INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
================================
+- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
+ now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
+ from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
+- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
+
+
+DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
+==============================
+
+Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
+versions, please update your code to not use them.
+
+- wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
+- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
+- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
+- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
+- wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
+- wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
+- wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
+- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
+- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
+- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
+- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
+ SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
+
+
OTHER CHANGES
=============
2.5.0
-----
+All:
+
+- added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
+- use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
+- wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
+- added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
+- added wxArray::SetCount()
+- wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
+ by default in Unicode mode
+- bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
+- added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
+- added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
+- added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
+- fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
+- chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
+ and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
+- added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
+- added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
+- added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
+- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
+- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
+
+wxBase:
+
+- added Watcom makefiles
+- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
+
+All GUI ports:
+
+- added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
+- added alpha channel support to wxImage
+- added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
+- added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
+- added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
+- added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
+- implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
+- improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
+- fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
+- implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
+- support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
+- added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
+- added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
+- fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
+- WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
+- it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
+ by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
+- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
+- FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
+- FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
+- In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
+ wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
+- Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
+- Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
+ delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
+ a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
+ the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
+ default extension for the template
+- sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
+- wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
+- Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
+- Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
+- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
+- Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
+ to allow better rich text support.
+- implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
+- Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
+ custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
+- Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
+- wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
+ user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
+- wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
+ sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
+ DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
+- Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
+ CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
+- Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
+ determine whether a window should receive idle events.
+- Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
+ styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
+- wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
+ about to be used.
+- improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
+
Unix:
- fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
+- fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
+- added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
+- added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
+- wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
+
+Generic controls:
+
+- implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
+- support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
wxGTK:
+- added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
+- added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
- fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
- made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
+- fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
+ window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
+- added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
+- fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
+ be appended to filenames with no extension
+- added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
+- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
+
+wxMac:
+
+- generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
+- generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
wxMSW:
+- possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
+- added wxCrashReport
- wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
- support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
- wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
- wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
-- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
+- fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
+- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
+- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
+- fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
+- fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
+- added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
+- libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
+- when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
+- fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
+- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
+ to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
+- wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
+ or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
+- improved border handling under Windows XP
+- partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
+ enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
+ wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
+- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
+- fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
+- added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
+- you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
-All:
+wxMotif:
+
+- made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
+ does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
+ documentation for a detailed explanation
+- implemented wxWakeUpIdle
+- for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
+ xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
+ with Motif 1.x compatibility
+- implemented wxToggleButton
+- wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
+ instead of a sunken border
+- implemented wxBitmapDataObject
+- finished wxClipboard implementation
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- controls in toolbars now supported
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
+- added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
+- it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
+ <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
+- wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
-- Implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
-- Improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
-- Fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
-- Implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
-- Support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
OLD CHANGES
===========
wxMSW:
! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
- but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
+ but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
- use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[u][d][ver].(lib|dll)
+ use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
is only present for the DLLs builds.
(Rene Rivera).
- Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
whether a label edit was cancelled.
-- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
- deprecated)
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
wxMSW: