- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
to read _past_ the end of file.
- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon
+- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
+ length of the converted string in all cases now.
+- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
+- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
+ wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
+ continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+ use ProcessMouseClick().
+- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
+ wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
+ continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+ use GetMouseCursor().
+- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
+ override it
+- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
+ not pointers to arrays
+- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted
Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
All:
+- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi)
+- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now
+- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds
- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases)
- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
+- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build
- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
during a search and replace.
- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
-- All GetCount() methods now return size_t and not int.
-- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
-- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
-- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
-- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
+- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta)
+- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed
+- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert()
+- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate()
+- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
+ and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
+ constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
+ versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
+- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
+ the first time it was called.
+- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend()
+- Added wxString::EndsWith()
+- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
+ Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
+- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only)
All (GUI):
+- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli)
- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric()
+- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE)
+- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip()
+- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck)
+- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj)
- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
best size.
- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
+- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose)
- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
+- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
+- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
+ wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
+- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu()
+- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels
+- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides)
+- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot)
+- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz)
+- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
wxMSW:
- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
- wxHtmlWindow).
+ wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
+- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now
+- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot)
wxGTK:
+- Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
- Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
previously unable to be focused before.
-- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
+- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
- Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
class was used.
- Fixed problems with CJK input method.
- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
+- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now
+- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
wxMac:
and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
- Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
- Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
+- Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
wxUniv:
- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
+- Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
wxX11:
- Invisible text problem fixed.
- Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
- Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
+- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
Unix:
- NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
+wxMGL:
+
+- Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
+- Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
+
2.6.2
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