X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/1dce6f094ab0d67e576e1b172f8c60fe7f48287c..df135587addaaa316f7ab4606815086ef133e846:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 1f5ac83fc4..e6a0a034f2 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ----------------------------- -wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log ----------------------------- +------------------------ +wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log +------------------------ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x ================================ @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x 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 + wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now) @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x 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 @@ -33,12 +34,34 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x - 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. +- EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event + handler's argument will no longer compile. + DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x ============================== -Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows +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() @@ -51,10 +74,13 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them. - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead -- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows +- 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 @@ -63,16 +89,127 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them. wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return value - wxWave class; use wxSound instead +- The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented + and has now been removed +- wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead OTHER CHANGES ============= +2.5.3 +----- + +All: + +- number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten) + +All (GUI): + +- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way + of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly + is discouraged + +Unix: + +- wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol +- security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker + +wxGTK: + +- fixed wrong colour of tooltips under some themes +- implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog +- wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW) + +wxMotif: + +- added 3 state checkbox + + +2.5.2 +----- + +All: + +- 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): + +- wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering, + resulting in much better display of scaled images +- Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden +- implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock) +- support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko) +- The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for + sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize + will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a + window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial + size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When + windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's + min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize + are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items. +- added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount() +- it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox + +wxMSW: + +- wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested +- Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off + XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders) +- wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more +- wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't + even try to do it by default -- now it does +- 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) +- subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse) + +wxGTK: + +- added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp) + +wxMotif: + +- removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu() +- wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be + and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting + motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions). + +wxUniv/X11: + +- implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul) + +wxHTML: + +- improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse) +-
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 ----- All: +- event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop) - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell) - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe) - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock) @@ -88,7 +225,8 @@ All: (as in 2.5.0). - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff) -- Changed built-in regex library to a unicode-compatible one (Ryan Norton) +- changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based + on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell) - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba) - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for @@ -122,15 +260,15 @@ All (GUI): - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis) - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was added or inserted, or NULL on failure. -- Using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate - a new ID for the item using wxNewId(). As a consequence of this, - the value of wxID_SEPARATOR was changed from -1 to -2 in order to - not clash. +- using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques) - +- added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun) +- wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented +- added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents wxMSW: +- wxWidgets now builds under Win64 - fixed DDE memory leaks - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding @@ -148,6 +286,17 @@ wxMSW: wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest() +- experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff) +- fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style +- accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen) +- background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set +- fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour() +- Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch) +- Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons + aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1 +- Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller + than the specified default size +- Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall wxGTK: @@ -158,6 +307,8 @@ wxGTK: - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher) - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist) +- memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski) +- don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim) wxMac: @@ -180,6 +331,7 @@ Unix: - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton) - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in addition to existing OSS one +- it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs) 2.5.0 @@ -188,7 +340,7 @@ Unix: All: - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single - huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then + huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then separately compiled library - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski) - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth) @@ -352,7 +504,7 @@ wxMSW: - 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. + wxWidgets 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 @@ -403,7 +555,7 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x 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 + of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro (see the documentation) useful. @@ -620,10 +772,10 @@ wxBase: Unix (Base/GUI): -- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make +- wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make programs and not only GNU make - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets -- wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X +- wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh) - fixed thread priority setting under Linux @@ -635,7 +787,7 @@ All (GUI): - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard - wxWindows dialogs + wxWidgets dialogs - significantly improved native font support - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe wxHashTable @@ -676,11 +828,11 @@ wxMSW: - 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 +- changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello) - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX() - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText -- improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours +- improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours are changed - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535 @@ -869,7 +1021,7 @@ wxMSW: - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug - Added mousewheel processing - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure - wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option + wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option in wxDC - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI child frame styles are honoured @@ -1139,7 +1291,7 @@ wxHTML: fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in -NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS +NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS change log. 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999 @@ -1237,7 +1389,7 @@ wxMSW: - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles rationalised. -- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL. +- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL. wxMotif: @@ -1565,7 +1717,7 @@ wxMSW: - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo. - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function. - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition - of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows + of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets startup/exit. - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples makefile.m95 files, and install.txt). @@ -1607,7 +1759,7 @@ wxMSW: - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar) to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar tray area. -- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same +- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings. - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++). - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.