Compilation fix for wxRichTextCtrl.

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   or equivalent function should now be done into wxApp::OnEventLoopEnter().
   See wxApp::OnEventLoopEnter() and wxApp::OnEventLoopExit() docs for more info.
 
+- wxDialogs get wxEVT_SIZE events immediately after creation in wxMSW, as with
+  wxFrames. This means that this event handler may be called earlier than in
+  2.8, check that all the controls are initialized before using them in it.
+
 - wxLoadFileSelector() now allows the user to select existing files only.
 
 - Erase background events are now not generated at all when background style is
@@ -218,6 +222,21 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
   you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
 
+- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6 still exists but is 0 by default in this release and
+  will be removed in 3.2. You can set it to 1 and rebuild wxWidgets to access
+  the old and deprecated symbols but please consider updating your code
+  instead. Here are replacements for some of the obsolete symbols:
+   + wxSAVE and wxOPEN -> wxFD_SAVE and wxFD_OPEN
+   + WXK_PRIOR and WXK_NEXT -> WXK_PAGEUP and WXK_PAGEDOWN
+   + wxRESIZE_BOX -> wxMAXIMIZE_BOX
+   + wxTHICK_FRAME -> wxRESIZE_BORDER
+   + wxPROCESS_ENTER and wxPASSWORD -> wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER and wxTE_PASSWORD
+   + EVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL -> EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
+   + NewControlId -> wxWindow::NewControlId()
+   + wxFileHistory::GetNoHistoryFiles() -> wxFileHistory::GetCount()
+   + wxSizerItem::SetOption() -> wxSizerItem::SetProportion()
+   + wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow*) -> wxSizer::Detach()
+
 - wxDC classes hierarchy has changed, if you derived any classes from wxDC you
   need to review them as wxDC doesn't have any virtual methods any longer and
   uses delegation instead of inheritance to present different behaviours.
@@ -266,6 +285,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
     error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting to const
     wxChar*: wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
 
+- wxDateTime::ParseXXX() overloads don't return anything when called with
+  wxCStrData argument. If you need to test the parsing success, use a newer
+  overload taking wxString::const_iterator and returning bool or explicitly
+  select a narrow or wide char version to use by casting c_str() to either
+  "char*" or "wchar_t*". Or create a temporary wxString and parse it instead.
+
 - wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
   build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
 
@@ -353,6 +378,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   result in compilation errors due to an ambiguity between them if you pass
   NULL as client data. To fix this, cast NULL explicitly to "void**".
 
+- wxChoicebookEvent, wxListbookEvent, wxNotebookEvent, wxToolbookEvent and
+  wxTreebookEvent are now all synonyms for wxBookCtrlEvent. The existing code
+  using the old names continues to work but they can't be forward-declared
+  any more. Use wxBookCtrlEvent in your code if you need to forward-declare
+  it or just include the appropriate header instead of forward declaration.
+
 
 Deprecated methods and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------
@@ -431,6 +462,14 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
   possible or wxWindowDisabler otherwise.
 
 
+Changes in behaviour visible to end users
+-----------------------------------------
+
+- In wxMSW wxSpinCtrl used to prevent the user from entering more digits than
+  could fit in its visible area. This was inconsistent with the other ports and
+  now the control scrolls if too much text is added.
+
+
 Major new features in this release
 ----------------------------------
 
@@ -477,6 +516,7 @@ All:
 - Added wxFileName::Exists().
 - Implement wxThread::SetConcurrency() for POSIX systems (Igor Korot).
 - Fix deadlock due to too many events in Unix console apps (Lukasz Michalski).
+- Added wxDir::GetNameWithSep().
 
 All (GUI):
 
@@ -506,7 +546,10 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxTimePickerCtrl::Get/SetTime().
 - Fix WXK_MENU handling in wxStyledTextCtrl under wxGTK (cantabile).
 - Added wxAcceleratorEntry::ToRawString() (Armel Asselin).
-
+- Added wxDataViewEvent::SetDragFlags() and GetDropEffect() (Friedrich).
+- Added support for fields and virtual attributes to wxRichTextCtrl.
+- Added custom text and dimension scaling to wxRichTextCtrl.
+- Added pixel font size capability to wxTextAttr and wxRichTextCtrl.
 
 GTK:
 
@@ -515,6 +558,7 @@ GTK:
 - Implement wxDirDialog::Create() and wxFileDialog::Create() (vinayakgarg).
 - Fix const methods display in assert dialog (vinayakgarg).
 - Implement native tab art for wxAUI (Jens Lody and Teodor Petrov).
+- Fix pasting large amounts of text (Bradley Hawkins).
 
 MSW:
 
@@ -531,6 +575,7 @@ MSW:
 - Fix coordinate handling in wxDC::Blit() when source DC is a DIB.
 - Fix handling of composite windows in wxToolTip (Armel Asselin).
 - Add VT_I8 support to wxAutomationObject (PB).
+- Fix wxListbook size calculations to avoid spurious scrollbars.
 
 OSX:
 
@@ -541,6 +586,10 @@ Univ:
 
 - Fix regression with read-only wxComboBox appearance (Jason Erb).
 
+Unix:
+
+- Fix bug with wxDir("/").GetName() returning empty string.
+
 
 
 2.9.3: (released 2011-12-14)