undefine _DEFINE_LIST before redefining it; also rename it to have WX prefix

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / pen.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex b/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex
index 98841425e79fcc4ba9b121745796c7eeed1a3699..afe96443c1cd793189fadc4921bee6697eb39dfc 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ colour, a width and a style.
 
 <wx/pen.h>
 
+\wxheading{Library}
+
+\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
+
 \wxheading{Predefined objects}
 
 Objects:
@@ -59,10 +63,11 @@ get a pointer to a pen by using the global list of pens {\bf
 wxThePenList}, and calling the member function {\bf FindOrCreatePen}.
 See the entry for \helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}.
 
-wxPen uses a reference counting system, so assignments between brushes are very
-cheap. You can therefore use actual wxPen objects instead of pointers without
-efficiency problems. Once one wxPen object changes its data it will create its
-own pen data internally so that other pens, which previously shared the
+This class uses \helpref{reference counting and copy-on-write}{trefcount}
+internally so that assignments between two instances of this class are very
+cheap. You can therefore use actual objects instead of pointers without
+efficiency problems. If an instance of this class is changed it will create
+its own data internally so that other instances, which previously shared the
 data using the reference counting, are not affected.
 
 %TODO: an overview for wxPen.
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ Constructs a stippled pen from a stipple bitmap and a width.
 
 \func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxPen\&}{ pen}}
 
-Copy constructor. This uses reference counting so is a cheap operation.
+Copy constructor, uses \helpref{reference counting}{trefcount}.
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
@@ -154,12 +159,10 @@ is found in the colour database.
 \func{}{\destruct{wxPen}}{\void}
 
 Destructor.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object destruction}{refcountdestruct} for more info.
 
 \wxheading{Remarks}
 
-The destructor may not delete the underlying pen object of the native windowing
-system, since wxBrush uses a reference counting system for efficiency.
-
 Although all remaining pens are deleted when the application exits,
 the application should try to clean up all pens itself. This is because
 wxWidgets cannot know if a pointer to the pen object is stored in an
@@ -329,24 +332,25 @@ Sets the pen width.
 
 \func{wxPen\&}{operator $=$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
 
-Assignment operator, using reference counting. Returns a reference
-to `this'.
+Assignment operator, using \helpref{reference counting}{trefcount}.
 
 \membersection{wxPen::operator $==$}\label{wxpenequals}
 
 \func{bool}{operator $==$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
 
-Equality operator. Two pens are equal if they contain pointers
-to the same underlying pen data. It does not compare each attribute,
-so two independently-created pens using the same parameters will
-fail the test.
+Equality operator.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object comparison}{refcountequality} for more info.
 
 \membersection{wxPen::operator $!=$}\label{wxpennotequals}
 
 \func{bool}{operator $!=$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
 
-Inequality operator. Two pens are not equal if they contain pointers
-to different underlying pen data. It does not compare each attribute.
+Inequality operator.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object comparison}{refcountequality} for more info.
+
+
+
+%% wxPenList
 
 \section{\class{wxPenList}}\label{wxpenlist}
 
@@ -381,6 +385,18 @@ backward compatibility with earlier versions of wxWidgets.
 
 \helpref{wxPen}{wxpen}
 
+\wxheading{Derived from}
+
+No base class
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/gdicmn.h>
+
+\wxheading{Library}
+
+\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
+
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
 \membersection{wxPenList::wxPenList}\label{wxpenlistctor}
@@ -411,3 +427,4 @@ to the pen list, and returns it.
 \docparam{width}{Width of pen.}
 
 \docparam{style}{Pen style. See \helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenctor} for a list of styles.}
+