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C++: Add Notebook class and add named event support to the Event class. Also update the readme.
author bsmith@81767d24-ef19-dc11-ae90-00e081727c95
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.3.
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is considered stable on:
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4 OS/2, Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OpenSolaris.
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5 The source base is considered beta on: iOS, Android and GTK4.
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7 Build Recommendations:
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8 MacOS:
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9 11-13: configure --with-arch=modern --with-minver=10.14
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10 64bit Intel and Apple Silicon (ARM64) with Dark Mode.
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11 10.13-10.15: configure --with-minver=10.8
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12 64bit Intel with Notifications, Dark Mode for 10.14-15.
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13 10.8-10.12: configure --with-arch=intel --with-minver=10.8
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14 64 and 32bit Intel with Notifications but no Dark Mode.
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15 10.5-10.6: configure --with-arch=classic --with-minver=10.5
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16 32bit PowerPC, 64bit and 32bit Intel classic support.
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17 No Notifications, Dark Mode nor NSView container/trees.
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18 Windows:
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19 7-11: Visual Studio 2017-2022, WebView2 and WinToast.
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20 Should run on Vista and later, supports domain sockets
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21 on Windows 10, oldsockpipe() on older versions.
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22 XP: Visual Studio 2010.
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23 Should run on XP and later, with Aero on Vista and 7.
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24 No Notifications nor WebView2 and oldsockpipe() on all.
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26 Should run on 2000 and later, no Aero, Notifications,
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27 WebView2 and oldsockpipe() on all versions.
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29 Known problems:
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31 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on
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32 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms.
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33 Pack an expandable NULL item at the end of the box to keep the
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34 same appearance as other platforms.
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35 GTK3/4 due to changes in the core architecture does not support
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36 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them,
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37 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do.
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38 Therefore windows or other elements may expand their size to
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39 fit the contents, overriding requested size settings.
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40 In Unicode mode on OS/2 there are some bugs in the input controls,
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41 minor bugs in entryfield based controls and major bugs in the MLE.
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42 The text displays properly but the cursor and selection jumps
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43 around oddly when passing over multibyte characters.
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44 System scaling on Windows versions earlier than 10 will scale the
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45 individual controls, but will not scale the top-level window size.
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46 Windows 10 and higher will scale both the controls and window.
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48 Known limitations:
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50 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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51 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them.
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53 Changes from version 3.2:
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54 Added tree widget/control support for iOS and Android.
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55 Removed the lib and dll directories previously used on Windows and OS/2.
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56 On Windows x86 and x64 subdirectories are created automatically
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57 This allows platform specific versions to be accessible without a
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58 rebuild. Also removed the DWDLLDIR variable on Windows. If you have
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59 DWLIBDIR pointing to the "lib" subdirectory please remove "\lib".
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60 Added DW_FEATURE_CONTAINER_MODE on Mobile platforms: iOS and Android.
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61 DW_CONTAINER_MODE_DEFAULT: Minimal container; icon and text only.
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62 DW_CONTAINER_MODE_EXTRA: Extra columns displayed on a second line.
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63 DW_CONTAINER_MODE_MULTI: A separate clickable line for each column.
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64 Added return values to several functions previously returning void.
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65 Previous code should just be able to ignore the new return values.
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66 Currently affected: dw_window_set_bitmap(_from_data)
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67 Added C++ language bindings in dw.hpp and an example C++ test
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68 application in the form of dwtestoo.cpp, similar to godwindows.
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69 Added variadic versions of dw_debug() and dw_messagebox().
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70 This is how the standard library does it so we can call the new
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71 va_list versions from C++: dw_vdebug() and dw_vmessagebox().
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72 Added support for MacOS 13 Ventura and iOS 16.
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74 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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78 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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