X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/937f314d3fcb38b7740d6d014a6099236907fa3b..ed626c8b55317c1cc28278ff67c8b78e79303ff6:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 3cfe88d9d2..ddfd2f1b70 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -5,17 +5,93 @@ wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x ================================ -- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour +- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour. - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't - even compile) + even compile). - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made to read _past_ the end of file. +- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon. +- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return + length of the converted string in all cases now. +- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool. +- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with + wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will + continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to + use ProcessMouseClick(). +- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with + wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will + continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to + use GetMouseCursor(). +- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you + override it. +- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and + not pointers to arrays. +- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted. +- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle + the wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. +- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow +- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId() +- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more +- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more. + As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. + Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though. + + Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements ----------------------------------------------------- -- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd() -- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them +- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd(). +- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them. + + +Major changes in 2.7 release +---------------------------- + +- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more + + +2.7.1 +----- + +All: + +- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton). +- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal) + +All (GUI): + +- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of + Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others). +- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id. +- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods. +- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for + consistency with wxRichTextCtrl. +- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API, + fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl. + +wxMSW: + +- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable(). +- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the + parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a + high-contrast theme). + +wxMac: + +- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path + to the SDK. + +wxGTK: + +- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids. +- Setting cursor now works for all controls. + +wxUniv: + +- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault() 2.7.0 @@ -23,8 +99,15 @@ Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements All: -- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag -- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation +- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi). +- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now. +- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds. +- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag. +- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir() +- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases). +- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation. +- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build. +- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule. - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as during a search and replace. - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex @@ -39,16 +122,45 @@ All: - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005. - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds. - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase. -- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett) -- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker) +- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett). +- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker). - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient. -- Overloaded Connect and SetLocal methods for binding to local address/port. +- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port. +- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta). +- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed. +- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert(). +- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate(). +- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP + and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both + constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT + versions in order to eliminate compiler errors. +- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value + the first time it was called. +- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend(). +- Added wxString::EndsWith(). +- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer. + Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested. +- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only). +- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells. +- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty). +- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta). +- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans. +- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi). All (GUI): +- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more. +- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli). - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages). -- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric() -- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers() +- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric(). +- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE). +- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios). +- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip(). +- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck). +- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj). +- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers(). - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId(). - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox, wxComboBox and wxChoice). @@ -62,14 +174,14 @@ All (GUI): - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow. - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not. -- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap() +- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap(). - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level windows (wxDialog, wxFrame). -- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler -- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown() +- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler. +- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown(). - Added space after list item number in wxHTML. - Implemented and handling in wxHTML (based on patch - by Sandro Sigala) + by Sandro Sigala). - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser. - Added wxGetMouseState function. - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes, @@ -77,11 +189,12 @@ All (GUI): - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than best size. - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings. +- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose). - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage. - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale. - Added ability to use templates with static event tables - with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros -- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl + with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros. +- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl. - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue. - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages). - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to @@ -89,9 +202,32 @@ All (GUI): - Added XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and for wxToolBar itself. - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays. - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW. -- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss) +- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss). - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter. -- Added wxListBox::HitTest() +- Added wxListBox::HitTest(). +- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea(). +- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned. +- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override + wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it. +- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu(). +- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi). +- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels. +- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides). +- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot). +- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz). +- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz) +- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix. +- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window. +- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More). +- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview. +- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own. +- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls. +- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with + implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac. +- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen). +- Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts). +- Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows + that CaptureMouse() is called on. wxMSW: @@ -100,7 +236,7 @@ wxMSW: - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd). - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const. - Fixed MDI context menu problem. -- Removed __WIN95__ define +- Removed __WIN95__ define. - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files. @@ -126,8 +262,8 @@ wxMSW: - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards. - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name. - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton. -- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated -- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl +- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated. +- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl. - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control correctly if an extra row is removed or added. - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1. @@ -138,31 +274,41 @@ wxMSW: - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available. - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user changes the system font. -- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts) +- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts). +- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion + if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a + wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.] +- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now. +- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot). wxGTK: -- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated -- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support -- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK +- Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build +- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated. +- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support. +- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK. - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10 - implementation + implementation. - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify - --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.\ + --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8. - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor lost focus when the combobox menu was shown. - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls - previously unable to be focused upon before -- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for - wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox + previously unable to be focused before. +- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for + wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox. - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer class was used. - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10. - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling. - Fixed problems with CJK input method. -- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett) -- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl +- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett). +- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl. +- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now. +- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events. +- Added file preview support in file dialogs. +- Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider. wxMac: @@ -200,10 +346,12 @@ wxMac: - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest. - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug. - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC. +- Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by + polling for process termination in a separate thread. wxCocoa: -- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura) +- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura). wxWinCE: @@ -225,20 +373,31 @@ wxWinCE: - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent) and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu. - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE. +- Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5. +- Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage. wxUniv: -- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor) +- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor). +- Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik). +- Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor). wxX11: - Invisible text problem fixed. - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved. +- Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer. +- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik) Unix: - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it. +wxMGL: + +- Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect. +- Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile). + 2.6.2 -----