X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/b59da6c285f4ac1a52a879a7fa67b52351f08f34..fc2171bd4c660b8554dae2a1cbf34ff09f3032a6:/docs/gtk/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/gtk/changes.txt b/docs/gtk/changes.txt index 1fc292bafe..cf594f9c0a 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/changes.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/changes.txt @@ -1,18 +1,136 @@ -This file contains the detailed log of wxGTK-specific changes, please see -doc/changes.txt for the concise log of important changes in all wxWindows -ports. -*** wxWindows 2.3.1 *** +*** wxWidgets 2.3.3 *** -*** wxWindows 2.3.0 *** +Look at the General changes file for more encompassing on +the changes that have taken place in 2.3.3. This file has +not been kept uptodate. RR. + +Beta support for GTK 2.0. Use "configure --enable-gtk2 --enable-unicode". + +Lots of work locale/encoding conversion classes. + +Large changes in wxThread/wxCondition code. + +wxLocale detects the system language on all ports. + +Corrected wxFrame::ShowFullScreen(). + +Added wxArtProvider for changing default icons and more. + +Corrected wxScrolledWindow in some rare cases. + +Added wxIconBundle for mini- and normal icons. + +Made wxWindow::SetFocus() work before a wxDialog +is created. Until now always the first item +was focussed. + +Corrected wxComboBox's semantics of pressing . + +Corrected SeekI() return values and other related functions +in wxFilterStream and wxBufferedStream. + +Implemented new ref-counting for GDI classes. + +New implementation of wxCondition. + +Implemented actual comparisons between GDI classes instead of +comparing just the ref-count. + +Fixed wxMiniFrame again. + +Added wxCursor creation from wxImage. + +Added inlined wxHashMap class. + +Redone thread wake-up code for immediate wake-up instead +of 50 ms pause. This gives apps 100% CPU time for background +tasks. + +New behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a +delayed refresh. Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force +an immediate update. + +Support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others) and +corrections to wxImage code for special SGI visuals. + +Changed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates. + +Implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background +tasks (unlike thread work). + +Various updates to wxHTML. + +Some wxFont changes for better mixing of native fonts and +wxFont's accessors. + +Added IFF image handler. + +Added ICO, CUR and ANI image handler. Added image handler +for several image per file (GIF, TIFF). + +wxFrame::SetMenuBar() corrected (for NULL etc.) + +wxButton honours wxBU_EXACTFIT. + +wxStaticBox honours wxALIGN_XXX styles + +Reworked wxConfig class interface. + +Reworked wxDynamicLibary class for loading classes (particularly +wxWidgets classes) from dynamic libraries. + +Removed wxObjectStream class. + +Further improvements to wxFileName class. + +*** wxWidgets 2.3.2 *** + +Addition of wxFileName class to handler DOS, Unix, Mac and VMS filenames +and paths in a platform independent way. + +Addition of a wxPopupWindow class to imitate temporary windows such +as those used combo boxes or in tool tips. + +Addition of wxToggleButton which was missing in wxWidgets 2.2. + +Support for virtual lists in wxListCtrl. + +Addition wxSingleInstanceChecker which does just that. + +Addition of wxRegEx for regular expression parsing either +using the built-in Unix function or a freeware add-on library. + +wxScrolledWindow completely reimplemented as a native GTK widget. + +Reimplemented event cloning used for inter-thread communication. + +Big improvements to the HTML display engine. Handles many more tags +correctly now. + +Partial rewrite and enhancements to the XML based resource system wxXRC. +It is now based on the Expat parser. + +Wider image type support including read/write support for XPM and +reading support for ICO files. BMP can be saved in various bit depths now. + +Fixed some incompatibilities with GTK 1.2.10. + +Partially reworked build system for installation of multiple builds and +cross compilations. + +Improved wxSizer-based layout system for better support for dynamic +layout. + +*** wxWidgets 2.3.0 *** scaling for map modes other than wxMM_TEXT works correctly (Derry Bryson) -*** wxWindows 2.2.6 *** +*** wxWidgets 2.2.6 *** wxGauge now supports wxGA_VERTICAL (Shane Forsythe) -*** 29th January 2001: wxWindows 2.2.5 released *** +*** 29th January 2001: wxWidgets 2.2.5 released *** Synchronized with wxMSW 2.2.5, include macros for upwards 2.4.0 compatibility. @@ -22,7 +140,7 @@ Added missing wxEntry prototype to wx/gtk/app.h. Fixed compilation with --enable-no_rtti/no_exceptions with older egcs. -*** 15th January 2001: wxWindows 2.2.4 released *** +*** 15th January 2001: wxWidgets 2.2.4 released *** Corrected wxYield() to handle recursive calls more gracefully (and with a warning in debug mode). @@ -37,7 +155,7 @@ Patch for better 8-bit-display support. Corrected log error message box. -Implememted wxCommandEvent::IsSelection() for wxListBox. +Implemented wxCommandEvent::IsSelection() for wxListBox. Corrected wxListBox::Set() for sorted mode. @@ -54,12 +172,12 @@ Various other fixes. Synchronized release with wxMSW again. -*** 3rd November: wxWindows 2.2.3 released *** +*** 3rd November: wxWidgets 2.2.3 released *** Fixed bugs in HTTP code. Implemented wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE whenever possible -and reduced flicker a little (no longer diables GTK's own +and reduced flicker a little (no longer disables GTK's own anti-flicker code). Always have a clipping region equivalent to the update @@ -81,12 +199,12 @@ Updated AFM font metrics for Ghostscript fonts and let Linux and FreeBSD default to using GS fonts (and not Adobe fonts). -*** 20th September: wxWindows 2.2.2 released *** +*** 20th September: wxWidgets 2.2.2 released *** Fixed wxSizer bug that made items with option flags greater than 1 report a wrong size. -Fixed many incompatibilties with GTK themes - +Fixed many incompatibilities with GTK themes - essentially a backport from the 2.3 branch. Added missing wxImage::Paste() for transparent @@ -99,7 +217,7 @@ Fixed wxListCtrl::HitTest() for report mode. Other minor fixes. -*** 20th August 2000: wxWindows 2.2.1 released *** +*** 20th August 2000: wxWidgets 2.2.1 released *** Minor build fixes. @@ -132,7 +250,7 @@ Minor correction to doc-view architecture. Minor wxCommandLineParser changes. -*** 10th July 2000: wxWindows 2.2.0 released *** +*** 10th July 2000: wxWidgets 2.2.0 released *** Added code for writing BMP images. @@ -163,7 +281,7 @@ Various fixes to the new wxGrid class. Bug-fixes. -*** 4th June 2000: wxWindows pre-2.2 release *** +*** 4th June 2000: wxWidgets pre-2.2 release *** Complete freeze now. Only vital bug-fixes allowed. @@ -175,14 +293,14 @@ Reworked wxURL. MANY bugfixes. -*** 22th March 2000: wxWindows 2.1.15 released *** +*** 22th March 2000: wxWidgets 2.1.15 released *** -Build fix. RPMs no loner require GTK's include files. +Build fix. RPMs no longer require GTK's include files. -An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets builts -*** 19th March 2000: wxWindows 2.1.14 released *** +An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets built +*** 19th March 2000: wxWidgets 2.1.14 released *** -An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets builts +An extra library for the OpenGl class now gets built and installed. There is also an extra RPM for this small class now. @@ -204,7 +322,7 @@ standards. Renamed wx-config to wxgtk-config so that motif can be co-installed on the same machine (with wxmotif-config). -Speed up for drawing by resuing once created DCs instead of +Speed up for drawing by reusing once created DCs instead of creating and destroying them all the time. Corrections to clipping region code (among others related to @@ -241,7 +359,7 @@ style when using the default. The L-GPL iODBC library must now be enables explicitly so as to not mislead people into reading the license wrong. -*** 24th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.13 released *** +*** 24th January '2000: wxWidgets 2.1.13 released *** Corrections to TAB handling in notebooks. @@ -254,7 +372,7 @@ Fixed endianness problems in image code. Minor fixes for sockets related to GUI reentrance. Also improved the IPV address class and added more error -checking and rekated things. +checking and related things. Many enhancements to wxHTML, more tags supported, better support for non-western texts etc. @@ -275,7 +393,7 @@ Fixed problem with shared contexts in OpenGl canvas. Fixed keyboard handling in wxCheckListBox. -Corrected the completely unfunctional TIFF code. +Corrected the completely nonfunctional TIFF code. Various minor corrections to wxWizard, wxCalendarCtrl and other complex controls. @@ -286,11 +404,11 @@ Updates to the ODBC classes (George Tasker). Build-fixes for various platforms and compilers. -*** 6th January '2000: wxWindows 2.1.12 released *** +*** 6th January '2000: wxWidgets 2.1.12 released *** Who has a BigEndian computer (e.g. Sparc or PowerPC) that runs a 15 and/or 16 bit colour mode? I need this for testing purposes, i.e. this -person could help me by running a small testprogram and sending +person could help me by running a small test program and sending me the output. Improved support for GTK's themes, changes in font sizes (and @@ -397,23 +515,23 @@ More minor changes and fixes. Began work on a new dialog and resource editor (wxDesigner). -*** 7st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released *** +*** 7st November '99: wxWidgets 2.1.11 released *** There is still an unresolved problem with bitmap to image conversion on big-endian architectures (such as Solaris), where color values get exchanged. I'd need help on this one as I have no BE computer. -Enlightment has struck the majority of the developers and +Enlightenment has struck the majority of the developers and they have chosen to use the Linux kernel numbering scheme -for wxWindows from now on. This means that the next stable -release will be called wxWindows 2.2.X, development snapshots +for wxWidgets from now on. This means that the next stable +release will be called wxWidgets 2.2.X, development snapshots will be called 2.1.X. A lot of discussion has been wasted on how to maintain a once released stable version. It was almost universally agreed that only a commercial entity will have the motivation -($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWindows Inc. +($$$) to do that - so far there is no wxWidgets Inc. Support for GTK 1.0 has been dropped. This version has been tested with GTK 1.2.3 and GTK 1.2.6 - it might @@ -435,7 +553,7 @@ try again, poor AIX, HP-UX and *BSD users, but don't reckon with immediate success. Actually, when using GNU compilers, your chances are quite good. -My rewrite of the wxWindows underlying GTK widget +My rewrite of the wxWidgets underlying GTK widget has turned scrolling including subwindows from barely functional to pretty and fast. I also added scrolling of foreign windows to wxScrolledWindow. @@ -455,13 +573,13 @@ can now use wxODBC from wxMSW and wxGTK. Several printing things fixed. More work needs to be done here.. -HTML widget and the wxWindows' help system based upon +HTML widget and the wxWidgets' help system based upon it have been reorganized and improved for easier use from Python and C++. Also HTML printing has been added. wxSpinCtrl added. Like a wxSpinButton and a wxTextCtrl. -Changed the beaviour of the popular new wxFileDialog to +Changed the behaviour of the popular new wxFileDialog to not forget the once typed file name when changing the directory. @@ -470,14 +588,14 @@ without shadow affect). Michael is writing a complete rewrite of the antiquated wxGrid. This is still work-in-progress and might not make -it into wxWindows 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome +it into wxWidgets 2.2, we'll see. Help would be welcome to make that happen. Made wxMenu code lose less memory, also added wxMenu::Delete(). Added code to send wxActivateEvent to MDI windows. -Vadim added configure things to compile wxWindows without any +Vadim added configure things to compile wxWidgets without any GUI library. This is probably work in progress. He'll also add a wxFontEnumerator class and has enhanced wxFont to make use of char-encodings. @@ -505,7 +623,7 @@ A handler to read PCX file (in most variants) has been added. A number of problems with compressed and socket streams have been solved. -Changed behavour of wxTextStream to make use of deliminators +Changed behaviour of wxTextStream to make use of delimiters and default to space as the standard C++ stream do. Changes to tab traversal code to better reflect MSW code. @@ -517,7 +635,7 @@ Made default button action work in more cases. 28th August '99: Ninth wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released As the old makefile system didn't work, I trashed it and wrote -a new one - mo more GNU. This, of course, caused a lot of people +a new one - no more GNU. This, of course, caused a lot of people to start sing their song of complaints - any change is a good opportunity to complain, but the effect of the change is that we now have shared library support on Linux and Solaris (and @@ -531,7 +649,7 @@ for using CVS versions are also much less (any make, any compiler, no other tools). Split RPMs into two, one for run-time requirements and one -for developement (mostly headers). +for development (mostly headers). Addition of new layout classes that work like Java's, GTK's or Qt`s - basically, you pack item in a box and let it tell @@ -566,7 +684,7 @@ Small updates to socket code. The MSW version is still missing. Implemented wxBitmapDataObject class. -Added wxFFileStream using FILE* instead if file desrcriptor. +Added wxFFileStream using FILE* instead if file descriptor. Useful for creating a "cerr" like class as in normal C++. Also added "endl" for use with wxTextStream and fixed a few minor problems with buffered streams etc. @@ -599,7 +717,7 @@ Controls now send the same messages (or more importantly none if changed programmatically) as per wxMSW. New implementation of wxSocket using an intermediate library called -GSocket. This willl hopefully change in the future. +GSocket. This will hopefully change in the future. Reworked in-place editing of wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl. @@ -622,11 +740,11 @@ New documentation. New version of wxPython, of course. -Fixed in unenclosed number of other bugs... +Fixed an undisclosed number of other bugs... 25th June '99: Seventh wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released -Many fixes to th new makefile system. The last version gave +Many fixes to the new makefile system. The last version gave immediate crashes on all Unices except Linux when linked dynamically against an application. I reordered the object files in the library as I guess that this was the cause. @@ -650,10 +768,10 @@ The biggest change is the completely rewritten configure/makefile system using automake. The main argument for switching to automake is that the resulting makefiles should be more portable so that people can use the native make utilities instead of GNU make. The -new makefile sytem also handles dependencies correctly, allows for +new makefile system also handles dependencies correctly, allows for shared-only compilation, can be invoked from any directory for -concurrent builds wihtin one source tree, uses libtool for greater -shared-library platform support, has a functinonal "make uninstall", +concurrent builds within one source tree, uses libtool for greater +shared-library platform support, has a functional "make uninstall", works with GTK, Motif and WINE, conforms better to GNU standards as far as configure option names are concerned and is easier to maintain. @@ -705,7 +823,7 @@ Implemented global cursors and wxBusyCursor etc. Also removed another cursor misbehaviour. Updated many parts of the documentation to reflect changes -in wxWindows 2.1, wxPython and more exact description of +in wxWidgets 2.1, wxPython and more exact description of cross-platform issues as well as platform differences. Many other fixes, mainly by others... @@ -722,10 +840,10 @@ This is mostly a bug-fix release. We are having funny times to make wxGTK work well with different micro versions of GTK 1.2 - which is very close to impossible. All versions give warnings, although their number might -vary a lot. I use GTK 1.2.3 and only get wanrnings in +vary a lot. I use GTK 1.2.3 and only get warnings in one sample (notebook) and that one is due to a bug in GTK - some people using GTK 1.2.2 reported hundreds of warnings -getting spitted out for what seems like no reason. +getting spat out for what seems like no reason. This snapshot contains the beginnings of our merging of headers, meaning that in the future all ports will @@ -800,7 +918,7 @@ This is mostly a bug-fix release. This affects wxSocket, wxThread, and a few GUI classes. Also more work has been done and window placement and decorations etc. which we hope to have finished now. -Applied patches for FreeBSD and SGI compilation (not yet finshed). +Applied patches for FreeBSD and SGI compilation (not yet finished). Updated wxPython to beta 9. @@ -817,7 +935,7 @@ Note that the next release might bring about changes to keyboard handling and scroll event intercepting from wxScrolledWindow. By and large much of the code has stabilized and won't be much -*** different in the final wxWindows 2.1 release. Please test as *** +*** different in the final wxWidgets 2.1 release. Please test as *** much as you can. The next release will have a new build system. @@ -836,7 +954,7 @@ Internal changes required for wxOLE and addition of a very experimental wxOLE code section using GNOME's Bonobo library (from GNOME's CVS). New version of wxPython that works with the wxGTK 2.1. -This now includes a very comprensive test/demo suite. Thanks to +This now includes a very comprehensive test/demo suite. Thanks to Robin Dunn, Harm v.d. Heijden and others. Beware of the hang-man... More fine tuning of focus handling and GUI widgets. @@ -850,7 +968,7 @@ such as in wxXt and wxMSW. Rewritten MDI subsystem. -Correcetions and additions to the printing framework including +Corrections and additions to the printing framework including a paper type database (Julian). Several controls now support more style flags for modifying @@ -863,7 +981,7 @@ This no longer forces wxGTK applications to sleep (by having to call usleep()) in idle time - giving more CPU slices to the application if desired. -wxGLCanvas (the OpenGl for wxWindows) now accepts keyboard input. +wxGLCanvas (the OpenGl for wxWidgets) now accepts keyboard input. The usual number of compile and bug fixes from all involved. @@ -908,9 +1026,9 @@ wxPython still doesn't compile, I think. 12th April '99: First wxGTK 2.1 snapshot released -This is the first developers' version of wxWindows 2.1 for GTK. It's main +This is the first developers' version of wxWidgets 2.1 for GTK. It's main new feature is that it supports GTK 1.2 (as opposed to GTK 1.0) which -will make development within the GNOME evironment a lot easier. +will make development within the GNOME environment a lot easier. Apart from the move to GTK 1.2 and the changes (some major) that were required as part of that work, enhancement or corrections have been @@ -920,17 +1038,17 @@ and a few GUI classes (accelerators in menus, listbox always with scrollbar, wxFrame honours Motif Window Manager hints, corrected tab traversal for broken GTK 1.0 widgets). -There have been slight changes to the priting dialogs and their +There have been slight changes to the printing dialogs and their setup data (which might break apps using this code in previous versions). Also, a bug concerning printing white has been fixed (actually not tested). Although this is only the first 2.1 snapshot, there is little reason not to use it as many bugs from version 2.0 have been corrected. There are, -pf course, still a few problem left with GTK 1.2 (some of which relate +of course, still a few problem left with GTK 1.2 (some of which relate to bugs in GTK). -I think I preserved backward compatility with GTK 1.0 and if not it +I think I preserved backward compatibility with GTK 1.0 and if not it should be easy to fix - but mostly I don't care. Drag'N'Drop is currently completely broken. Also, wxPython currently @@ -938,22 +1056,22 @@ doesn't compile with this release. The OpenGL canvas still seems to work. Major targets for the final release (still a long way): a new configure -system, support JPEG and GIF formats, wxHTML, super-duppah frame layout +system, support JPEG and GIF formats, wxHTML, super-duper frame layout stuff, syntax-highlighting editor, possibly Unicode, possibly some GNOME -gooddies, possibly world domination. +goodies, possibly world domination. -*** 5th March '99: wxWindows 2.0 released *** +*** 5th March '99: wxWidgets 2.0 released *** -This is the final version of wxWindows 2.0 for GTK. The versions for +This is the final version of wxWidgets 2.0 for GTK. The versions for Windows and Motif (and also this version) are available form Julian Smart's site. The Mac version is still under development. -*** 19th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 5 *** +*** 19th February '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 5 *** This is the fifth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and @@ -963,26 +1081,26 @@ Applied compile fixes for Solaris (different flavours and compilers). -*** 12th February '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 4 *** +*** 12th February '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 4 *** This is the fourth beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes and updates for documentation. -Tracked a few more cases, where the bahaviour between wxMSW and wxGTK +Tracked a few more cases, where the behaviour between wxMSW and wxGTK differed. This was the case for closing a dialog or frame as well as for clearing a device context or setting its background colour and some other minor details. -Most standard dialogs have been face-liftet a little. +Most standard dialogs have been face-lifted a little. -Implememted default buttons for GTK. +Implemented default buttons for GTK. Fixed many bugs. You guessed it. -*** 29th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 3 *** +*** 29th January '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 3 *** This is the third beta release and it contains mostly bug fixes. @@ -991,7 +1109,7 @@ There is one field where we haven't been able to fix the API yet, and that it Drag'n'Drop. This is mostly due to the fact that DnD in GTK 1.0 is hardly usable and much different from GTK 1.2 which means that we have to design a common API for Windows, GTK 1.0 and GTK 1.2. Although -we are trying to prevent that, it is possible that wxWindows 2.0 (being +we are trying to prevent that, it is possible that wxWidgets 2.0 (being based on GTK 1.0) will not have proper DnD support. The major changes are that tool tips have been added, threads have been completely @@ -1023,7 +1141,7 @@ SuSE 6.0 as SuSE decided to ship 6.0 with a broken GTK+ package. -*** 6th January '99: wxWindows 2.0 beta 2 *** +*** 6th January '99: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 2 *** This is the second beta release and contains it mostly build and @@ -1032,7 +1150,7 @@ commercial Unices and Windows. -*** 20th December '98: wxWindows 2.0 beta 1 *** +*** 20th December '98: wxWidgets 2.0 beta 1 *** This is the first beta release and we have used the time before @@ -1046,7 +1164,7 @@ program statically with wxGTK. We changed the name of the shared library to include the version of the GTK used so that no conflicts emerge with simultaneous -versions of wxWindows for GTK 1.0 and for GTK 1.2 and so on. +versions of wxWidgets for GTK 1.0 and for GTK 1.2 and so on. As you can see, we have not moved to GTK 1.1.X as the different development versions are too different and buggy to be useful. We'll @@ -1057,14 +1175,14 @@ wxGTK now compiles without problems on anything between gcc 2.7.2 on Linux-x86 and egcs 1.1 on Linux-Alpha and egcs 1.0 on Sparc. This isn't as easy as it sounds... -Available form this site are the Python bindings of wxWindows. +Available form this site are the Python bindings of wxWidgets. Thanks to Robin Dunn for this tremendous contribution. Tkinter is dead, Java is dead, wxPython rules! That's all there is to say. Although only a few new classes have been added, many have been polished up substantially, the most visible are wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl and all classes related to printing. Also the DialogEd now functions -much better than before. Drag'n'Drop is fucntional but probably won't +much better than before. Drag'n'Drop is functional but probably won't be perfect until we use GTK 1.2 and its much improved DnD features. wxClipboard has arrived and works for text. Other formats have not been @@ -1076,7 +1194,7 @@ include his very nice work later. wxDirDialog has been added (thanks to Harm von der Heijden). -The entite "tab traveral" system for moving from item to item in +The entire "tab traversal" system for moving from item to item in a dialog has been rewritten. It now completely overrides the not-so-well-done GTK native tab system. @@ -1099,9 +1217,9 @@ resulting in unexpected behaviour so it was decided to remove these constructors. As the number of users and the number of test programs and samples -is steadialy rising the core classes of wxWindows for MSW and GTK 1.0 +is steadily rising the core classes of wxWidgets for MSW and GTK 1.0 can be considered to be very stable if not outright bug-free. I haven't -seen a crash for weeks now and wxWindows' internal debug features also +seen a crash for weeks now and wxWidgets' internal debug features also have improved every week, making stepping-through with a debugger almost completely unnecessary as the library reports possible errors itself (when in debug mode).