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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.0. |
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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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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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17 Watcom builds on OS/2 currently leak handles when threads end. |
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18 If you require Watcom on OS/2 stay with version 2.5 or |
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19 do not use threads until fixed in a future version. |
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21 Known limitations: |
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| 189 | 23 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they |
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24 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them. |
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28 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does |
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29 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality |
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30 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc). |
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32 Changes from version 2.5: |
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33 Added package configuration (pkg-config) support on Unix. |
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34 Changed DW_CLR_DEFAULT behavior to improve consistency. |
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35 Added dw_signal_connect_data() which features a callback on signal disconnection. |
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36 Improvements for building on 64bit Windows with MinGW. |
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37 Window styles, HTML and Toolbar widgets are now supported. |
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38 Added dw_shutdown() for use when shutting down Dynamic Windows but not quite ready |
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39 to exit immediately. (Functions like dw_exit() without the exit()) |
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40 Separated the container "title" (string) and "data" (pointer) into separate spaces. |
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41 The "classic" functions which take (char *) parameters now maintain their |
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42 own string memory backing so you no longer need to keep the data available. |
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44 Added dw_container_set_row_data() and dw_container_change_row_data() functions. |
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45 Removed the "_dw_textcomp" container data flag, dw_container_cursor() and |
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46 dw_container_delete_row() which take (char *) now function in text compare mode. |
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47 Added dw_container_cursor_by_data() and dw_container_delete_row_by_data() |
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48 functions which do the same things except in pointer comparison mode. |
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49 Added DW_CR_RETDATA flag to dw_container_query_*() functions to return the |
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51 Added exported internal functions _dw_init_thread() and _dw_deinit_thread() |
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54 WARNING: Changed how tree and container titles are returned, they are now duplicated |
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55 and need to be freed with dw_free(). This affects the following functions: |
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57 You should audit any code using these functions for leaks if using verison 3. |
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59 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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63 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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65 brian@dbsoft.org |
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| 67 Thanks! | |
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| 69 Brian Smith |