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Bump the version to 3.1 and update the readme with some of the changes since 3.0 and the notes for the new features. Readme will be updated with a more extensive list of changes shortly.
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.1.
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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 3.0:
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30 Added support for MacOS versions through Catalina 10.15,
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31 Windows versions through 10 build 1909.
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32 Fixed handle leak on OS/2 when built with (Open)Watcom.
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33 Added dark mode support on MacOS Mojave 10.14 and later.
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34 Added experimental dark mode support on Windows 10 build 1809 (disabled by default).
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35 Added embedding Microsoft Edge (Chromium) support on Windows 7 and higher.
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36 Requires Windows 8 or higher SDK to build and the nuget package from:
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37 https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2 unzipped into
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38 .\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2
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39 Added notification APIs: dw_notification_new() dw_notification_send() dw_app_id_set()
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40 Requires Windows 8 or higher. MacOS 10.8 or higher. GLib 2.40 or higher on Unix.
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41 MacOS also requires the application bundle being signed or self-signed.
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42 Unix requires a desktop file link with the application ID used in dw_app_id_set().
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44 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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46 http://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php
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48 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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50 brian@dbsoft.org
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52 Thanks!
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