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Article #789: FLTK 1.1.8rc1 released

Created at 03:07 Feb 27, 2008 by matt

CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.8

• Documentation fixes (STR #1454, STR #1455, STR #1456,
            STR #1457, STR #1458, STR #1460, STR #1481, STR #1578,
            STR #1639, STR #1645, STR #1644, STR #1792, STR #1793,
            STR #1742, STR #1777, STR #1794, STR #1827, STR #1843,
            STR #1796, STR #1815, STR #1726, STR #1753, STR #1855,
            STR #1862, STR #1867, STR #1874)
          
• Fixed image read for partial regions on X11
            (STR #1716)
          
• Fixed KDE/Gnome icon paths (STR #1795)
          
• Fixed Tab key to wrap around menu bars (STR #1877)
          
• Fixed possible timer leak in Scrollbar (STR #1880)
          
• Added documentation about the potential limitations
            of Fl::grab on newer operating systems (STR #1747)
          
• Fixed lockout when mixing popups and alerts
            (STR # 1869)
          
• Fixed recursion crash in event handling (STR #1873)
          
• Fixed missing return code in 'fltk-config' (STR #1875)
          
• Fixed inconsistencies with CHANGED flags (STR #1719)
          
• Fixed message sent to hidden widgets (STR #1849)
          
• Fixed width calculation in Fl_Help_View (STR #1868)
          
• Fixed offset bug in OS X pixmap code (STR #1856)
          
• Fixed potential buffer overrun
            in Fl_Preferences (STR #1853)
          
• Fixed method attributes in consecutive class
            declarations in FLUID (STR #1741)
          
• FLUID checks for seperately declared callbacks to
            avoid a bogus "extern" declaration (STR #1776)
          
• Added "protected" class memebrs in FLUID
          
• Double-clicking a widget in a FLUID layout will show
            the item in the widget browser
          
• Fixed color highlighting in Text_Display
          
• Fixed 16 bit PNM image support (STR #1847)
          
• Fixed exposure event on zero size windows (STR #1824)
          
• Fixed overlay offset for OS X Quartz (STR #1729)
          
• gl_font() support for Xft+X11 (STR #1809)
          
• Fl_Gl_Window::mode() needed to hide and show the window
            when toggling stereo mode (STR #1846)
          
• Fl_Gl_Window::show() did not work reliably on Mac OS X
            (STR #1707)
          
• Added Fl_Group::clip_children() methods to support
            automatic clipping of child widget drawing (STR #1844)
          
• Fl_Browser_ and friends now support FL_WHEN_ENTER_KEY
            for both Enter/Return and double-clicks (STR #1818)
          
• Fl_Help_View did not release the images it used (STR
            #1817)
          
• Shared libraries would not build on 64-bit Linux
            systems with an existing non-PIC FLTK installation
            (STR #1791)
          
• Fl_Browser::hide() and Fl_Browser::show() did not
            correctly update the scrollbar (STR #1724)
          
• The configure script now shows a summry of the
            configuration results (STR #1810)
          
• "fltk-config --use-... --libs" did not list all of the
            dependent libraries (STR #1799)
          
• Hiding a nested window on WIN32 caused 100% CPU (STR #1748)
          
• Changing the window size in FLUID would not mark the
            project as modified (STR #1751)
          
• Fixed fl_filename_isdir for "/"-path (STR #1761)
          
• Fixed Fl_Chart drawing (STR #1756)
          
• Fixed mapping of subwindows with unmapped parent
            windows (STR #1706)
          
• Fixed rendering of grayscale images with alpha
            channel (STR #1703)
          
• Fixed occasional incomplete refresh (STR #1681)
          
• Improved fl_down, fl_frame, added fl_box (STR #1678)
          
• Fixed selection of submenu items in
            input_choice (STR #1676)
          
• Fixed calculation of stride for image scaling and
            color manipulation (STR #1673)
          
• Made -O3 the default optimization on Cygwin/Mingw since
            -Os currently creates bad code (STR #1656)
          
• OSF/Tru64 now uses 'install-sh' instead of 'install' to
            accomodate for a missing '-d' option (STR #1632)
          
• New option in Fluid project settings to translate all
            shortcut modifiers from FL_META or FL_CTRL to FL_COMMAND
          
• Made icon size fixed (50x50) in fl_message etc. (STR #1626)
          
• Fixed selection of first word in Fl_Help_View
          
• Fixed endless loop in Fl_Text_Display (STR #1655)
          
• Allowing shortcuts in Tabs (STR #1652)
          
• Fixed Makefile "make clean" (STR #1642,
            STR #1643, STR #1641)
          
• The sample RPM spec file now enables large file support
            and threading support (STR #1603)
          
• Changed minimum contrast between background and text to
            99 and added more weight to the blue component to improve
            readability for certain color combinations (STR #1625)
          
• Fixed VCNet OpenGL project file (STR #1617)
          
• Fixed scrolling of clipped areas in MSWindows (STR
            #1601)
          
• Fixed clipping in OS X Quartz offscreen buffers (STR
            #1595)
          
• Now flush file chooser preferences after every change to
            avoid data loss (STR #1609)
          
• The Fl_File_Chooser constructor now saves and restores the
            current group (STR #1611)
          
• Added Fl::awake(fn*,void*) to set a handler for thread
            messages (STR #1536)
          
• Added "mute sound" option to Sudoku game.
          
• Updated the bundled zlib to v1.2.3.
          
• Updated the bundled libpng to v1.2.16.
          
• "make install" now uses the install command (or the
            included install-sh script) to copy files to the
            install directories, to ensure that permissions are
            correct.
          
• Fixed DLL generation via MingW/Cygwin (STR #1546)
          
• FLUID incorrectly opened the display when generating
            source code for Fl_Help_View widgets (STR #1318)
          
• Fl_Double_Window did not always show the scheme
            background image.
          
• Fixed first window behavior in OS X (STR #1548)
          
• Fixed calculation of character widths for OS X
            Quartz rendering (no STR)
          
• Fixed OS X mouse click handling (STR #1504)
          
• Added missing GLUT functions so that FLTK can be used
            as a fairly complete C++ replacement for the original
            GLUT library (STR #1522)
          
• Fl::awake() could block on X11 and OSX (STR #1537)
          
• Updated recursive mutex code to run on platforms other
            than Linux and to do a run-time check to determine
            whether they are supported by the kernel (STR #1575)
          
• WIN32 did check callbacks after the event processing instead of
            before as documented (STR #1535)
          
• Fl_File_Chooser now hides the window before doing a callback
            when the user clicks on the OK button (STR #1565)
          
• Fixed indentation of nested HTML elements (STR #1549)
          
• Made layout of Fl_Help_Dialog consistent with other
            help windows and web browsers.
          
• Improved GTK+ schemed round box (STR #1531)
          
• Fluid avoids writing unsupported combinations of the
            "when()" flags (STR #1501)
          
• Fl_Browser_ would allow keyboard callbacks even though
            "when()" was set to "never" (STR #1501)
          
• Added automated little helpers to Sudoku
          
• Added example code for Wizard with the
            Tabs demo (STR #1564)
          
• Optimized Fl_Tabs drawing for speed (STR #1520)
          
• OS X resource fork now obsolete (STR #1453)
          
• Added chapter 10 about multithreading (STR #1532,
            1533)
          
• OS X system menu bar top level attribute support
            improved (STR #1505)
          
• Fixed Quartz image drawing bug (STR #1438)
          
• Fixed Quartz fl_read_image
          
• Overlay drawing is now avoiding XOR mode (STR #1438)
          
• Fixed Scroll crash in Fluid Live Mode (STR #1524)
          
• Fixed mousewheel event propagation (STR #1521)
          
• Fixed drawing issues of a tile in a scroll (STR #1507)
          
• Fixed dismissing buttons in menu bars (STR #1494)
          
• Making a child group visible in a Fl_Tabs or Fl_Wizard
            group now shows that tab or pane.
          
• Added fl_open_uri() function as proposed on
            fltk.development.
          
• Added Fl::has_check() which previously was prototyped
            and documented, but not implemented (STR #1542)
          
• Enabled Fl::add_check() on OS X (STR #1534)
          
• Documented tooltip inheritance (STR #1467)
          
• Better event mouse handling fixing detached menus and
            sticky tooltips (STR #1463, STR #449)
          
• Added Fl::scrollbar_size() methods that are used by all
            of the scrollbar-using widgets (STR #1500)
          
• fl_read_image() was broken on Intel-based Macs (STR
            #1490)
          
• Fl_Progress was using the wrong width to calculate
            progress (STR #1492)
          
• Fl::x(), Fl::y(), Fl::w(), and Fl::h() did not report
            the desktop work area on X11 (STR #1482)
          
• Shortcut events could be sent to the wrong window (STR
            #1451)
          
• Fl_Spinner did not handle the arrow keys properly (STR
            #1476)
          
• Fl_File_Browser did not calculate the width of
            directory items correctly (STR #1469, STR #1470)
          
• Fl_Pack incorrectly started widgets at an offset of 1/2
            the spacing value.
          
• FLUID did not generate correct window class code if
            the class name was not a standard FLTK window class.
          
• FLUID incorrectly included <FL/Fl_classname.H> for
            widget classes that were not subclassed from a standard
            FLTK widget class.
          
• The demo master test program now supports scheme
            selection and all demos use it (STR #1459)
          
• fl_arc() and fl_pie() did not draw properly on WIN32
            when the start and end points were identical (STR
            #1461)
          
• Fl_Input and Fl_Text_Editor now hide the mouse pointer
            when typing into them (STR #1466)
          
• Implemented alpha blending for Quartz, WIN32, and X11
          
• Check buttons did not redraw properly with box() set to
            FL_NO_BOX (STR #1440)
          
• Added the Bluecurve-inspired scheme "gtk+".
          
• Updated documentation (STR #1420, STR #1421)
          
• Fixed font caching issue (STR #1415)
          
• Fixed crash in fl_file_chooser (STR #1410)
          
• Fixed Fluid hotspot bug (STR #1416)
          
• Fixed image copy code (STR #1412)
          
• Fixed latin-to-roman text conversion (STR #1411)
          
• Fixed Cygwin timeout for "select" calls (STR #1151)
          
• Improved Mac OS X subwindow handling (STR #1402)
          
• Fixed more inconsistencies between fl_draw and
            fl_measure (STR #1408)
          
• Fixed fl_measure which mistook a trailing '@@' for a
            symbol (STR #1406)
          
• Fixed GLUT behavior on window creation (STR #1403)
          
• Fixed OS X bug that would hide tooltips before they
            were shown (STR #1392)
          
• Fixed Fl_Tabs tooltip reappearing (STR #1324)
          
• Added a new demo game called "Block Attack!"
          
• Updated the Sudoku game to show a notice about Hard and
            Impossible puzzles having multiple solutions which are
            not a bug or error (STR #1361)
          
• Fixed filechooser to behave as documented when file
            pattern changes (STR #1359)
          
• Completed the global function index and added an
            alphabetical list of all methods (STR #1319)
          
• Avoiding problems with some platforms that don't
            implement hypot() (STR #1366)
          
• Fixed floating point value formatting for Fl_Spinner
            (STR #1331)
          
• Fixed Fl_Positioner callback when released (STR #1387)
          
• Fixed WIN32 zero size window issue (STR #1387)
          
• Fixed Sudoku window positioning (STR #1398)
          
• Fluid Code Declarations can now handle C++ style
            comments (STR #1383)
          
• Fixed uninitialized data in OS X and WIN32 timeout
            functions (STR #1374).
          
• Fixed speed issues when measuring text on OS X with
            Quartz (STR #1386).
          
• Fixed focus issues on OS X (STR #1377)
          
• Optional precision argument when storing floats or
            doubles in a Preferences file (STR #1381)
          
• Fixed callback not called when using arrow keys in
            Fl_Slider (STR #1333)
          
• Changing the shortcut of a widget in fluid now marks the
            document as dirty (STR #1382)
          
• Fl_Text_Editor now correctly handles middle mouse
            clicks (STR #1384)
          
• Added some GLUT4 functions (STR #1370)
          
• Added "context_changed()" function for OpenGL windows
            which allows efficient texture loading (STR #1372)
          
• Added missing "const" to GLUT call (STR #1371)
          
• Fixed stray FL_RELEASE events after clicking system
            areas on OS X (STR #1376)
          
• FLUID now only writes definitions of "o" and "w"
            variables as needed, reducing the number of "variable
            is shadowed" warnings from GCC.
          
• Added access to Xft font pointer (STR #1328)
          
• Fixed endianness in OS X mouse cursor graphics (STR
            #1348)
          
• Fixed crash on mixed use of keyboard and mouse for
            Fl_Menu_Button (STR #1356)
          
• Fixed Fl_Window::visible() and shown() for OS X
            (STR #1341)
          
• Fixed Fl_Window::copy_label() losing copy (STR #1332)
          
• Documentation fixes (STR #1336, STR #1329, STR #1339,
            STR #1340)
          
• Added support for floating point Fl_Spinner in the
            API, documentation, and Fluid (STR #1331)
          
• Repeat button now cancels timeout if it should get
            deactivated during a callback (STR #1330)
          
• Added support for assigning Fl_Menu_Items to array
            variables in Fluid (STR #1280)
          
• Added --with-archflags configure option to allow
            passing of specific architecture-selection options to
            the compiler and linker.
          
• Fixed WIN32 window stacking bug (STR #1296)
          
• Fixed wrong code generated by FLUID for Scrollbars (STR
            #1287)
          
• Loading a file would not update the Widget Properties
            dialog in FLUID (STR #1326)
          
• Fixed key compose sequences for shifted keys (STR
            #1194)
          
• Added text selection and copy to Fl_Help_View.
          
• Fixed position of popup menu titles (STR #1322)
          
• Showing any window will disable the current tooltip
            so it won't pop over menus (STR #1321)
          
• Updated documentation to reflect limitation of
            Fl::delete_widget() (STR #1306)
          
• Fixed line wrapping in Fl_Text_Display (STR #1227)
          
• New function Fl::event_original_key() returns key code
            before NumLock handling.
          
• Many OS X Quartz fixes (STR #1310, etc.)
          
• Fixed shortcut and default focus for message dialogs
            (STR #1298)
          
• Fixed focus issues (STR #1286, STR #1289, STR #1296)
          
• Fixed window resizing in OS X (STR #1297)
          
• In FLUID, declarations starting with the keyword
            'typedef', 'class', or 'struct' are now treated
            correctly if inside a class (STR #1283)
          
• Tabs now show the correct tooltip (STR #1282)
          
• Included fltk.spec in configure.in (STR #1274)
          
• Fixed insufficiently invalidated cache
            in Fl_Browser (STR #1265)
          
• Attempt to fix multi monitor issues (STR #1153)
          
• Fixed warnings when compiling w/Cygwin (STR #1152)
          
• Fixed missing reset of flag in FLUID (STR #1187)
          
• Fixed maximizing in OS X (STR #1221)
          
• Fixed 'make distclean' to remove binaries inside
            MacOS app packages (STR #1169)
          
• FLUID Code Viewer is now truly a viewer, not a text
            editor because edited text can not be saved.
          
• Fl_Spinner is now fully supported by FLUID (STR #1158)
          
• Fixed usage of deleted object after menu pulldown
            (STR #1162)
          
• Calling fl_font(0, 0) under Xft would access a NULL
            pointer (STR #1205)
          
• Setting a new value in Fl_Input_ wil now actually move
            cursor to the end of the input field as documented
            (STR #1161)
          
• FLUID crashed on WIN32 with international characters
            (STR #1176)
          
• Fl_Check_Browser did not allow the user to toggle the
            check boxes (STR #1232)
          
• Fl_Help_View crashed on WIN32 with international
            characters (STR #1228)
          
• Fl::run() no longer clears resources on WIN32 (STR
            #1231)
          
• Fl::add_timeout() leaked resources on OSX (STR #1233)
          
• Accented characters could not be entered on OSX (STR
            #1195)
          
• The caret key lookup was missing for OS X
          
• FLUID didn't handle loading .fl files with
            international characters properly with all compilers
            (STR #1150)
          
• Fl_Spinner's minimum() and maximum() "get" methods were
            misspelled (STR #1146)
          
• The largefile support changes in 1.1.7 broke binary
            compability for fl_filename_list(); you must now use
            "--enable-largefile" when configuring to get large file
            support, and the large file support definitions are
            added to the output of "fltk-config --cflags" (STR
            #1159)

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