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-A classification of wxWindows classes by category.
-\twocolwidtha{5cm}
+A classification of wxWidgets classes by category.
{\large {\bf Managed windows}}
There are several types of window that are directly controlled by the
window manager (such as MS Windows, or the Motif Window Manager).
-Frames may contain windows, and dialog boxes may directly contain controls.
+Frames and dialogs are similar in wxWidgets, but only dialogs may be modal.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}}{Any top level window, dialog or frame}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Dialog box}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}}{Normal frame}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIChildFrame}{wxmdichildframe}}{MDI child frame}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIParentFrame}{wxmdiparentframe}}{MDI parent frame}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMiniFrame}{wxminiframe}}{A frame with a small title bar}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplashScreen}{wxsplashscreen}}{Splash screen class}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog
-(deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)}
+%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog
+%(deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTipWindow}{wxtipwindow}}{Shows text in a small window}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog}
\end{twocollist}
The following are a variety of classes that are derived from wxWindow.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}}{A window whose colour changes according to current user settings}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}}{Window with automatically managed scrollbars}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar}}{Toolbar class}
%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedPanel}{wxtabbedpanel}}{Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}}{Notebook class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook}}{Similar to notebook but using list control}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoicebook}{wxchoicebook}}{Similar to notebook but using choice control}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPlotWindow}{wxplotwindow}}{A class to display data.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxVScrolledWindow}{wxvscrolledwindow}}{As wxScrolledWindow but supports lines of variable height}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage}}{A base class for the page in wizard dialog.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPageSimple}{wxwizardpagesimple}}{A page in wizard dialog.}
\end{twocollist}
Common dialogs are ready-made dialog classes which are frequently used
in an application.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Base class for common dialogs}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxColourDialog}{wxcolourdialog}}{Colour chooser dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirDialog}{wxdirdialog}}{Directory selector dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDialog}{wxfiledialog}}{File selector dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}}{Text search/replace dialog}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultipleChoiceDialog}{wxmultiplechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultiChoiceDialog}{wxmultichoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleChoiceDialog}{wxsinglechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextEntryDialog}{wxtextentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a single line of text from the user}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPasswordEntryDialog}{wxpasswordentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a password from the user}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}}{Font chooser dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.}
\end{twocollist}
Typically, these are small windows which provide interaction with the user. Controls
that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with them.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol}}{The base class for controls}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericDirCtrl}{wxgenericdirctrl}}{A control for displaying a directory tree}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlListBox}{wxhtmllistbox}}{A listbox showing HTML content}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListView}{wxlistview}}{A simpler interface ({\it fa\c{c}ade} for wxListCtrl in report mode}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multiline text editing control}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierarchy) control}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxVListBox}{wxvlistbox}}{A listbox supporting variable height rows}
\end{twocollist}
{\large {\bf Menus}}
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}}{Displays a series of menu items for selection}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}}{Contains a series of menus for use with a frame}
{\large {\bf Window layout}}
-There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particular).
+There are two different systems for laying out windows (and dialogs in particular).
One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating
and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the
-other is based on so-called constraints and allows for more detailed layouts.
+other is based on so-called constraints and is deprecated, though still available.
+
+\overview{Sizer overview}{sizeroverview} describes sizer-based layout.
-These are the classes relevant to the sizer-based layout.
+These are the classes relevant to sizer-based layout.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}}{Abstract base class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a grid with all fields having the same size}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFlexGridSizer}{wxflexgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a flexible grid}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridBagSizer}{wxgridbagsizer}}{Another grid sizer that lets you specify the cell an item is in, and items can span rows and/or columns.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with surrounding static box}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with a surrounding static box}
\end{twocollist}
-\overview{Overview}{constraintsoverview} over the constraints-based layout.
+\overview{Constraints overview}{constraintsoverview} describes constraints-based layout.
These are the classes relevant to constraints-based window layout.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}}{Represents a single constraint dimension}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}}{Represents the constraints for a window class}
abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code
by passing different device contexts.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedDC}{wxbuffereddc}}{A helper device context for double buffered drawing.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedPaintDC}{wxbufferedpaintdc}}{A helper device context for double buffered drawing inside \textbf{OnPaint}.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxClientDC}{wxclientdc}}{A device context to access the client area outside {\bf OnPaint} events}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc}}{A device context to access the client area inside {\bf OnPaint} events}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowDC}{wxwindowdc}}{A device context to access the non-client area}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDC}{wxdc}}{The device context base class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}}{A device context for drawing into bitmaps}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc}}{A device context for drawing into metafiles}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMirrorDC}{wxmirrordc}}{A proxy device context allowing for simple mirroring.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPostScriptDC}{wxpostscriptdc}}{A device context for drawing into PostScript files}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{A device context for drawing to printers}
\end{twocollist}
These classes are related to drawing on device contexts and windows.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}}{Represents the red, blue and green elements of a colour}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDCClipper}{wxdcclipper}}{Wraps the operations of setting and destroying the clipping region}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}}{The list of previously-created pens}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPalette}{wxpalette}}{Represents a table of indices into RGB values}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{Represents a simple or complex region on a window or device context}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRendererNative}{wxrenderernative}}{Abstracts high-level drawing primitives}
\end{twocollist}
{\large {\bf Events}}
An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers
(usually member functions) have a single, event argument.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent}}{A window or application activation event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarEvent}{wxcalendarevent}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}}{The event base class}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFindDialogEvent}{wxfinddialogevent}}{Event sent by
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFindDialogEvent}{wxfinddialogevent}}{Event sent by
\helpref{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}}{A window focus event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}}{A keypress event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent}}{A list control event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMaximizeEvent}{wxmaximizeevent}}{A maximize event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}}{A menu event}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}}{A mouse capture changed event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent}}{A mouse event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}}{A move event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}}{A notebook control event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinEvent}{wxspinevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimerEvent}{wxtimerevent}}{A timer expiration event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}}{A wizard event}
These are the window validators, used for filtering and validating
user input.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}}{Base validator class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextValidator}{wxtextvalidator}}{Text control validator class}
{\large {\bf Data structures}}
-These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows.
+These are the data structure classes supported by wxWidgets.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan}}{A logical time interval.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime}}{A class for date/time manipulations}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation}
+%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O}
+%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashMap}{wxhashmap}}{A simple hash map implementation}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation (deprecated, use wxHashMap)}
% \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTableLong}{wxhashtablelong}}{A wxHashTable version for storing long data}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}}{A portable 64 bit integer type}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWidgets classes}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint}}{Representation of a point}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect}}{A class representing a rectangle}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan}}{A time interval.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxURI}{wxuri}}{Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time}
\end{twocollist}
\overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
-wxWindows supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic
+wxWidgets supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic
creation of objects given class names.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxClassInfo}{wxclassinfo}}{Holds run-time class information}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{Root class for classes with run-time information}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{Macros}{macros}}{Macros for manipulating run-time information}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{RTTI macros}{rttimacros}}{Macros for manipulating run-time information}
+\end{twocollist}
+
+{\large {\bf Logging features}}
+
+\overview{Overview}{wxlogoverview}
+
+wxWidgets provides several classes and functions for message logging.
+Please see the \helpref{wxLog overview}{wxlogoverview} for more details.
+
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}}{The base log class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogStderr}{wxlogstderr}}{Log messages to a C STDIO stream}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogStream}{wxlogstream}}{Log messages to a C++ iostream}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogTextCtrl}{wxlogtextctrl}}{Log messages to a \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogWindow}{wxlogwindow}}{Log messages to a log frame}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogGui}{wxloggui}}{Default log target for GUI programs}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogNull}{wxlognull}}{Temporarily suppress message logging}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogChain}{wxlogchain}}{Allows to chain two log targets}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLogPassThrough}{wxlogpassthrough}}{Allows to filter the log messages}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamToTextRedirector}{wxstreamtotextredirector}}{Allows
+to redirect output sent to {\tt cout} to a \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}}{Error and warning logging functions}
\end{twocollist}
{\large {\bf Debugging features}}
\overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview}
-wxWindows supports some aspects of debugging an application through
+wxWidgets supports some aspects of debugging an application through
classes, functions and macros.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontext}}{Provides memory-checking facilities}
%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugStreamBuf}{wxdebugstreambuf}}{A stream buffer writing to the debug stream}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}}{Logging facility}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}}{Error and warning logging functions}
\twocolitem{\helpref{Debugging macros}{debugmacros}}{Debug macros for assertion and checking}
-%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}}{Tracing facility}
-%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}}{Tracing facility with levels}
\twocolitem{\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}}{Use this macro to give further debugging information}
%\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}}{Trace macro}
%\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels}
{\large {\bf Networking classes}}
-wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking.
+wxWidgets provides its own classes for socket based networking.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}{Provides functions to check the status of network connection and to establish one}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPV4address}{wxipv4address}}{Represents an Internet address}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPaddress}{wxipaddress}}{Represents an Internet address}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase}}{Represents a socket base object}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server}
\overview{Overview}{ipcoverview}
-wxWindows provides a simple interprocess communications facilities
-based on DDE.
+wxWidgets provides simple interprocess communications facilities
+based on Windows DDE, but available on most platforms using TCP.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxtcpclient}}{Represents a client}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxtcpserver}}{Represents a server}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxClient}{wxclient}, \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConnection}{wxconnection}, \helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxServer}{wxserver}, \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server}
%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler}
\end{twocollist}
\overview{Overview}{docviewoverview}
-wxWindows supports a document/view framework which provides
+wxWidgets supports a document/view framework which provides
housekeeping for a document-centric application.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}}{Represents a document}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxView}{wxview}}{Represents a view}
make it relatively straightforward to provide document printing
facilities.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewFrame}{wxpreviewframe}}{Frame for displaying a print preview}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewCanvas}{wxpreviewcanvas}}{Canvas for displaying a print preview}
\overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview}
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}}{Data object class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat}}{Represents a data format}
{\large {\bf File related classes}}
-wxWindows has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes
+wxWidgets has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes
overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileName}{wxfilename}}{Operations with the file name and attributes}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}}{Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirTraverser}{wxdirtraverser}}{Class used together with wxDir for recursively enumerating the files/subdirectories}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}}{Low-level file input/output class.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextFile}{wxtextfile}}{Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStandardPaths}{wxstandardpaths}}{Paths for standard directories}
\end{twocollist}
{\large {\bf Stream classes}}
-wxWindows has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream
+wxWidgets has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream
libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBase}{wxstreambase}}{Stream base class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBuffer}{wxstreambuffer}}{Stream buffer class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileOutputStream}{wxfileoutputstream}}{File output stream class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileInputStream}{wxffileinputstream}}{Another file input stream class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileOutputStream}{wxffileoutputstream}}{Another file output stream class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringInputStream}{wxstringinputstream}}{String input stream class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringOutputStream}{wxstringoutputstream}}{String output stream class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibInputStream}{wxzlibinputstream}}{Zlib (compression) input stream class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibOutputStream}{wxzliboutputstream}}{Zlib (compression) output stream class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipInputStream}{wxzipinputstream}}{Input stream for reading from ZIP archives}
\overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
-wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread
+wxWidgets provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread
capabilities of the various platforms.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}}{Thread class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxThreadHelper}{wxthreadhelper}}{Manages background threads easily}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}}{Mutex class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutexLocker}{wxmutexlocker}}{Mutex locker utility class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}}{Critical section class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSectionLocker}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}}{Critical section locker utility class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}}{Condition class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSemaphore}{wxsemaphore}}{Semaphore class}
\end{twocollist}
{\large {\bf HTML classes}}
-wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These
+wxWidgets provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These
class include a help system based on the HTML widget.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}}{HTML window class}
{\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}}
-wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system,
+wxWidgets provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system,
used internally by the HTML classes.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFSFile}{wxfsfile}}{Represents a file in the virtual file system}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystem}{wxfilesystem}}{Main interface for the virtual file system}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystemHandler}{wxfilesystemhandler}}{Class used to announce file system type}
\end{twocollist}
+{\large {\bf XML-based resource system classes}}
+
+\overview{XML-based resource system overview}{xrcoverview}
+
+Resources allow your application to create controls and other user interface elements
+from specifications stored in an XML format.
+
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxXmlResource}{wxxmlresource}}{The main class for working with resources.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxXmlResourceHandler}{wxxmlresourcehandler}}{The base class for XML resource handlers.}
+\end{twocollist}
+
{\large {\bf Online help}}
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}}{Family of classes for controlling help windows}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
-wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
-product. The new version by Remstar, known as wxODBC, is more powerful,
-portable, flexible and better supported, so please use the classes below for
-working with databases:
+wxWidgets provides a set of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
+product, donated by Remstar. This is known as wxODBC.
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDb}{wxdb}}{ODBC database connection}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable}}{Provides access to a database table}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbIdxDef}{wxdbidxdef}}{}
\end{twocollist}
-The documentation for the older classes is still included, but you should avoid
-using any of them in the new programs:
-
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
-\end{twocollist}
-
{\large {\bf Miscellaneous}}
+\twocolwidtha{6cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}}{Application class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCaret}{wxcaret}}{A caret (cursor) object}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}}{Class to work with shared libraries.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGLCanvas}{wxglcanvas}}{Canvas that you can render opengl calls to.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGLContext}{wxglcontext}}{Class to ease sharing of opengl data resources.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQuantize}{wxquantize}}{Class to perform quantization, or colour reduction}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleInstanceChecker}{wxsingleinstancechecker}}{Check that only single program instance is running}
\end{twocollist}
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