ANN: wxWidgets 2.7.2 released

[Julian Smart]

8th November 2006: wxWidgets 2.7.2 (a development release) is now 
available for download via http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads. The main 
changes since 2.7.1 are listed below; also, Core Graphics support for 
wxMac has been radically improved.
 
We would be grateful for testing as we work towards a 2.8.0 candidate 
release on 13th November.
 
Thanks,
 
The wxWidgets Team

2.7.2 Changes
-------------------

All:

- Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
- Added wxBackingFile and wxBackedInputStream.
- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
- Added wxTar streams.
- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong()

All (GUI):

- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
  calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
  wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
- Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
- Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
  wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
  easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
  formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
  formatting.
- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson)
- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot)
- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event

Unix Ports:

- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
  program (Francesco Montorsi).

wxGTK:

- More RTL work.
- Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
- Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded 
under
  GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
- wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.

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