INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
================================
-- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
+- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
- even compile)
+ even compile).
- 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
+- 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.
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
+ override it.
- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
- not pointers to arrays
-- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted
+ not pointers to arrays.
+- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
+- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle
+ the wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
+- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
+- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
+- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
+- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
+ As a consequence, the class interface changed largely.
+ Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
+- wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual
Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
-----------------------------------------------------
-- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
-- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
+- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
+- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
+
+
+Major changes in 2.7 release
+----------------------------
+
+- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more
+
+
+2.7.2
+-----
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
+ calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
+- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
+ wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
+
+
+
+2.7.1
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
+- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal)
+- Added reference counting for wxVariant
+- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
+ of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet
+- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi)
+- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
+ event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
+ "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
+ in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
+ Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
+- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog
+- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
+- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
+- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty()
+- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
+ consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
+- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
+ fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
+- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered()
+- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
+- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
+- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
+ parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
+ high-contrast theme).
+- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
+ to the SDK.
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
+- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
+- Implemented right-to-left support
+- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
+- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp)
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault()
2.7.0
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
+- 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 wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
-- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build
+- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
+- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
- 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.
-- 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()
+- 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)
+- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
+- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
+- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
+- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
+- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
+- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
All (GUI):
-- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli)
+- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
+- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
-- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric()
-- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
-- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE)
-- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios)
-- 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 wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
+- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
+- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
+- 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,
wxComboBox and wxChoice).
- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
-- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
+- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
by Sandro Sigala).
- 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)
+- 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
- 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()
+- 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 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).
+- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
-- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window
+- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
+- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
+- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
+- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
+- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
+- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
+ implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
+- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
+- Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
+- Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
+ that CaptureMouse() is called on.
wxMSW:
- Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
- Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
- Fixed MDI context menu problem.
-- Removed __WIN95__ define
+- Removed __WIN95__ define.
- Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
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)
+- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
+- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
wxGTK:
- 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
+- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
+- Added file preview support in file dialogs.
+- Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
wxMac:
projects / wxWidgets.git / blobdiff