X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f4854380c1b7c0d72fc78ad47220f42fb05d7b17..d2b23b67301bd2d286366d4326a21da3132558fa:/docs/changes.txt

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index dc0d82cff7..cf5a647967 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
   instead.
 
+- Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
+  according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
+  new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
+  on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
+  sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
+  proportions to return to the old behaviour.
+
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -30,6 +37,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
   code that depends on the result being wxChar.
 
+- The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
+  or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
+  char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
+  (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
+  available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
+
 - The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
   used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
   this won't compile:
@@ -73,9 +86,13 @@ All:
 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
+- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
+- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
+- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
 
 All (GUI):
 
+- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
@@ -91,35 +108,58 @@ All (GUI):
 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
+- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
+- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
 
 wxGTK:
 
+- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)
 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
 - Native keyboard navigation implementation
+- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
 - Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
+- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
+- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
 
 wxMac:
 
+- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
+- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
+- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
 
 wxMSW:
 
 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
+- wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
+- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
 
 
 2.8.4
 -----
 
+All:
+
+- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+
 All (Unix):
 
 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
 
+All (GUI):
+
+- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
+
 wxMSW:
 
 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
@@ -128,12 +168,19 @@ wxMSW:
 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
+- Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
 
 wxGTK:
 
 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
+- Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
+- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
 
 
 2.8.3