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Added default font of "Sans" on GTK3...
This fixes rendering of printed text in dwtest.
Still need to figure out where the font should be stored
during printing since there isn't an associated window handle.
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 2.1.0. |
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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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6 Known problems: | |
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8 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on |
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9 GTK instead of top or left justified on the other platforms. |
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10 MDI does not work on GTK3 and is not implemented the same on Mac. |
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11 At this time we cannot recommend using MDI in new code, |
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12 but it will be supported for existing code on OS/2, Win and GTK2. |
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13 If support for MDI improves on GTK3/Mac this status may change. |
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14 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support |
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15 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them |
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16 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do. |
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17 Mac version built on Lion with Xcode 4.1 in 64bit mode will encounter |
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18 a compiler optimization problem with the default gcc compiler. |
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19 The workaround is to disable optimization or use clang instead. |
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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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27 only slider in a box. If there is more than one slider control |
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28 in a box then signals may get misdirected to the wrong control. |
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30 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value |
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31 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT |
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34 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary |
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35 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call |
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36 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the |
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37 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks. |
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41 OS/2 is currently missing the Calendar and HTML widgets because |
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42 the system does not support them by default. Looking into writing |
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45 Changes from version 2.0: |
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46 Added support for MacOS 10.7 Lion, version 2.0 had some issues. |
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47 Changed the font point size on Windows to be system consistent. |
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48 Applications setting Windows fonts may need to be adjusted |
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49 after upgrading to version 2.1. This eliminates an old |
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50 workaround, but causes old fonts to potentially be wrong. |
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51 Fixed issues with the tree widget on Mac not being able to add |
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52 nodes at the same level with the same name. |
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53 Added dw_font_set_default() to set the default text widget font. |
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54 Added dw_font_choose() to display a dialog to pick a font. |
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56 functions except packing at arbitrary locations is possible. |
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57 Added DW_INT_TO_POINTER/DW_POINTER_TO_INT/etc macros. |
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58 Fixed gcc warnings on 64bit systems and others. |
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59 Fixes for loading images from files on Windows and GTK3. |
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61 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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65 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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67 brian@dbsoft.org |
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69 Thanks! | |
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71 Brian Smith |