wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
+ or wxStringBufferLength instead.
+
Major new features in this release
----------------------------------
All:
-- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom()
+- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
+- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
+- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
+- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
+- Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
+- Slovak translation added.
+- Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
+- Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
+- Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
+- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK
+- Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba)
+- Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov)
+- Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
+- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
wxGTK:
-- Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText
+- Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
+- wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
+- wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
+- 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
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
+- Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
+
+
+2.8.3
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
+- Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
+
+wxGTK:
+- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
2.8.2
All:
-- Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods
-- Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin)
-- Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly()
-- Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart)
-- Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta)
-- Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText
+- Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
+- Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
+- Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
+- Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
+- Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
+- Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
+- Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
+- Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
+- Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
+
+Unix Ports:
+
+- Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
wxMSW
-- Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus
-- Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items
+- Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
+- Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
+
+wxGTK
+
+- Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
wxMac
-- Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style
+- Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
+- Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
wxX11:
-- Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d
+- Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
2.8.1
All:
-- Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1
-- wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize()
-- Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami)
-- Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart)
-- Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner)
+- Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
+- wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
+- Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
+- Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
+- Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
wxMSW:
-- Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU
-- Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press
+- Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
+- Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
wxGTK:
-- Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only)
+- Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
wxUniv:
-- It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText
+- It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
2.8.0
All:
-- Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron)
-- wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32
-- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
+- Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
+- wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
+- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
- New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
a stream that is seekable.
-- Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
-- Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
- for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
+- Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
+- Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
+ for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
wxMSW:
- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
- Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
-- Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista
+- Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
- Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
wxGTK:
-- Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles
-- Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure
+- Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
+- Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
2.7.2