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Initial key press event/signal handling... does not seem to trap on all controls... perhaps they need focus? Will have to see what to do about that.
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1 This is an beta release of dynamic windows version 1.0.0.
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is relatively stable on
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4 OS/2, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. When the beta
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5 feature set is stable I will release a final.
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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 the window manager border is not a constant value so
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24 environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT
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25 are used for proper positioning.
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27 Future features:
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29 Implementing a full set of controls. Most controls common to OS/2, Windows and
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30 GTK have been implemented. Although not all the functionality of the native
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31 controls have been integrated into Dynamic Windows.
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33 Documentation, I have all the functions relatively well documented in the
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34 source code but a developer's manual and online API reference will need to
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35 be written.
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37 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at
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38 dbsoft@technologist.com
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40 Thanks!
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42 Brian Smith