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Updates to the readme file for the upcoming 2.0 release.
author bsmith@81767d24-ef19-dc11-ae90-00e081727c95
date Sun, 15 May 2011 20:17:22 +0000
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1 This is an beta release of dynamic windows version 1.0.0. 1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 2.0.0.
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is relatively stable on 3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is stable on
4 OS/2, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. When the beta 4 OS/2, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. The Mac (Cocoa)
5 feature set is stable I will release a final. 5 version appears stable but has not undergone harsh testing.
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7 Known problems: 7 Known problems:
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9 Boxes don't adhere to ratios on Unix. 9 Boxes don't adhere to ratios on Unix.
10 10
18 in a box then signals may get misdirected to the wrong control. 18 in a box then signals may get misdirected to the wrong control.
19 19
20 On OS/2 and Windows MLE controls scrolled position may get 20 On OS/2 and Windows MLE controls scrolled position may get
21 corrupted when resizing. 21 corrupted when resizing.
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23 On Unix the window manager border is not a constant value so 23 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value
24 environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT 24 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT
25 are used for proper positioning. 25 are used for proper positioning.
26
27 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary
28 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call
29 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the
30 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks.
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27 Future features: 32 Future features:
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29 Implementing a full set of controls. Most controls common to OS/2, Windows and 34 OS/2 is currently missing the Calendar and HTML widgets because
30 GTK have been implemented. Although not all the functionality of the native 35 the system does not support them by default. Looking into writing
31 controls have been integrated into Dynamic Windows. 36 custom ones or importing functionality from available libraries.
32 37
33 Documentation, I have all the functions relatively well documented in the 38 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
34 source code but a developer's manual and online API reference will need to
35 be written.
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37 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at 40 http://dbsoft.org/help_functions.php
38 dbsoft@technologist.com 41
42 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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44 brian@dbsoft.org
39 45
40 Thanks! 46 Thanks!
41 47
42 Brian Smith 48 Brian Smith