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@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
     your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
     2.6 release.
 
     your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
     2.6 release.
 

+    NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
+        of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
+        (see the documentation) useful.
+

 
 wxBase:
 
 
 wxBase:
 


@@ -45,7 +49,6 @@ wxBase:
   must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
   the default assert handling.
 
   must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
   the default assert handling.
 

-

 All (GUI):
 
 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
 All (GUI):
 
 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically


@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ All (GUI):
   generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
   you want to get OnChar() as well
 
   generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
   you want to get OnChar() as well
 

+- in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
+  have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
+  please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
+

 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
   have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
   ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
   have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
   ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following


@@ -74,12 +81,16 @@ All (GUI):
         if ( flags & wxYES )
                 ... do something else ...
 
         if ( flags & wxYES )
                 ... do something else ...
 

+- static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
+  in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
+  the ctor
+

 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
 
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 
 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
 
 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
   if you derived any classes from it
 

-- wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to 
+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to

   unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
 
 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
   unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
 
 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but


@@ -108,8 +119,11 @@ wxMSW:
   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
   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.
+  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)
+  where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
+  is only present for the DLLs builds.

 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it
 
 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
   style to avoid it


@@ -161,6 +175,7 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
 wxBase:
 
 
 wxBase:
 

+- building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)

 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically


@@ -171,11 +186,11 @@ wxBase:
   after (non standard) STL hash_map
 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
   after (non standard) STL hash_map
 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding

-- fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
-- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
-  deprecated)

 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
 - added wxEXPLICIT macro

+- IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
+  Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
+- debug new/free implementations made thread-safe

 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 
 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 


@@ -200,7 +215,8 @@ All (GUI):
   wxHashTable
 - added IFF image handler
 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
   wxHashTable
 - added IFF image handler
 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2

-- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
+- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
+  (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)

 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function


@@ -214,19 +230,25 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search

+- wxMessageOutput class added

 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
   so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
   table fills up
 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
   so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
   table fills up
 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4

-- Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
-  cleanup.
+- Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.

 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
   renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
   (Rene Rivera).
 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
   renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
   (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)

 
 wxMSW:
 
 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
 
 wxMSW:
 
 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP

+- fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
+- fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection

 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style


@@ -235,6 +257,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
   are changed
 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
   are changed

+- choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better

 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
   of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
   of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)


@@ -253,15 +276,17 @@ wxMSW:
 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
 - default button handling is now closer to expected
 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
 - default button handling is now closer to expected
 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works

+- disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)

 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join

-- fixed a condition where a thread can hang during
-  message/event processing
+- fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing

 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register

-- set window proc for non-control windows to avoid problems
-  with multiple wxWindows apps running simultaneously
+- wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
+  provided in wxFontData
+- Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
+- Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -269,7 +294,7 @@ wxGTK:
 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')

-- new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh. 
+- new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.

   Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
   Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates


@@ -277,6 +302,7 @@ wxGTK:
 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable

+- added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support

 
 wxMotif:
 
 
 wxMotif:
 


@@ -288,6 +314,19 @@ wxMotif:
 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
 
 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
 

+wxX11:
+
+- added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Many improvements
+
+wxOS2:
+
+- First alpha-quality release
+

 wxHTML:
 
 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
 wxHTML:
 
 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines