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Added a basic changelog to the readme file from version 1.1.
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 2.0.0.
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is stable on
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4 OS/2, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. The Mac (Cocoa)
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5 version appears stable but has not undergone harsh testing.
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7 Known problems:
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9 Boxes don't adhere to ratios on Unix.
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11 Known limitations:
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13 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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14 are packed. For portablity pack widgets before operating on them.
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16 On Windows a slider control will only work properly if it is the
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17 only slider in a box. If there is more than one slider control
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18 in a box then signals may get misdirected to the wrong control.
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20 On OS/2 and Windows MLE controls scrolled position may get
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21 corrupted when resizing.
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23 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value
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24 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT
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25 are used for proper positioning.
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27 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary
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28 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call
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29 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the
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30 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks.
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32 Future features:
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34 OS/2 is currently missing the Calendar and HTML widgets because
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35 the system does not support them by default. Looking into writing
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36 custom ones or importing functionality from available libraries.
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38 Changes from version 1.1:
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39 Added support for MacOS 10.5 and higher Intel and PPC via Cocoa.
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40 Added support for Windows themes on XP and higher.
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41 Added scrollbox widgets, which function like boxes but...
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42 scrollbars allow you to pack more into them than the available area.
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43 Added dw_window_get_font() for checking the font used on a widget.
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44 Added dw_container_change_row_title() for changing a row pointer after insert.
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45 Changed the return codes of dw_container_setup, dw_filesystem_setup and
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46 dw_event_wait(). Please check any code that use these functions.
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47 Changed GTK2+ now supports font name styles like the other platforms.
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49 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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51 http://dbsoft.org/help_functions.php
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53 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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55 brian@dbsoft.org
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57 Thanks!
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59 Brian Smith