1<HTML> 2<HEAD> 3 <TITLE>wxWindows Roadmap</TITLE> 4</HEAD> 5 6<BODY> 7 8<a name="top"></a> 9 10<center><img src="logo6.gif"></center> 11 12<font face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica"> 13 14<table width=100% border=4 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0> 15<tr> 16<td bgcolor="#660000"> 17<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"> 18wxWindows Roadmap 19</font> 20</td> 21</tr> 22</table> 23 24<P> 25 26<CENTER> 27<a href="#schedule">Schedule</a> | <a href="#todo">To-Do List</a> 28</CENTER> 29 30<P> 31 32This page represents current thinking about where wxWindows is going in the near, 33medium and long-term. It also serves as a schedule for new releases so 34that both developers and users can know what to expect when, at least approximately.<P> 35 36Note (1): as the wxWindows effort is voluntary, these are not hard-and-fast deadlines: 37but we will endeavour to follow them as closely as possible.<P> 38 39Note (2): the releases described are for wxGTK, wxMSW and wxMotif ports. wxMac currently follows 40its own development path. Also, minor snapshot releases for specific platforms may be 41available at dates convenient to the developers.<P> 42 43<div style="page-break-before:always"></div> 44<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="schedule">Schedule</a></B></I></FONT> <HR> 45<P> 46 47<H4>Release 2.1.10</H4> 48 49<ul> 50<li>Release date: October 3rd, 1999 51<li>This beta is intended to be the last stable snapshot before wxWindows 52is split into base and GUI libraries. 53<li>New wxGrid in beta. 54</ul> 55 56<P> 57 58<H2>Release 2.1.11 (final)</H2> 59 60<ul> 61<li>Release date: November 7th, 1999 62<li>Splits wxWindows into base and GUI libraries. Most, but not all makefiles 63are expected to support this: for the rest, the makefiles will build a valid 64combined base/GUI library for GUI applications only. 65<li>New wxGrid. 66<li>wxSocket working. 67<li>wxHTML printing (possibly). 68<li>Animation classes (possibly). 69<li>PCX writing capability (possibly). 70<li>wxImage handlers in separate .h and .cpp files. 71<li>Rewritten timer.cpp, possible wxChrono class. 72<li>Bug tracking system in place. 73</ul> 74 75<P> 76 77<H4>Release 2.1.12</H4> 78 79<ul> 80<li>Release date: January 9th, 2000 81<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements. 82</ul> 83 84<P> 85 86<H4>Release 2.1.13</H4> 87 88<ul> 89<li>Release date: March 5th, 2000 90<li>Miscellaneous fixes and small enhancements. 91<li>wxDateTime class in beta. 92</ul> 93 94<P> 95 96<H4>Release 2.2.0</H4> 97 98<ul> 99<li>Release date: May 7th, 2000 100<li>Unicode compilation starting to work in wxGTK and wxMSW. 101</ul> 102 103<P> 104 105<H2>Release 2.2.x (final)</H2> 106 107<ul> 108<li>Release date: c. July 2nd, 2000 109<li>Unicode compilation working in wxGTK and wxMSW. 110<li>wxDateTime class. 111</ul> 112 113<P> 114 115<H2>Release 2.3.x (final)</H2> 116 117<ul> 118<li>Release date: unknown 119<li>WinCE port available. 120</ul> 121 122<P> 123 124<HR> <FONT SIZE=+2><I><B><a name="todo"><div style="page-break-before:always">To-Do List</div></a></B></I></FONT> <HR> 125 126<P> 127 128Developers: please feel free to add to these, and delete them when they are done. 129 130<P> 131 132<B><I>General</I></B><P> 133 134<ul> 135<li>wxHTML printing. When finished, this will allow an application to generate 136printed reports with very little effort. 137<li>wxSocket. 138<li>Split library into several, for base (classes and functions usable by console and GUI 139applications), console (classes and functions usable by console application only) 140and GUI (classes and functions usable by GUI application only). 141<li>Extend and unify drag and drop handling (e.g. we need to specify multiple drop targets 142that can handle multiple formats). 143<li>Expand the number of controls that can be specified in a WXR file. 144<li>Rewrite Dialog Editor. 145<li>PCX writing code. 146<li>GIF animation code. 147<li>Tidying of timer code, addition of wxChrono class. 148<li>wxDateTime class. 149<li>MGL port (see Backroom/Future Ports page). 150<li>Rotated text support. 151<li>FreeType support. 152<li>Support for 'skins', perhaps using a set of alternative control and window classes 153written generically in wxWindows. 154<li>Book, tutorial. 155<li>More examples. 156</ul> 157 158<P> 159 160<B><I>wxMSW</I></B><P> 161 162<ul> 163<li>Windows CE port. 164<li>Cure bug whereby in a panel within another panel, all buttons become 165default buttons (heavy black border). 166<li>Write a RC->WXR converter. 167</ul> 168 169<P> 170 171<B><I>wxGTK</I></B><P> 172 173<ul> 174<li>GNOME/KDE integration libraries. 175</ul> 176 177<P> 178 179<B><I>wxMotif</I></B><P> 180 181<ul> 182<li>Allow wxSystemSettings to be configurable, perhaps via a control 183panel application. 184</ul> 185 186 187</BODY> 188</HTML> 189 190