X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/55e0d33c979274c996a6e9369e2a3d151a7b23b9..36b6448cc3b65c0167ad2100003aaec2ad429d3c:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index a87632042a..4302f8ca01 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -2,14 +2,49 @@ wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual ------------------------------------------------------------------- +2.5.5 +----- + +All: + +- wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get + user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added +- added wx_dynamic_cast() macro + +All (GUI): + +- Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original + GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr. +- Added XPM data constructor to wxImage. +- Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or + the whole virtual area. + +Unix: + +- fixed build on Linux/AMD64 + +wxGTK: + +- Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11. (Mart Raudsepp) + +wxPalmOS: + +- native wxRadioBox implementation + + 2.5.4 ----- All: +- wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must + use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp) - 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 @@ -17,16 +52,46 @@ All: - 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 + 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. +- Deprecated print setup dialog. +- 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) +- added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded() +- wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition +- wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with + wxSystemSettings::Get*() +- wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between + the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the + client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers + to compensate for this bug may need to be changed. +- Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits + due to a rounding error. +- Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until + SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that. +- Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right + mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation. +- "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU +- wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter +- wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel) +- added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only) + All (GUI): +- added wxMediaCtrl +- added wxDatePickerCtrl +- wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in tag +- 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 @@ -35,6 +100,12 @@ All (GUI): 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) +- wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as + in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth) +- added wxImage::InitAlpha() Unix: @@ -42,22 +113,45 @@ Unix: 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. +- wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp) +- Added wxRawBitmap support +- Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its + interaction with wxWidgets' events. +- wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp) wxMac: +- Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock) - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib" - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name +- wxJoystick now works on OSX 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 +- added wxRegKey::Export(file) + +wxWinCE: +- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4, + but not mentioned anywhere. +- Added (preliminary) support for sockets wxUniv: @@ -66,13 +160,32 @@ wxUniv: - 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 wxColourDialog implementation +- native wxSystemSettings colours +- native wxButton implementation +- native wxCheckBox implementation +- native wxSlider implementation +- native wxToggleButton implementation +- native wxRadioButton implementation +- native wxStaticText implementation +- native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation + 2.5.3 ----- All: -- support for huge (>2 Gb) files (Tim Kosse) +- 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 @@ -117,6 +230,7 @@ All (GUI): - 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: @@ -129,16 +243,16 @@ Unix: wxCocoa: - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2 -- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in 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 +- 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 +- 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