X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/1d8864ac63ffeec01508110be0d07fe16af034c3..e384095a6c8445e95e8a2478bb0bde9f7cfd0f76:/docs/changes.txt?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 72bb76d2ad..6e7c4d3292 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -1,108 +1,259 @@ ----------------------------- -wxWidgets 2.5/2.6 Change Log ----------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------- +wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual +------------------------------------------------------------------- -INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x -================================ +2.5.4 +----- - Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially - paying attention to the most important changes which are marked - with '!' in the first column. +All: - Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 - is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4 - series. - -! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style - wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll - exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now) - - -- 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() -- also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails -- finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one -- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead -- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon -- wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours -- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground() -- pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now -- wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more -- (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override - ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen -- wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments -- wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList& - (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0) -- wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2 -- wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h -- wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the - other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird - stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change -- wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit. - Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows; - now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left. -- wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the - 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode, - switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor. -- when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation - not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1), - the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node* - instead of a wxNode*. -- non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen() - don't exist any more, please fix your code -- it never worked correctly - anyhow if you modified the objects returned by these methods so you should - simply switch to using const methods. - -wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application - won't exit even though there are no top level windows +- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell) +- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell) +- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski) +- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug) +- wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added +- added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC) +- added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this +- added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers +- changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison +- implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert) +- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars +- Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented +- A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced. + SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent + behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds +- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell) +- use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize() +- wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts) +- XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert) +- Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes. +- Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new + print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME + printing stuff in the GTK port. +- Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database +- The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB + datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database) +All (GUI): -DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x -============================== - -Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets -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: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets - methods taking wxArrayString -- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead -- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used -- wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue - and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code - accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms -- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and - SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles -- wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead -- wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type) -- wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or - wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return - value -- wxWave class; use wxSound instead +- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski) +- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index +- wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition +- wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this + item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II) +- wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native + book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others). + Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly. +- new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro +- wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style) +- wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts + of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog) +Unix: + +- wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build + +wxGTK: + +- Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library + now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it + if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing + code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed. +- Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText() +- fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard() +- native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski) +- implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer + is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right + after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp) +- Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at + runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions + are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker + errors otherwise. + +wxMac: + +- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib" +- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name + +wxMSW: + +- fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel) +- wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group +- fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize +- pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler + +wxWinCE: +- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4, + but not mentioned anywhere. + +wxUniv: + +- wxBU_... button align flags support +- vertical notebook orientation support +- 3rd state support for checkboxes +- wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting + +wxPalmOS: + +- William Osborne has won and new port was born + (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge") +- polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed + all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port) +- enumeration of available volumes +- native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database +- native wxProgressDialog implementation +- native wxSystemSettings colours + + +2.5.3 +----- + +All: + +- support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse) +- number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten) +- fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem) +- fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect +- fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth) +- support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English + (based on patch by Stefan Kowski) +- added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep() +- basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani) +- fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps) +- deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear() +- active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox) +- sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP +- added wxStringInput/OutputStreams +- added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream) +- fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters + +All (GUI): + +- added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order +- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way + of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly + is discouraged +- added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros +- added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control +- wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set +- added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey() +- added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown() +- implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll) +- added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse) +- added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and + wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants) +- added samples/splash +- added support for stock buttons +- added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() +- support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely) +- recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found +- added wxChoicebook control +- smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner) +- the XRC contrib library was moved to the core +- wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection +- it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter) +- added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive() +- wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not + supported, instead of zero. +- IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal) + +Unix: + +- wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol +- security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker +- wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed + builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only +- wx-config has new --version-full option + +wxCocoa: + +- added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2 +- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2 +- Tooltips now supported +- wxSound now supported +- wxDisplay now supported +- Some stock cursors now supported + +wxMac: + +- fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX +- added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock +- added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2 +- wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes + +wxGTK: + +- wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to + configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2 +- fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes +- implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog +- implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2) +- implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x +- wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW) +- added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only) +- implemented text underlining under GTK2 +- implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2) +- implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_? + in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp) +- implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement + freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp) +- wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release +- implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap +- added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load + icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art +- fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett) + +wxMotif: + +- added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox) + +wxMSW: + +- fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash) +- set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build +- support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik) +- wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox) +- restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2 +- fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls +- fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style +- fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build +- wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei) +- fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame +- don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more +- implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem) +- fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases +- fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build + +wxUniv/X11: + +- fixed fatal crash when opening a menu + +wxWinCE: + +- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners +- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners +- added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus +- fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox + +wxHTML: + +- added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more + than one page to wxHtmlHelpController -OTHER CHANGES -============= 2.5.2 ----- All: -- Hindi translations added (Dhananjaya Sharma) +- Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma) +- Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao) - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast internally and so using it with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead of run-time) now +- when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set, + wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible + to forward declare these classes. All (GUI): @@ -133,6 +284,13 @@ wxMSW: - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application won't exit even though there are no top level windows - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now +- wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows +- fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D) +- subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse) + +wxGTK: + +- added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp) wxMotif: @@ -151,9 +309,15 @@ wxHTML: -
handling fix (Xavier Nodet) Unix: + - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart) - added "wx-config --libs=std," syntax (i.e. support for "std") +wxODBC: + +- Full Unicode support is now available +- BLOB support is working + 2.5.1 ----- @@ -189,7 +353,6 @@ All: All (GUI): -- added wxListBook control - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth) - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!) - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect() @@ -266,7 +429,7 @@ wxMac: - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units - implemented handling of mouse wheel - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs -- use unix sockets for Mach-o builds +- use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds wxMotif: @@ -330,7 +493,7 @@ wxBase: All GUI ports: - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes -- added wxListbook +- added wxListbook control - added alpha channel support to wxImage - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames @@ -350,7 +513,7 @@ All GUI ports: - 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: removed 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) @@ -424,7 +587,7 @@ wxGTK: - 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 +- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu wxMac: @@ -448,7 +611,7 @@ wxMSW: - 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 +- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary 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 @@ -648,7 +811,7 @@ wxThread and related classes: ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour - (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API. + (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API. - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class @@ -798,7 +961,7 @@ wxMSW: - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL -- Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label) +- Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label) - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it has the capture before release it. - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox @@ -1943,7 +2106,7 @@ At this point, the following has been achieved: - Toolbar class hierarchy revised: wxToolBarBase wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar) - wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95 + wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95) wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32) - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly). - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now