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Update the readme with in progress changes for version 3.2. Update the build recommendations after the sockpipe() changes for Windows.
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.2.
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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 OpenSolaris.
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6 Build Recommendations:
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7 MacOS:
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8 11.0: configure --with-arch=modern --with-minver=10.14
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9 64bit Intel and Apple Silicon support with Dark Mode.
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10 10.13-10.15: configure --with-minver=10.8
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11 64bit Intel with Notifications, Dark Mode for 10.14-15.
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12 10.8-10.12: configure --with-arch=intel --with-minver=10.8
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13 64 and 32bit Intel with Notifications but no Dark Mode.
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14 10.6: configure --with-arch=classic --with-minver=10.5
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15 32bit PowerPC, 64bit and 32bit Intel classic support.
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16 No Notifications, Dark Mode nor NSView container/trees.
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17 Windows:
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18 7-10: Visual Studio 2017-2019, WebView2 and WinToast.
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19 Should run on Vista and later, supports domain sockets
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20 on Windows 10, oldsockpipe() on older versions.
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21 XP: Visual Studio 2010. Old sockpipe() on all versions.
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22 Should run on XP and later, with Aero on Vista and 7.
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23 No Notifications nor WebView2 and old sockpipe() on all.
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24 2000: Visual Studio 2005. Remove -DAEROGLASS from CFLAGS.
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25 Should run on 2000 and later, no Aero, Notifications,
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26 WebView2 and old sockpipe() on all versions.
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28 Known problems:
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30 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on
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31 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms.
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32 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support
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33 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them,
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34 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do.
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35 Therefore windows or other elements may expand their size to
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36 fit the contents, overriding requested size settings.
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37 In Unicode mode on OS/2 there are some bugs in the input controls,
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38 minor bugs in entryfield based controls and major bugs in the MLE.
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39 The text displays properly but the cursor and selection jumps
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42 Known limitations:
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44 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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45 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them.
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47 Future features:
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49 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does
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50 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality
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51 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc).
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52 OS/2 is also missing a notification system, so the new notification
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53 APIs are not yet supported on OS/2. May implement our own system
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54 if a popular notification system is not already in existance.
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55 Ports to iOS and Android are underway.
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57 Changes from version 3.1:
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58 Added support for dw_window_set_font() with a NULL font paramaeter.
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59 This resets the font used on the widget to the default font.
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60 Fixed GTK warnings on GTK3 caused by using Pango style font syntax.
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61 Fixed GTK3 leaks when setting fonts or colors on a widget repeatedly.
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62 Fixed incorrect reporting of word wrap support on Windows.
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63 Fixed a number of misbehaviors with dw_window_set_font() and
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64 dw_window_set_color() on various platforms.
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65 Added missing DW_CLR_DEFAULT support on OS/2, it previously only
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66 worked to avoid setting a color, not resetting them to default.
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67 Added oldsockpipe() macro which will be used as a fallback.
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68 This allows us to use domain socket sockpipe() when available...
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69 and fall back to the old version when not, letting us have
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70 Windows 10 domain socket builds that work on earlier versions.
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72 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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76 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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78 brian@dbsoft.org
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