X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/d6af57d4d2b2336aa0196d5c1b3833ea98b89a78..760f0fc2f4b875beb06e5ecd6d69b891d8360efe:/docs/latex/wx/category.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/category.tex b/docs/latex/wx/category.tex index 5f15e9a86b..f1ae1587ba 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/category.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/category.tex @@ -2,22 +2,24 @@ \setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}% \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}% -A classification of wxWindows classes by category. +A classification of wxWidgets classes by category. {\large {\bf Managed windows}} There are several types of window that are directly controlled by the window manager (such as MS Windows, or the Motif Window Manager). -Frames may contain windows, and dialog boxes may directly contain controls. +Frames and dialogs are similar in wxWidgets, but only dialogs may be modal. \twocolwidtha{6cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}}{Any top level window, dialog or frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Dialog box} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}}{Normal frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIChildFrame}{wxmdichildframe}}{MDI child frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIParentFrame}{wxmdiparentframe}}{MDI parent frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMiniFrame}{wxminiframe}}{A frame with a small title bar} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplashScreen}{wxsplashscreen}}{Splash screen class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPropertySheetDialog}{wxpropertysheetdialog}}{Property sheet dialog} %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog %(deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTipWindow}{wxtipwindow}}{Shows text in a small window} @@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ The following are a variety of classes that are derived from wxWindow. %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedPanel}{wxtabbedpanel}}{Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}}{Notebook class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook}}{Similar to notebook but using list control} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPlotWindow}{wxplotwindow}}{A class to display data.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoicebook}{wxchoicebook}}{Similar to notebook but using choice control} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook}}{Similar to notebook but using tree control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxVScrolledWindow}{wxvscrolledwindow}}{As wxScrolledWindow but supports lines of variable height} @@ -63,13 +66,14 @@ in an application. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirDialog}{wxdirdialog}}{Directory selector dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDialog}{wxfiledialog}}{File selector dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}}{Text search/replace dialog} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultipleChoiceDialog}{wxmultiplechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultiChoiceDialog}{wxmultichoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleChoiceDialog}{wxsinglechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextEntryDialog}{wxtextentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a single line of text from the user} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPasswordEntryDialog}{wxpasswordentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a password from the user} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}}{Font chooser dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxProgressDialog}{wxprogressdialog}}{Progress indication dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.} \end{twocollist} @@ -85,11 +89,12 @@ that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with t \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToggleButton}{wxtogglebutton}}{A button which stays pressed when clicked by user.} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}{Date picker control} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}{Control showing an entire calendar month} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckListBox}{wxchecklistbox}}{A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatePickerCtrl}{wxdatepickerctrl}}{Small date picker control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericDirCtrl}{wxgenericdirctrl}}{A control for displaying a directory tree} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlListBox}{wxhtmllistbox}}{A listbox showing HTML content} @@ -97,7 +102,6 @@ that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with t \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListView}{wxlistview}}{A simpler interface ({\it fa\c{c}ade} for wxListCtrl in report mode} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multiline text editing control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierarchy) control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}}{Scrollbar control} @@ -139,7 +143,6 @@ These are the classes relevant to sizer-based layout. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridBagSizer}{wxgridbagsizer}}{Another grid sizer that lets you specify the cell an item is in, and items can span rows and/or columns.} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with a surrounding static box} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control} \end{twocollist} \overview{Constraints overview}{constraintsoverview} describes constraints-based layout. @@ -217,6 +220,8 @@ An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalculateLayoutEvent}{wxcalculatelayoutevent}}{Used to calculate window layout} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}}{A close window or end session event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}}{An event from a variety of standard controls} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxContextMenuEvent}{wxcontextmenuevent}}{An event generated when the user issues a context menu command} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateEvent}{wxdateevent}}{Used with \helpref{wxDatePickerCtrl}{wxdatepickerctrl}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent}}{Event send by \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event} @@ -245,10 +250,14 @@ An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}}{A size event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinEvent}{wxspinevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplitterEvent}{wxsplitterevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSplitterWindow}{wxsplitterwindow}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimerEvent}{wxtimerevent}}{A timer expiration event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreebookEvent}{wxtreebookevent}}{A treebook control event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowCreateEvent}{wxwindowcreateevent}}{A window creation event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowDestroyEvent}{wxwindowdestroyevent}}{A window destruction event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}}{A wizard event} \end{twocollist} @@ -268,33 +277,36 @@ user input. {\large {\bf Data structures}} -These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows. +These are the data structure classes supported by wxWidgets. \twocolwidtha{6cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan}}{A logical time interval.} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime}}{A class for date/time manipulations} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O} +%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O} +%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxArray}{wxarray}}{A dynamic array implementation} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring}}{An efficient container for storing \helpref{wxString}{wxstring} objects} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashMap}{wxhashmap}}{A simple hash map implementation} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashSet}{wxhashset}}{A simple hash set implementation} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation (deprecated, use wxHashMap)} % \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTableLong}{wxhashtablelong}}{A wxHashTable version for storing long data} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}}{A portable 64 bit integer type} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWidgets classes} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint}}{Representation of a point} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect}}{A class representing a rectangle} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegEx}{wxregex}}{Regular expression support} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{A class representing a region} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxString}{wxstring}}{A string class} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist}}{A class representing a list of strings} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan}}{A time interval.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxURI}{wxuri}}{Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time} \end{twocollist} @@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows. \overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview} -wxWindows supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic +wxWidgets supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic creation of objects given class names. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -316,7 +328,7 @@ creation of objects given class names. \overview{Overview}{wxlogoverview} -wxWindows provides several classes and functions for message logging. +wxWidgets provides several classes and functions for message logging. Please see the \helpref{wxLog overview}{wxlogoverview} for more details. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -339,22 +351,24 @@ to redirect output sent to {\tt cout} to a \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}} \overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview} -wxWindows supports some aspects of debugging an application through +wxWidgets supports some aspects of debugging an application through classes, functions and macros. \twocolwidtha{6cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontext}}{Provides memory-checking facilities} -%\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugStreamBuf}{wxdebugstreambuf}}{A stream buffer writing to the debug stream} \twocolitem{\helpref{Debugging macros}{debugmacros}}{Debug macros for assertion and checking} \twocolitem{\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}}{Use this macro to give further debugging information} -%\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}}{Trace macro} -%\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugReport}{wxdebugreport}}{Base class for creating debug reports in case of a program crash.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugReportCompress}{wxdebugreportcompress}}{Class for creating compressed debug reports.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugReportUpload}{wxdebugreportupload}}{Class for uploading compressed debug reports via HTTP.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugReportPreview}{wxdebugreportpreview}}{Abstract base class for previewing the contents of a debug report.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugReportPreviewStd}{wxdebugreportpreviewstd}}{Standard implementation of wxDebugReportPreview.} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Networking classes}} -wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking. +wxWidgets provides its own classes for socket based networking. \twocolwidtha{6cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt @@ -375,14 +389,14 @@ wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking. \overview{Overview}{ipcoverview} -wxWindows provides simple interprocess communications facilities +wxWidgets provides simple interprocess communications facilities based on Windows DDE, but available on most platforms using TCP. \twocolwidtha{6cm} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxClient}{wxclient}, \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConnection}{wxconnection}, \helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxServer}{wxserver}, \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server} %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler} \end{twocollist} @@ -390,7 +404,7 @@ based on Windows DDE, but available on most platforms using TCP. \overview{Overview}{docviewoverview} -wxWindows supports a document/view framework which provides +wxWidgets supports a document/view framework which provides housekeeping for a document-centric application. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -438,7 +452,7 @@ facilities. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}}{Data object class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat}}{Represents a data format} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{Text data object class} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{File data object class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDataObject}{wxfiledataobject}}{File data object class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapDataObject}{wxbitmapdataobject}}{Bitmap data object class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCustomDataObject}{wxcustomdataobject}}{Custom data object class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard}}{Clipboard class} @@ -450,7 +464,7 @@ facilities. {\large {\bf File related classes}} -wxWindows has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes +wxWidgets has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -462,11 +476,12 @@ overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextFile}{wxtextfile}}{Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStandardPaths}{wxstandardpaths}}{Paths for standard directories} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Stream classes}} -wxWindows has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream +wxWidgets has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -490,9 +505,13 @@ libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileOutputStream}{wxfileoutputstream}}{File output stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileInputStream}{wxffileinputstream}}{Another file input stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileOutputStream}{wxffileoutputstream}}{Another file output stream class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFileOutputStream}{wxtempfileoutputstream}}{Stream to safely replace an existing file} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringInputStream}{wxstringinputstream}}{String input stream class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringOutputStream}{wxstringoutputstream}}{String output stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibInputStream}{wxzlibinputstream}}{Zlib (compression) input stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibOutputStream}{wxzliboutputstream}}{Zlib (compression) output stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipInputStream}{wxzipinputstream}}{Input stream for reading from ZIP archives} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipOutputStream}{wxzipoutputstream}}{Output stream for writing from ZIP archives} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketInputStream}{wxsocketinputstream}}{Socket input stream class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream}}{Socket output stream class} \end{twocollist} @@ -501,7 +520,7 @@ libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality. \overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview} -wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread +wxWidgets provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread capabilities of the various platforms. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -518,7 +537,7 @@ capabilities of the various platforms. {\large {\bf HTML classes}} -wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These +wxWidgets provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These class include a help system based on the HTML widget. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -535,7 +554,7 @@ class include a help system based on the HTML widget. {\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}} -wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system, +wxWidgets provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system, used internally by the HTML classes. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -547,7 +566,7 @@ used internally by the HTML classes. {\large {\bf XML-based resource system classes}} -\overview{XML-based resource system overview}{xrcoverview} +\overview{XML-based resource system (XRC) overview}{xrcoverview} Resources allow your application to create controls and other user interface elements from specifications stored in an XML format. @@ -576,7 +595,7 @@ from specifications stored in an XML format. \overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview} -wxWindows provides a set of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) +wxWidgets provides a set of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) product, donated by Remstar. This is known as wxODBC. \twocolwidtha{6cm} @@ -602,6 +621,8 @@ product, donated by Remstar. This is known as wxODBC. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}}{Class to work with shared libraries.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGLCanvas}{wxglcanvas}}{Canvas that you can render OpenGL calls to.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGLContext}{wxglcontext}}{Class to ease sharing of OpenGL data resources.} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class}