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1 This is a pre-release of Dynamic Windows version 2.6.
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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 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support
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11 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them
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12 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do.
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13 In Unicode mode on OS/2 there are some bugs in the input controls,
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14 minor bugs in entryfield based controls and major bugs in the MLE.
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15 The text displays properly but the cursor and selection jumps
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16 around oddly when passing over multibyte characters.
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18 Known limitations:
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20 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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21 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them.
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23 Future features:
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25 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does
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26 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality
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27 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc).
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29 Changes from version 2.5:
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30 Added package configuration (pkg-config) support on Unix.
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31 Changed DW_CLR_DEFAULT behavior to improve consistency.
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32 Added dw_signal_connect_data() which features a callback on signal disconnection.
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33 Improvements for building on 64bit Windows with MinGW.
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34 Window styles, HTML and Toolbar widgets are now supported.
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35 Added dw_shutdown() for use when shutting down Dynamic Windows but not quite ready
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36 to exit immediately. (Functions like dw_exit() without the exit())
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37 Separated the container "title" (string) and "data" (pointer) into separate spaces.
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38 The "classic" functions which take (char *) parameters now maintain their
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39 own string memory backing so you no longer need to keep the data available.
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40 Removed dw_container_set_row_data() and dw_container_change_row_data() macros.
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41 Added dw_container_set_row_data() and dw_container_change_row_data() functions.
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42 Removed the "_dw_textcomp" container data flag, dw_container_cursor() and
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43 dw_container_delete_row() which take (char *) now function in text compare mode.
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44 Added dw_container_cursor_by_data() and dw_container_delete_row_by_data()
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45 functions which do the same things except in pointer comparison mode.
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46 Added DW_CR_RETDATA flag to dw_container_query_*() functions to return the
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47 data pointer instead of the string pointer, this may change in the future.
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48 Fixed some memory leaks.
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50 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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52 http://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php
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54 I would like to dedicate this release to my father, James Smith.
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55 He passed away this summer and was the most amazing individual I
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56 have ever had in my life. Without him this software would not be
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57 able to exist in so many different ways. Love you Dad.
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59 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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61 brian@dbsoft.org
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63 Thanks!
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