diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index 5434c56687..bfa2e20ab1 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,39 +1,44 @@ -February 19, 2018 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new +December 10, 2018 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new release of our open source framework for the development of native cross-platform applications in C++. -wxWidgets 3.1.1 is the second release in the 3.1 development +wxWidgets 3.1.2 is the latest release in the 3.1 development branch and is now available at - https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.1 + https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.2 Compared to the stable 3.0.x series, this version brings many improvements and even more bug fixes, please see the change log -https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.1/docs/changes.txt +https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.2/docs/changes.txt for the incomplete list of the most important ones. Here is the maximally condensed summary of the changes compared to 3.0: +- Build system improvements: support for new compilers (MSVS 2017, g++ 8) and + OS versions (macOS 10.14 and its dark mode) as well as an entirely new new + CMake build system. - New features: support for mouse gesture events (GSoC 2017 project); - fractional pen widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in - wxStaticBox; markup in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI - monitors; support for ZIP 64 files; much improved accessibility support under + non-integer font sizes and arbitrary font weights in wxFont; fractional pen + widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in wxStaticBox; markup + in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI monitors; support + for ZIP 64 files; LZMA compression; much improved accessibility support under MSW. - New classes: wxActivityIndicator, wxAddRemoveCtrl, wxAppProgressIndicator, wxNativeWindow, wxPowerResourceBlocker, wxSecretStore. -- And methods: wxDateTime::GetWeekBasedYear(), wxListBox::GetTopItem(), - wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), several ones in - wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), wxUIActionSimulator - ::Select() and many others. -- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxNotificationMessage. +- And methods: wxDataViewToggleRenderer::ShowAsRadio(), wxDateTime:: + GetWeekBasedYear(), wxDisplay::GetPPI(), wxGrid::SetCornerLabelValue(), + wxHtmlEasyPrinting::SetPromptMode(), wxJoystickEvent::GetButtonOrdinal(), + wxListBox::GetTopItem(), wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), + several ones in wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), + wxToolbook::EnablePage(), wxUIActionSimulator::Select() and many others. +- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxDataViewCtrl, + wxNotificationMessage, wxStaticBox, wxStyledTextCtrl. - Latest versions of all bundled 3rd party libraries, including all the security fixed and support for WebKit 2 and GStreamer 1.7 under Unix. - Revamped OpenGL support better suited to modern OpenGL (3.2+). - Further C++11 support improvements. -- New CMake-based alternative build system. -- Support for latest compilers: MSVS 2017, g++ 7, clang 6. - A lot of bug fixes, especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX/Cocoa ports. - New experimental wxQt port. @@ -42,8 +47,8 @@ This release is a "development" one as it makes (very few) incompatible API changes compared to 3.0 and does not guarantee the ABI stability, unlike the 3.0.x series. It is not inherently more buggy or less stable than the "stable" releases and you're encouraged -to use it. If you're already using 3.0, upgrading shouldn't require -any special effort, so please try it out. +to use it, including in production. If you're already using 3.0, upgrading +shouldn't require any special effort, so please try it out. We hope that you will enjoy using the new release! diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt index 6caebb7e9a..8a5d0c649f 100644 --- a/docs/readme.txt +++ b/docs/readme.txt @@ -24,53 +24,52 @@ download from: * https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.2/ -Changes since 3.1.0 +Changes since 3.1.1 ------------------- -There have been more than 2800 commits from more than 160 contributors (79 with -multiple contributions) since 3.1.0 release. New features added since then -include: +There have been more than 1200 commits from 75 contributors (41 with multiple +contributions) since 3.1.1 release. This release primarily contains bug fixes +(closing more than 100 bugs from wxTrac) and incremental improvements in +preparation for the next stable 3.2.0 release, however there is a usual lot of +new features as well, including: -- Support for gesture events has been added (GSoC 2017 project). -- wxWebView can now return JavaScript results to the C++ code (GSoC 2017). -- New wxSecretStore class for securely storing user passwords. +- Initial support for macOS 10.14 and its dark mode. +- Support for non-integer font sizes and arbitrary font weights. +- New wxLZMA{Input,Output}Stream classes. +- Add wxDataViewToggleRenderer::ShowAsRadio(), wxDisplay::GetPPI(), + wxGrid::SetCornerLabelValue(), wxHtmlEasyPrinting::SetPromptMode(), + wxJoystickEvent::GetButtonOrdinal(), wxToolbook::EnablePage(). Some of the other improvements: -- wxWidgets can now be built with CMake too. -- Strings can now be translated differently depending on their context. -- Converting between wxString and UTF-8 encoded std::string is now - simpler and unsafe wxString can now be disabled on the opt-in basis - (see http://wxwidgets.blogspot.com/2017/02/safer-s.html) -- It is possible to use any window (e.g. wxCheckBox) as wxStaticBox label now. -- Many improvements to accessibility support under MSW. -- wxGraphicsContext now supports pens with fractional widths. -- Support for XDG file layout under Unix. -- Many bug fixes to the behaviour (including TAB navigation) and appearances, - especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX ports. -- wxDataViewCtrl items and headers can be formatted using simple markup - and it is simpler to combine to put items with checkboxes into it. Many bugs - and inconsistencies between platforms in this control have been fixed too. -- Several enhancements to wxStyledTextCtrl including better support for - custom lexers and auto-completion. -- Many improvements to the (still experimental) wxQt port. - -Additionally, the latest versions of compilers (e.g. MSVS 2017) and -operating systems (macOS 10.12) are now supported and all the third -party libraries have been updated to their latest versions. +- There were again many improvements to the (still experimental) wxQt port. +- Fix several bugs related to focus handling and TAB navigation in wxGTK. +- Make it possible to control pagination in wxHTML more precisely. +- Fix several problems with high-DPI displays. +- wxOSX now uses native NSImage/UIImage representation for wxBitmap. +- Support strike-through font attribute in XRC and wxDataViewCtrl markup too. +- Support more than 4 buttons in wxJoystick. +- Add wxwidgets.props property sheet file for MSVS users. Please refer to the detailed change log for the full list of changes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.2/docs/changes.txt +Notice that this release is almost completely compatible with 3.1.1 at the API +level, so upgrading to it if you're already using wxWidgets 3 should be +straightforward. + + Changes since 3.0 ----------------- Compared to the stable 3.0.x series, this version brings too many -improvements and even more bug fixes to list them them all. Here is the +improvements and even more bug fixes to list them all, but here is the maximally condensed summary: +- Build system improvements: support for new compilers (MSVS 2017, g++ 8) and + OS versions as well as an entirely new new CMake build system. - New features: support for mouse gesture events (GSoC 2017 project); fractional pen widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in wxStaticBox; markup in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI @@ -83,13 +82,12 @@ maximally condensed summary: wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), several ones in wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), wxUIActionSimulator ::Select() and many others. -- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxNotificationMessage. +- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxDataViewCtrl, + wxNotificationMessage, wxStaticBox, wxStyledTextCtrl. - Latest versions of all bundled 3rd party libraries, including all the security fixed and support for WebKit 2 and GStreamer 1.7 under Unix. - Revamped OpenGL support better suited to modern OpenGL (3.2+). - Further C++11 support improvements. -- New CMake-based alternative build system. -- Support for latest compilers: MSVS 2017, g++ 7, clang 6. - A lot of bug fixes, especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX/Cocoa ports. - New experimental wxQt port. @@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ maximally condensed summary: Platforms Supported ------------------- -wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms: +This version of wxWidgets supports the following primary platforms: * Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 (32/64 bits). * Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.6 or newer) @@ -200,7 +198,7 @@ problems so this ensures that your report will be addressed sooner. Further Information ------------------- -If you are looking for support, you can get it from +If you are looking for community support, you can get it from * Mailing Lists: https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mailing-lists/ * Discussion Forums: https://forums.wxwidgets.org/ @@ -208,6 +206,13 @@ If you are looking for support, you can get it from * Stack Overflow (tag your questions with "wxwidgets"): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/wxwidgets +Commercial support is also available, please see +https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/commercial/ + +Finally, keep in mind that wxWidgets is an open source project collaboratively +developed by its users and your contributions to it are always welcome! + + Have fun! -The wxWidgets Team, February 2018 +The wxWidgets Team, December 2018