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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -5,11 +5,25 @@ wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
 ================================
 
+Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
+  to read _past_ the end of file.
+- wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
+  if the whole name is a directory
+- wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual
+- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted
+- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
+  wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case
+
+
+Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
   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.
 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
   length of the converted string in all cases now.
@@ -26,9 +40,6 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
   override it.
 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
   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
@@ -37,7 +48,6 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
   Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
 
 
-
 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -45,12 +55,24 @@ Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
 
 
-Major changes in 2.7 release
-----------------------------
+Major new features 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
 -----
 
@@ -61,17 +83,33 @@ All:
 - 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:
 
@@ -92,6 +130,8 @@ 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)
 
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