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Added a simulated indeterminate state on OS/2.
A thread just moves the percent bar backwards in a loop.
This same solution can be done for old versions of Windows
which don't support indeterminate, but I am not sure if it
is worth doing.
Also updated the readme with these changes.
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1 This is a preview release of Dynamic Windows version 2.2.0. |
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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 Solaris. |
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6 Known problems: | |
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8 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on |
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9 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms. |
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10 This has been rectified in the GTK3 version via GtkGrid. |
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11 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support |
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12 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them |
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13 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do. |
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14 GTK 3.0 is not fully supported due to missing GtkGrid functions and |
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15 severe layout bugs that can't be worked around. Use 3.1 or higher. |
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16 Mac version built on Lion with Xcode 4.1 in 64bit mode will encounter |
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17 a compiler optimization problem with the default gcc compiler. |
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18 The workaround is to disable optimization or use clang instead. |
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189 | 22 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they |
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23 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them. |
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25 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value |
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26 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT |
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29 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary |
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30 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call |
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31 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the |
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32 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks. |
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36 OS/2 is currently missing the Calendar and HTML widgets because |
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37 the system does not support them by default. Looking into writing |
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38 custom ones or importing functionality from available libraries. |
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40 Changes from version 2.1: |
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41 Added printing support via dw_print_new, dw_print_run and dw_print_cancel. |
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42 Added pixmap font override support. In prior versions when drawing |
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43 text to pixmaps the font set on the associated window handle is used. |
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44 dw_pixmap_set_font() can now override that font setting, and now |
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45 pixmaps without associated windows are supported and used in printing. |
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47 Added DW_TIMEOUT_INFINITE which can now be used with dw_event_wait() in |
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48 addition to dw_named_event_wait(), to block until the event is posted. |
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49 Added DW_PERCENT_INDETERMINATE which can be passed to dw_percent_set_pos(). |
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50 This should work on all platforms except old versions of Windows. |
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51 Added the subversion revision number as the third Dynamic Windows version |
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52 number when building from a subversion source tree. |
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53 Improved container optimization on Mac, header width now taken into account. |
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54 Fixes for incorrect return codes from the dw_event_* functions on Windows. |
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55 Fixes for incorrect behavior on key_press callbacks on Mac and Windows. |
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56 Fixes for MDI support in GTK3. |
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57 Fixes for problems with multiple sliders/percent windows in a box on OS/2. |
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58 Fixes for lots of GTK3 layout and window positioning issues... |
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59 although minimum size issues are still present. |
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61 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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65 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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67 brian@dbsoft.org |
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69 Thanks! | |
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71 Brian Smith |