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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
index 10747e2bc3..b3230a5d8e 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}\\
 \helpref{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{wxassertminbitsize}\\
 \helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg}\\
+\helpref{wxAtomicDec}{wxatomicdec}\\
+\helpref{wxAtomicInc}{wxatomicinc}\\
+\helpref{wxBase64Decode}{wxbase64decode}\\
+\helpref{wxBase64Encode}{wxbase64encode}\\
 \helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}\\
 \helpref{wxBell}{wxbell}\\
 \helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}\\
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{wxcheckgccversion}\\
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_MSG}{wxcheckmsg}\\
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_RET}{wxcheckret}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_SUNCC\_VERSION}{wxchecksunccversion}\\
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}\\
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}{wxcheckversionfull}\\
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}\\
@@ -69,6 +74,9 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{wxDROP\_ICON}{wxdropicon}\\
 \helpref{wxDebugMsg}{wxdebugmsg}\\
 \helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}\\
+\helpref{wxDEPRECATED}{wxdeprecated}\\
+\helpref{wxDEPRECATED\_BUT\_USED\_INTERNALLY}{wxdeprecatedbutusedinternally}\\
+\helpref{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}{wxdeprecatedinline}\\
 \helpref{wxDirExists}{functionwxdirexists}\\
 \helpref{wxDirSelector}{wxdirselector}\\
 \helpref{wxDisplayDepth}{wxdisplaydepth}\\
@@ -117,7 +125,6 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{wxGetDisplayName}{wxgetdisplayname}\\
 \helpref{wxGetDisplaySize}{wxdisplaysize}\\
 \helpref{wxGetDisplaySizeMM}{wxdisplaysizemm}\\
-\helpref{wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime}\\
 \helpref{wxGetEmailAddress}{wxgetemailaddress}\\
 \helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv}\\
 \helpref{wxGetFileKind}{wxgetfilekind}\\
@@ -239,7 +246,6 @@ the corresponding topic.
 \helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}\\
 \helpref{wxSplit}{wxsplit}\\
 \helpref{wxSplitPath}{wxsplitfunction}\\
-\helpref{wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}\\
 \helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast}\\
 \helpref{wxStrcmp}{wxstrcmp}\\
 \helpref{wxStricmp}{wxstricmp}\\
@@ -317,6 +323,15 @@ compiler (g++) version major.minor or greater. Otherwise, and also if
 the compiler is not GNU C++ at all, returns $0$.
 
 
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_SUNCC\_VERSION}\label{wxchecksunccversion}
+
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_SUNCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor}}
+
+Returns $1$ if the compiler being used to compile the code is Sun CC Pro
+compiler and its version is at least \texttt{major.minor}. Otherwise returns
+$0$.
+
+
 \membersection{wxCHECK\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckversion}
 
 \func{bool}{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
@@ -350,7 +365,7 @@ Same as \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion} but also checks that
 
 \membersection{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckw32apiversion}
 
-\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
 
 Returns $1$ if the version of w32api headers used is major.minor.release or
 greater. Otherwise, and also if we are not compiling with mingw32/cygwin under
@@ -437,6 +452,15 @@ least the GUI part of) the library can't be used at all.
 Notice that parameters \arg{argc} and \arg{argv} may be modified by this
 function.
 
+An additional overload of wxEntryStart() is provided under MSW only: it is
+meant to be called with the parameters passed to \texttt{WinMain()}.
+
+\func{bool}{wxEntryStart}{\param{HINSTANCE }{hInstance}, \param{HINSTANCE }{hPrevInstance = \NULL}, \param{char *}{pCmdLine = \NULL}, \param{int }{nCmdShow = \texttt{SW\_SHOWNORMAL}}}
+
+(notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of 
+\arg{pCmdLine} is \texttt{wchar\_t *}, otherwise it is \texttt{char *}, even in
+Unicode build).
+
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
 <wx/init.h>
@@ -1037,7 +1061,7 @@ temporary storage that should not be deallocated.
 
 \membersection{::wxFindFirstFile}\label{wxfindfirstfile}
 
-\func{wxString}{wxFindFirstFile}{\param{const char *}{spec}, \param{int}{ flags = 0}}
+\func{wxString}{wxFindFirstFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{spec}, \param{int}{ flags = 0}}
 
 This function does directory searching; returns the first file
 that matches the path {\it spec}, or the empty string. Use \helpref{wxFindNextFile}{wxfindnextfile} to
@@ -1335,7 +1359,7 @@ Note that empty tokens will be generated if there are two or more adjacent separ
 
 \membersection{::wxSplitPath}\label{wxsplitfunction}
 
-\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const char *}{ fullname}, \param{wxString *}{ path}, \param{wxString *}{ name}, \param{wxString *}{ ext}}
+\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const wxString\&}{ fullname}, \param{wxString *}{ path}, \param{wxString *}{ name}, \param{wxString *}{ ext}}
 
 {\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
 \helpref{wxFileName::SplitPath}{wxfilenamesplitpath} instead.
@@ -1547,11 +1571,14 @@ that there isn't always a standard way to do a reliable check on the OS architec
 
 \membersection{::wxGetUserHome}\label{wxgetuserhome}
 
-\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetUserHome}{\param{const wxString\& }{user = ""}}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetUserHome}{\param{const wxString\& }{user = ""}}
 
-Returns the home directory for the given user. If the username is empty
-(default value), this function behaves like
-\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir}.
+Returns the home directory for the given user. If the \arg{user} is empty
+(default value), this function behaves like 
+\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir} i.e. returns the current user home
+directory.
+
+If the home directory couldn't be determined, an empty string is returned.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
@@ -1778,11 +1805,9 @@ build. In fact, its definition is:
 \func{const wxChar *}{wxTRANSLATE}{\param{const char *}{s}}
 
 This macro doesn't do anything in the program code -- it simply expands to the
-value of its argument (except in Unicode build where it is equivalent to
-\helpref{wxT}{wxt} which makes it unnecessary to use both wxTRANSLATE and wxT
-with the same string which would be really unreadable).
+value of its argument.
 
-However it does have a purpose and it is to mark the literal strings for the
+However it does have a purpose which is to mark the literal strings for the
 extraction into the message catalog created by {\tt xgettext} program. Usually
 this is achieved using \helpref{\_()}{underscore} but that macro not only marks
 the string for extraction but also expands into a
@@ -1797,7 +1822,7 @@ translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as
 day names already). If you write
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
+static const char * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
 ...
 // use weekdays[n] as usual
 \end{verbatim}
@@ -1806,7 +1831,7 @@ the code wouldn't compile because the function calls are forbidden in the array
 initializer. So instead you should do
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ..., wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
+static const char * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ..., wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
 ...
 // use wxGetTranslation(weekdays[n])
 \end{verbatim}
@@ -1818,6 +1843,7 @@ wxTRANSLATE() in the above, it wouldn't work as expected because there would be
 no translations for the weekday names in the program message catalog and
 wxGetTranslation wouldn't find them.
 
+
 \membersection{::wxVsnprintf}\label{wxvsnprintf}
 
 \func{int}{wxVsnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
@@ -1936,6 +1962,8 @@ See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
 
 Ring the system bell.
 
+Note that this function is categorized as a GUI one and so is not thread-safe.
+
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
 <wx/utils.h>
@@ -2414,7 +2442,7 @@ checkbox which is shown in the tips dialog.}
 
 \func{int}{wxFinite}{\param{double }{x}}
 
-Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is neither infinite or NaN (not a number),
+Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is neither infinite nor NaN (not a number),
 returns 0 otherwise.
 
 
@@ -2818,6 +2846,117 @@ The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
 \section{Miscellaneous functions}\label{miscellany}
 
 
+\membersection{wxBase64Decode}\label{wxbase64decode}
+
+\func{size\_t}{wxBase64Decode}{\param{void *}{dst}, \param{size\_t }{dstLen}, 
+\param{const char * }{src}, \param{size\_t }{srcLen = wxNO\_LEN}, 
+\param{wxBase64DecodeMode }{mode = wxBase64DecodeMode\_Strict}, 
+\param{size\_t }{*posErr = \NULL}}
+
+\func{wxMemoryBuffer}{wxBase64Decode}{\\
+\param{const char * }{src}, \param{size\_t }{srcLen = wxNO\_LEN},\\
+\param{wxBase64DecodeMode }{mode = wxBase64DecodeMode\_Strict},\\
+\param{size\_t }{*posErr = \NULL}}
+
+\func{wxMemoryBuffer}{wxBase64Decode}{\\
+\param{const wxString\& }{src},\\
+\param{wxBase64DecodeMode }{mode = wxBase64DecodeMode\_Strict},\\
+\param{size\_t }{*posErr = \NULL}}
+
+These function decode a Base64-encoded string. The first version is a raw
+decoding function and decodes the data into the provided buffer \arg{dst} of
+the given size \arg{dstLen}. An error is returned if the buffer is not large
+enough -- that is not at least \helpref{wxBase64DecodedSize(srcLen)}{wxbase64decodedsize} 
+bytes. The second version allocates memory internally and returns it as
+\helpref{wxMemoryBuffer}{wxmemorybuffer} and is recommended for normal use.
+
+The first version returns the number of bytes written to the buffer or the
+necessary buffer size if \arg{dst} was \NULL or \texttt{wxCONV\_FAILED} on
+error, e.g. if the output buffer is too small or invalid characters were
+encountered in the input string. The second version returns a buffer with the
+base64 decoded binary equivalent of the input string. In neither case is the
+buffer NUL-terminated.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{dst}{Pointer to output buffer, may be \NULL to just compute the
+necessary buffer size.}
+
+\docparam{dstLen}{The size of the output buffer, ignored if \arg{dst} is
+\NULL.}
+
+\docparam{src}{The input string, must not be \NULL. For the version using
+wxString, the input string should contain only ASCII characters.}
+
+\docparam{srcLen}{The length of the input string or special value
+\texttt{wxNO\_LEN} if the string is \NUL-terminated and the length should be
+computed by this function itself.}
+
+\docparam{mode}{This parameter specifies the function behaviour when invalid
+characters are encountered in input. By default, any such character stops the
+decoding with error. If the mode is wxBase64DecodeMode\_SkipWS, then the white
+space characters are silently skipped instead. And if it is
+wxBase64DecodeMode\_Relaxed, then all invalid characters are skipped.}
+
+\docparam{posErr}{If this pointer is non-\NULL and an error occurs during
+decoding, it is filled with the index of the invalid character.}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/base64.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxBase64DecodedSize}\label{wxbase64decodedsize}
+
+\func{size\_t}{wxBase64DecodedSize}{\param{size\_t }{srcLen}}
+
+Returns the size of the buffer necessary to contain the data encoded in a
+base64 string of length \arg{srcLen}. This can be useful for allocating a
+buffer to be passed to \helpref{wxBase64Decode}{wxbase64decode}.
+
+
+\membersection{wxBase64Encode}\label{wxbase64encode}
+
+\func{size\_t}{wxBase64Encode}{\param{char *}{dst}, \param{size\_t }{dstLen}, 
+\param{const void *}{src}, \param{size\_t }{srcLen}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxBase64Encode}{\param{const void *}{src}, \param{size\_t }{srcLen}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxBase64Encode}{\param{const wxMemoryBuffer\& }{buf}}
+
+These functions encode the given data using base64. The first of them is the
+raw encoding function writing the output string into provided buffer while the
+other ones return the output as wxString. There is no error return for these
+functions except for the first one which returns \texttt{wxCONV\_FAILED} if the
+output buffer is too small. To allocate the buffer of the correct size, use 
+\helpref{wxBase64EncodedSize}{wxbase64encodedsize} or call this function with 
+\arg{dst} set to \NULL -- it will then return the necessary buffer size.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{dst}{The output buffer, may be \NULL to retrieve the needed buffer
+size.}
+
+\docparam{dstLen}{The output buffer size, ignored if \arg{dst} is \NULL.}
+
+\docparam{src}{The input buffer, must not be \NULL.}
+
+\docparam{srcLen}{The length of the input data.}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/base64.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxBase64EncodedSize}\label{wxbase64encodedsize}
+
+\func{size\_t}{wxBase64EncodedSize}{\param{size\_t }{len}}
+
+Returns the length of the string with base64 representation of a buffer of
+specified size \arg{len}. This can be useful for allocating the buffer passed
+to \helpref{wxBase64Encode}{wxbase64encode}.
+
+
 \membersection{wxCONCAT}\label{wxconcat}
 
 \func{}{wxCONCAT}{\param{}{x}, \param{}{y}}
@@ -2851,6 +2990,55 @@ it is quoted automatically by the macro)}
 
 
 
+\membersection{wxDEPRECATED}\label{wxdeprecated}
+
+This macro can be used around a function declaration to generate warnings
+indicating that this function is deprecated (i.e. obsolete and planned to be
+removed in the future) when it is used. Only Visual C++ 7 and higher and g++
+compilers currently support this functionality.
+
+Example of use:
+\begin{verbatim}
+    // old function, use wxString version instead
+    wxDEPRECATED( void wxGetSomething(char *buf, size_t len) );
+
+    // ...
+    wxString wxGetSomething();
+\end{verbatim}
+
+
+\membersection{wxDEPRECATED\_BUT\_USED\_INTERNALLY}\label{wxdeprecatedbutusedinternally}
+
+This is a special version of \helpref{wxDEPRECATED}{wxdeprecated} macro which
+only does something when the deprecated function is used from the code outside
+wxWidgets itself but doesn't generate warnings when it is used from wxWidgets.
+It is used with the virtual functions which are called by the library itself --
+even if such function is deprecated the library still has to call it to ensure
+that the existing code overriding it continues to work, but the use of this
+macro ensures that a deprecation warning will be generated if this function is
+used from the user code or, in case of Visual C++, even when it is simply
+overridden.
+
+
+\membersection{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}\label{wxdeprecatedinline}
+
+\func{}{wxDEPRECATED\_INLINE}{\param{}{func}, \param{}{body}}
+
+This macro is similar to \helpref{wxDEPRECATED}{wxdeprecated} but can be used
+to not only declare the function \arg{func} as deprecated but to also provide
+its (inline) implementation \arg{body}.
+
+It can be used as following:
+\begin{verbatim}
+    class wxFoo
+    {
+    public:
+        // OldMethod() is deprecated, use NewMethod() instead
+        void NewMethod();
+        wxDEPRECATED_INLINE( void OldMethod(), NewMethod() );
+    };
+\end{verbatim}
+
 \membersection{wxEXPLICIT}\label{wxexplicit}
 
 {\tt wxEXPLICIT} is a macro which expands to the C++ {\tt explicit} keyword if
@@ -2942,7 +3130,9 @@ Generates an integer identifier unique to this run of the program.
 \membersection{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT}\label{wxonblockexit}
 
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT0}{\param{}{func}}
+
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT1}{\param{}{func}, \param{}{p1}}
+
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT2}{\param{}{func}, \param{}{p1}, \param{}{p2}}
 
 This family of macros allows to ensure that the global function \arg{func}
@@ -2970,7 +3160,9 @@ details.
 \membersection{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT\_OBJ}\label{wxonblockexitobj}
 
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT\_OBJ0}{\param{}{obj}, \param{}{method}}
+
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT\_OBJ1}{\param{}{obj}, \param{}{method}, \param{}{p1}}
+
 \func{}{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT\_OBJ2}{\param{}{obj}, \param{}{method}, \param{}{p1}, \param{}{p2}}
 
 This family of macros is similar to \helpref{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT}{wxonblockexit}
@@ -3099,6 +3291,18 @@ Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
 
 
+\membersection{wxFromString}\label{wxfromstring}
+
+\func{bool}{wxFromString}{\param{const wxString\& }{str},
+                           \param{wxColour* }{col}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxFromString}{\param{const wxString\& }{str},
+                           \param{wxFont* }{col}}
+
+Converts string to the type of the second argument. Returns \true on success.
+See also: \helpref{wxToString}{wxtostring}.
+
+
 \membersection{::wxGetActiveWindow}\label{wxgetactivewindow}
 
 \func{wxWindow *}{wxGetActiveWindow}{\void}
@@ -3168,7 +3372,7 @@ Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates.
 
 Returns the current state of the mouse.  Returns a wxMouseState
 instance that contains the current position of the mouse pointer in
-screen coordinants, as well as boolean values indicating the up/down
+screen coordinates, as well as boolean values indicating the up/down
 status of the mouse buttons and the modifier keys.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
@@ -3223,8 +3427,8 @@ Returns label that should be used for given {\it id} element.
 \docparam{id}{given id of the \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}, \helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar} tool, etc.}
 
 \docparam{withCodes}{if false then strip accelerator code from the label;
-usefull for getting labels without accelerator char code like for toolbar tooltip or
-under platforms without traditional keyboard like smartphones}
+useful for getting labels without accelerator char code like for toolbar tooltip or
+on platforms without traditional keyboard like smartphones}
 
 \docparam{accelerator}{optional accelerator string automatically added to label; useful
 for building labels for \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}
@@ -3252,7 +3456,10 @@ frame or dialog containing it, or {\tt NULL}.
 
 Open the \arg{url} in user's default browser. If \arg{flags} parameter contains
 \texttt{wxBROWSER\_NEW\_WINDOW} flag, a new window is opened for the URL
-(currently this is only supported under Windows).
+(currently this is only supported under Windows). The \arg{url} may also be a
+local file path (with or without \texttt{file://} prefix), if it doesn't
+correspond to an existing file and the URL has no scheme \texttt{http://} is
+prepended to it by default.
 
 Returns \true if the application was successfully launched.
 
@@ -3411,6 +3618,16 @@ class name internally. Example of using the macro:
 Notice that there should be no semicolon after this macro.
 
 
+\membersection{wxToString}\label{wxtostring}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxToString}{\param{const wxColour\& }{col}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxToString}{\param{const wxFont\& }{col}}
+
+Converts its argument to string.
+See also: \helpref{wxFromString}{wxfromstring}.
+
+
 \membersection{wxULL}\label{wxull}
 
 \func{wxLongLong\_t}{wxULL}{\param{}{number}}
@@ -4275,29 +4492,8 @@ this value.
 
 \section{Time functions}\label{timefunctions}
 
-The functions in this section deal with getting the current time and
-starting/stopping the global timers. Please note that the timer functions are
-deprecated because they work with one global timer only and
-\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer} and/or \helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch} classes
-should be used instead. For retrieving the current time, you may also use
-\helpref{wxDateTime::Now}{wxdatetimenow} or
-\helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} methods.
-
-
-\membersection{::wxGetElapsedTime}\label{wxgetelapsedtime}
-
-\func{long}{wxGetElapsedTime}{\param{bool}{ resetTimer = true}}
-
-Gets the time in milliseconds since the last \helpref{::wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}.
-
-If {\it resetTimer} is true (the default), the timer is reset to zero
-by this call.
-
-See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/timer.h>
+The functions in this section deal with getting the current time and sleeping
+for the specified time interval.
 
 
 \membersection{::wxGetLocalTime}\label{wxgetlocaltime}
@@ -4312,7 +4508,7 @@ Returns the number of seconds since local time 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
-<wx/timer.h>
+<wx/stopwatch.h>
 
 
 \membersection{::wxGetLocalTimeMillis}\label{wxgetlocaltimemillis}
@@ -4328,7 +4524,7 @@ Returns the number of milliseconds since local time 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
-<wx/timer.h>
+<wx/stopwatch.h>
 
 
 \membersection{::wxGetUTCTime}\label{wxgetutctime}
@@ -4343,7 +4539,7 @@ Returns the number of seconds since GMT 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
-<wx/timer.h>
+<wx/stopwatch.h>
 
 
 \membersection{::wxMicroSleep}\label{wxmicrosleep}
@@ -4395,19 +4591,6 @@ Sleeps for the specified number of seconds.
 <wx/utils.h>
 
 
-\membersection{::wxStartTimer}\label{wxstarttimer}
-
-\func{void}{wxStartTimer}{\void}
-
-Starts a stopwatch; use \helpref{::wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime} to get the elapsed time.
-
-See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/timer.h>
-
-
 \membersection{::wxUsleep}\label{wxusleep}
 
 \func{void}{wxUsleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
@@ -4678,13 +4861,17 @@ Returns \true if the variable exists, \false otherwise.
 
 \membersection{wxSetEnv}\label{wxsetenv}
 
-\func{bool}{wxSetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}, \param{const wxChar *}{value}}
+\func{bool}{wxSetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}, \param{const wxString\& }{value}}
 
 Sets the value of the environment variable {\it var} (adding it if necessary)
 to {\it value}.
 
 Returns \true on success.
 
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxUnsetEnv}{wxunsetenv}
+
 
 \membersection{wxUnsetEnv}\label{wxunsetenv}
 
@@ -4695,3 +4882,46 @@ Removes the variable {\it var} from the environment.
 function.
 
 Returns \true on success.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSetEnv}{wxsetenv}
+
+
+\section{Atomic operations}\label{atomicoperations}
+
+When using multi-threaded applications, it is often required to access or
+modify memory which is shared between threads. Atomic integer and pointer
+operations are an efficient way to handle this issue (another, less efficient,
+way is to use a \helpref{mutex}{wxmutex} or \helpref{critical
+section}{wxcriticalsection}). A native implementation exists for Windows,
+Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X, for other OS, a 
+\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection} is used to protect the data.
+
+One particular application is reference counting (used by so-called smart
+pointers).
+
+You should define your variable with the type wxAtomicInt in order to apply
+atomic operations to it.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/atomic.h>
+
+\membersection{::wxAtomicInc}\label{wxatomicinc}
+
+\func{void}{wxAtomicInc}{\param{wxAtomicInt\& }{value}}
+
+This function increments \arg{value} in an atomic manner.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxAtomicDec}\label{wxatomicdec}
+
+\func{wxInt32}{wxAtomicDec}{\param{wxAtomicInt\& }{value}}
+
+This function decrements \arg{value} in an atomic manner.
+
+Returns 0 if \arg{value} is 0 after decrementation or any non-zero value (not
+necessarily equal to the value of the variable) otherwise.
+
+
