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Added dw_main_quit() function for exiting the dw_main() loop. Also some cleanups added to dw_exit() on OS/2 and Windows. Changed OS/2 to no longer destroy the message queue when leaving dw_main()... it should be done in dw_exit().
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1 This is a preview release of Dynamic Windows version 2.3.
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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 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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14 Known limitations:
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16 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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17 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them.
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19 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary
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20 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call
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21 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the
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22 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks.
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24 Future features:
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26 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does
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27 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality
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28 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc).
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30 Changes from version 2.2:
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31 Added dw_menu_delete_item() for removing menu items.
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32 Now you can use dw_window_destroy() on menu items handles also.
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33 Added dw_app_dir() which attempts to locate private application data
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34 for the current platform.
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35 Added dw_window_set_tooltip() for adding tooltips to most widgets.
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36 Added dw_window_get_preferred_size() for getting the size the system
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37 thinks the widget should be, to aid in creating layouts.
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38 Added support for -1 size parameter to the dw_box_pack*() functions to
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39 automatically figure out a suggested size for many controls.
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40 Added automatic window redraw support for OS/2, Windows and Mac.
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41 Added dw_window_set_gravity() for enhanced window placement.
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42 Added DW_GRAV_OBSTACLES support for using system obstacles as gravity
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43 anchor points on OS/2, Mac and Windows.
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44 Added automatic window border detection on GTK.
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45 This eliminates the need for the DW_BORDER_* environment variables.
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46 Added Open Watcom compiler support for OS/2.
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47 Added pseudo transparent background widget support on Windows and OS/2.
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48 If you set the background color of a widget to DW_RGB_TRANSPARENT...
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49 it will attempt to use the background color of the parent.
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50 Several types of widgets have this set by default now.
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51 Added faster and less buggy layout engine 2.0 for OS/2, Windows and Mac.
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52 Added auto-positioning on Mac; reimplemented auto-positioning on OS/2.
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53 Added DW_DRAW_NOAA which can be passed to dw_draw_*() API functions
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54 that accept the flags parameter to disable anti-aliasing.
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55 Added dw_main_quit() to cause the dw_main() message loop to return.
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56 Fixed auto-sizing top-level windows on Windows; added on OS/2 and Mac.
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57 Fixed bubble help not being displayed on Windows.
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58 Fixed menu bar items remaining highlighted on Mac.
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59 Fixed OS/2 and Windows showing windows during dw_window_set_pos/size().
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60 Deprecated DW_FCF_NOBYTEALIGN and DW_FCF_SHELLPOSITION flags.
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62 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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64 http://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php
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66 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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