ANN: wxWidgets 2.9.3 release
Vadim Zeitlin
latest 2.9.3 release of wxWidgets library.
wxWidgets 2.9.3 is available at
https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.3/
and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at
ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.3/
Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z
or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems
including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports
but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in
readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use
the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets
as only sources, not binaries, are installed.
This release adds a lot of new features compared to 2.9.2 released
5 months ago. The most important addition in this release is the
appearance of wxWebView library allowing to embed the native web
rendering engine, with full support JavaScript, CSS and events, in
wxWidgets applications. Other noteworthy changes include:
- New wxTimePickerCtrl with native implementation under wxMSW.
- wxTreeListCtrl providing a simple way to display hierarchical
multi-column lists.
- wxRichToolTip for non-intrusive notifications with nice UI.
- wxBannerWindow providing a simple way to display additional
information in wizard-like dialogs.
- Microsecond granularity support and much better precision in
time functions.
The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be
listed here but the most important ones are:
- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use.
- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits.
- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets.
- Better interoperability with standard library classes.
- Totally revised and more readable manual.
- Improved debugging support.
Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of
wxWidgets distribution or also available online at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.3/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt
for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.3/overview_changes_since28.html
if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8.
Note about naming: while 2.9.3 is called a "development" release,
this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is still likely to), unlike
in the stable 2.8.x branch where source and binary compatibility is
always preserved between the different micro releases. We believe the
current version is stable and suitable for use in production
environment and recommend using it for any new projects using
wxWidgets.
We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes
in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please
let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket)
so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance!
Enjoy!
Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.