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@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ 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 METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them.
 - 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
 
@@ -41,7 +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
@@ -58,6 +66,9 @@ All:
 - 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:
 
@@ -67,9 +78,12 @@ wxBase:
 All GUI ports:
 
 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
+- added wxListbook
 - 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)
@@ -78,6 +92,7 @@ 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
@@ -93,9 +108,9 @@ 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
@@ -117,8 +132,16 @@ All GUI ports:
   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.
-- wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
-  about to be used.
+- 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:
 
@@ -128,6 +151,13 @@ Unix:
 - 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:
 
 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
@@ -141,8 +171,8 @@ wxGTK:
   be appended to filenames with no extension
 - 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
-- implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
 
 wxMac:
 
@@ -152,10 +182,12 @@ wxMac:
 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 and DigitalMars compilers
 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
@@ -425,7 +457,7 @@ 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