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Discovered a breakage in OS/2 functionality when building the OS/2 installer for DWIB... so decided to fix it and implement the functionality on the other platforms, which I discovered was missing.
author bsmith@81767d24-ef19-dc11-ae90-00e081727c95
date Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:05:47 +0000
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1 This is a pre-release of Dynamic Windows version 2.4.
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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 2.3:
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30 Added support for MacOS 10.8 Mountain Lion.
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31 Added fullscreen support on Mac for resizable windows on Lion.
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32 Added UNICODE build mode on Windows allowing UTF-8 encoded text.
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33 ANSI builds are supported by removing -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE and -DAEROGLASS
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34 Added support for antialiased drawing on Windows via GDI+.
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35 Added UNICODE build mode on OS/2 using codepage 1208 (UTF-8) as the
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36 active codepage; Non-Unicode mode will use the default codepage.
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37 Added support for Control-Click on Mac for button press events.
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38 Added DW_POINTER() macro for casting parameters to (void *).
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39 Added dw_box_unpack() and dw_box_unpack_at_index() for removing items
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40 from boxes without destroying them. Also allows removal of padding.
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41 Added GBM (Generalized Bitmap Module) support for OS/2 and eCS for loading
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42 Non-OS/2 native file formats. GBM comes with eCS 1.2 and later.
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43 It is also available at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
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44 Added resizing HICNs to 24x24 max size on platforms which do not
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45 do it automatically (Mac and GTK). OS/2 and Windows limit the size.
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46 Added toolbar control support to replace existing bitmap buttons on Windows.
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47 Added dw_filesystem_set_column_title() to fill a hole in localization.
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48 Added new optional UTF-8 parameter to the key press callback.
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49 This is a pointer to a UTF-8 string representing the key pressed.
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50 The buffer pointed to is only good for the duration of the callback.
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51 Added UTF-8/Wide string conversion functions for Unicode buffer management.
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52 Fixed dwindows-config --version not returning the version at all.
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53 Fixed value changed events not working for spinbuttons on OS/2 and Windows.
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54 Fixed issues drawing arcs on GTK2, GTK3 and Mac.
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55 Fixed a crash in the color chooser on Mac running Lion.
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56 Fixed a layout issue with render widgets on OS/2.
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57 Fixed an expose event issue on OS/2.
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58 Fixed an issue with GTK 3.4 due to properties being inherited from the parent.
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59 Fixed issues with bitmap buttons using icon/pointers on OS/2 and Windows.
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60 Fixed an issue with dw_window_destroy() on Mac.
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61 Fixed issues rendering to printer pixmaps on Windows with GDI+ enabled.
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62 Fixed dw_window_set_bitmap_from_data() prefering the resource ID
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63 over the data passed in on most platforms.
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64 Fixed dw_container_delete_row() failing and/or crashing on Mac.
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65 Fixed memory and resource leaks on Windows and Mac.
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66 Fixed incorrect display of status text fields on Mac 10.5 and 10.8.
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67 Fixed compiler warnings on Mac 10.5 and 10.8 by checking selectors directly
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68 and removing use of now deprecated APIs.
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69 Fixed incorrect display of textured background non-resizable windows on Mac.
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70 Updated the test program removing deprecated flags and using new ones.
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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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