X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/32b38f99ce96cb698567b23971b70ba225becc42..a06bb527dd58cb3b0aec62d0bce0b03aade10140:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 9d7652b90f..8d8dc79431 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x ================================ +- 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 +- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon +- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground() -DEPRECATED METHOD SINCE 2.4.x -============================= +DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x +============================== Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows versions, please update your code to not use them. @@ -21,7 +27,14 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them. - 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 +- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead +- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead +- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead +- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement +- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead +- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used +- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and + SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles OTHER CHANGES @@ -32,7 +45,11 @@ OTHER CHANGES 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 + separately compiled library - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski) +- added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth) - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling @@ -46,6 +63,12 @@ All: - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h +- added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect() +- added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering) +- added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon) +- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert) +- added wxRecursionGuard class +- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard) wxBase: @@ -56,8 +79,10 @@ All GUI ports: - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes - 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 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC +- wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan) - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski) - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski) - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber) @@ -66,6 +91,7 @@ All GUI ports: - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski) +- added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter) - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards) - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu @@ -81,13 +107,40 @@ All GUI ports: a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the default extension for the template -- Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd) +- sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd) - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff) -- Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next +- wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu -- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner - object by default +- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default +- Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub + to allow better rich text support. +- implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd) +- Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members +- Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to + custom filters as well as HTML viewing. +- Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code. +- wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that + user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing. +- wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that + sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function + DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action. +- Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval, + CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency. +- Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to + determine whether a window should receive idle events. +- Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window + styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes. +- send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK) +- improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten) +- added wxMirrorDC class +- printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has + been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can + report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set + number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps; + wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages + correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation + improved Unix: @@ -95,6 +148,14 @@ Unix: - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure +- wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug) + +Generic controls: + +- implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen) +- support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor) +- wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved + to contrib/src/deprecated wxGTK: @@ -107,43 +168,45 @@ wxGTK: - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to be appended to filenames with no extension -- added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2 +- 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 wxMac: - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events +- generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events wxMSW: - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson) +- added wxCrashReport - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports) - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson) - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more +- fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive() - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE -- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler +- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width) - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown -- all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix - (for MinGW and Cygwin) -- When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added - WXEXPORTDLL -- A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion. - wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler - objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock - ptrs; fixed +- added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss) +- 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 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 -- Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and - sunken border under XP +- 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. - Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6 -- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles - if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP) +- 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 +- you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder) wxMotif: @@ -393,7 +456,7 @@ wxBase: - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix -- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri) +- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth) - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled after (non standard) STL hash_map