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February 11, 2013
wxPerl 0.9917 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.9917 Mon Feb 11 2013
    - Stopped wxWidgets >= 2.9.0 from setting locale to current user locale
    ( thanks to Tarek Unger )
January 19, 2013
wxPerl 0.9916 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.9916 Sat Jan 01 2013
    - put correct version check around wxLogChain::DetachOldLog
    - fixed paper type tests in ext/print/09_paper.t
December 30, 2012
wxPerl 0.9915 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.9915 Sun Dec 30 2012
    - fix bug for wxMac and wxwidgets 2.9.4+ in cpp/app.h
    - added some missing aui events
October 02, 2012
wxPerl 0.9914 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.9914 Tue Oct 02 2012
  - Wx::StyledTextCtrl additions for 2.9.4
  - wxLog functions for 2.9.x added
  - wrapped wxRearrangeCtrl
  - added start of Wx::PerlTest - to aid documentation and examples
  - Additions for Wx::XSP::* classes
  - wrapped wxEventFilter for 2.9.3 +
  - updated missing Wx::App methods for 2.9.4 +
  - added wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally for 2.9.1+
  - added some absent wxWindow methods
  - updated wxTopLevelWindow
  - added wxFrame::ProcessCommand 

0.9913 Fri Sep 28 2012
  - ld build fix for some 64 bit *nix
October 02, 2012
Wx::Demo 0.19 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.19  Tue Oct 02 2012
  - Updated for wxRibbonControl changes in Wx 0.9912
  - Demo for wxRearrangeCtrl and friends added
October 02, 2012
Alien::wxWidgets 0.62 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.62  Tue Oct 2 2012
  - Fix patching on MSWin when buildpaths have spaces.
  - Allow addition of user patch - --wxWidgets-userpatch
  - Expand README.txt
  - Another Mac OS X SDK change
September 21, 2012
wxPerl 0.9912 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.9912 Fri Sep 21 2012
    - wrapped wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData.
    - updated to use sv_magicext / mg_findext so
      external modules do not stomp on our magic.
	  (Perl >= 5.14)
    - updated wxListView so that LC_VIRTUAL style works.
    - set wxListCtrl full constructor to create evthandler.
    - updated Wx::Ribbon controls for 2.9.4 interface +
      tool/button 'Add' and 'Insert' methods now return objects
      as described in the docs instead of int id's.
    - added SetClientData to PGProperty and PropertyGridInterface
    - Wx::ToolBar->SetClientData now deletes any prior set Wx::Object
    - wxDataViewListCtrl and wxDataViewListStore - fix ClientData for >= 2.9.4
    - /usr/local/lib needs removing from LD:DL:FLAGS on all *nix types
    - nostdinc now removed from any flags on MacOSX build
    - Fixed handling of asserts and debug level > 0 on wxWidgets >= 2.9.3
    - Added wxApp::OnAssertFailure

0.9911 Fri Aug 24 2012
    - wxDataView - updated for 2.9.4
    - wxTreeEvent::GetKeyEvent() added
    - wxRichTextCtrl::LineBreak() added

0.9909 Thu May 31 2012
    - wxHtmlPrintout & wxRichTextPrintout correct typemap and destruction
    - wxRichTextBuffer - added copy constructor
    - wxPrintPaperDatabase, wxPrintPaperType added

0.9907 Thur May 10 2012
    - wrapped wxHtmlPrintout
    - added missing wxPrintout methods
    - fixed GetPageInfo for wxRichTextPrintout
    - fixed broken Makefile.PL with recent EUMM on Mac
    - some minor additions to RichTextCtrl/RichTextBuffer

0.9906 Tue Mar 27 2012
    - wrapped wxWebView ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - wrapped wxTimePickerCtrl ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 ) 
    - wrapped wxRichToolTip ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - wrapped wxBannerWindow ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - Allow RichTextPrinting without dialog ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.4 )
      (thanks to Steve Cookson )
    - wrapped some missing wxPrintData methods

0.9905 Fri Mar 16 2012
    - wrapped wxPropertyGrid ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - wrapped native wxTreeListCtrl ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - wrapped wxRibbonControl ( wxWidgets ge 2.9.3 )
    - ShowModal implementation for wxPrintDialog and wxPageSetupDialog
      ( thanks to Tomohiro Hosaka )
    - recent EUMM breaks EU_MY_Metafile

0.9904 Tue Feb 28 2012
    - Implemented TextCtrlIface for RichTextCtrl in >= 2.9.2
    - Implemented TextCtrlIface for SearchCtrl in >= 2.9.2
    - several 2.9.2 / 2.9.3 compatibility changes
    - Some additional RichText events wrapped - ( thanks to Steve Cookson )
    - wrapped STC specific LineUp and LineDown
    - wrapped some specific Set/GetLayoutDirection
    - Fixes for OSX Xcode 4.3 builds

0.9903 Wed Nov 09 08:00:00 BST 2011
    - Remove force of static binding for mingw libgcc & libstdc++
0.9902 Thu Oct 13 08:00:00 BST 2011
    - 2.9.2 will now build with recent mingw compilers (>= gcc 4.5.2)
    - Fixed MSVC6 build (broken in 0.9702)
    - wrapped wxLogChain::DetachOldLog
    - added wxDF_UNICODETEXT
    - added wxMediaCtrl constants for all events

0.9901 Mon June 06 12:00:00 BST 2011
    - Bumped ExtUtils::XSpp dependency to 0.1602
    - added Wx::Frame::SendSizeEvent
August 18, 2010
wxPerl 0.98 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.98  Wed Aug 18 20:31:30 CEST 2010
	- wxWidgets 2.9.1 compatibility.
	- die() when wxWidgets initialization fails.

0.9702_01  Tue Jul  6 21:38:17 CEST 2010
	- Can now run using the standard perl interpreter on Mac OS X
	  (suggested by Kyle McKay).
	- Added wxSpinCtrlDouble (2.9).
	- Added wxDataViewListCtrl (2.9).
	- Added wxDataViewVirtualListModel (2.9).
	- Added wxInfoBar (2.9).
	- Added wxHeaderCtrlSimple (2.9).
February 9, 2010
wxPerl 0.97 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.97  Tue Feb  9 22:57:14 CET 2010
	- Added wxOverlay and wxDCOverlay (2.8) (thanks to Mark Dootson).
	- Added Wx::Loader - allows PPM distributions and packagers to
	  override wx dll loading (see Wx::Loader pod)
	- Loading plugins - local override of dl_load_file now uses
	  Wx::_load_plugin during XSLoader::load
Sep 24, 2009
wxPerl 0.93 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN. 
0.93 Gio 24 Set 2009 21:34:10 CEST
	- Use ExtUtils::XSpp::Cmd instead of the xspp command line script.
Aug 09, 2009
Alien::wxWidgets 0.44 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN.
Aug 06, 2009
wxPerl 0.92 was released to CPAN. See details on CPAN.
May 01, 2008
Updated documentation created from wxWidgets 2.8.7 manual is now available from the download page.
Jan 19, 2008
wxPerl 0.81 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.81  Sat Jan 19 17:36:33 CET 2008
	- Almost completed the interface of wxStyledTextCtrl.
	- Added wxBitmapToggleButton and wxSVGFileDC (2.9).
	- Added wxWrapSizer (2.9).
	- Added wxNotificationMessage (2.9).
	- Added wxMirrorDC and wxDCClipper.
	- Partially completed interface to wxDataViewCtrl (2.9).
Nov 06, 2007
wxPerl 0.80 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.80  Tue Nov  6 23:12:53 CET 2007
        - Build fixes for Windows (both dmake and nmake).
        - Prototype implementation of wxVariant and wxDataViewCtrl (2.9).

0.79  Thu Oct 18 00:52:35 CEST 2007
        - Windows compilation fixes (thanks to John Kizlyk for the report).
        - Try to handle gracefully the absence of Alien::wxWidgets under
          Mac OS X.
        - Added Alien::wxWidgets to configure_requires.

0.78  Mon Oct 15 23:54:13 CEST 2007
        - Added wxRichTextBuffer and wxRichTextFileHandler,
          wxRichTextHTMLHandler, wxRichTextXMLHandler (2.7).
        - Added wxSymbolPickerDialog (2.7).
        - Added wxDisplay, wxGenericDirCtrl.
        - Added wxFileCtrl (2.9).
        - Added wxStandardPaths (2.6).
        - Wrapped the remaining wxGraphics* classes (2.7).
Aug 23, 2007
wxPerl 0.77 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.77  Thu Aug 23 21:59:25 CEST 2007
        - Added wxGraphicsContext (2.7) and some related classes
          (patch by Klaas Hartmann).
        - Added wxCollapsiblePane (2.7).
        - Added wxBitmapComboBox (2.7).
        - Added wxAnimation and wxAnimationCtrl (2.7).
        - Added wxPropertySheetDialog (2.6).
        - Added wxPasswordEntryDialog (2.6).
        - Added wxCommand and wxCommandProcessor.
        - Added wxHScrolledWindow and wxHVScrolledWindow and
          made wx[HV]ScrolledWindow subclassable from Perl.
Aug 16, 2007
wxPerl 0.76 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.76  Thu Aug 16 00:21:00 CEST 2007 (wxPerl)
	- Added wxEditableListBox (2.9).
	- Added wxSearchCtrl (2.8).
	- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (2.7).
	- Added EVT_HTML_XXX event handlers.
Alien::wxWidgets 0.32 released at the same time adds support for wxWidgets 2.8.4 and for building Mac OS X Universal binaries. 
0.32  Thu Aug 16 00:11:40 CEST 2007 (Alien::wxWidgets)
	- Patch and build wxWidgets 2.8.4.
	- Correctly handle flags for wxWidgets Universal Mac builds.
	- Allow building a monolithic wxWidgets.
	- Allow building Mac Universal binaries for wxWidgets.
	- Updated bundled Archive::Extract to the latest version.
Jul 05, 2007
Thanks to the perl.org administrators, the wxPerl users mailing list is now hosted at perl.org.
Apr 29, 2007
The wxPerl repository now uses Subversion. Instructions for subversion access can be found on the Download page and on the Sourceforge project page.
Apr 28, 2007
wxPerl 0.74 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.74  Sun Apr 29 00:53:23 CEST 2007
	- Minor compilation and runtime fixes.

0.73  Tue Apr 17 22:49:32 CEST 2007
	- wxWidgets 2.9.x compatibility.

0.72  Sun Apr  1 00:33:54 CEST 2007
	- Compilation fixes for GCC 3.4.
	- Compilation fixes for wxMotif/wxWidgets 2.6.3.

0.71  Thu Mar 29 21:53:11 CEST 2007
	- Fix all remaining known thread issues.

0.70  Thu Mar 22 00:08:20 CET 2007
	- wxWidgets 2.9.x compatibility.
	- Improved creation of wxDocument/wxView subclasses
	  in Wx::DocTemplate.

0.69  Fri Mar 16 20:54:50 CET 2007
	- Fix crash caused by Wx::PlThreadEvent.
	- Some documentation of using wxPerl with threads.

0.68  Sat Mar 10 21:45:26 CET 2007
	- Added wxSystemOptions (thanks to Mark Dootson).
	- Fix a thread-related crash.

0.67  Sat Dec 16 19:36:37 CET 2006
	- Try to handle gracefully the case when Alien::wxWidgets is missing,
	  restoring the 0.49_05 behaviour.
Dec 15, 2006
wxPerl 0.66 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.66  Fri Dec 15 22:47:54 CET 2006
	- wxWidgets 2.8.0 compatibility.

0.65  Sun Dec  3 16:49:02 CET 2006
	- Windows compilation fixes.
Nov 26, 2006
wxPerl 0.64 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.64  Sun Nov 26 18:32:03 CET 2006
	- Removed support for wxWidgets 2.7.0 and 2.7.1.
        - Added Wx::GridCellAutoWrapStringRenderer,
	  Wx::GridCellAutoWrapStringEditor, Wx::GridCellEnumRenderer,
	  Wx::GridCellEnumEditor, Wx::GridCellDateTimeRenderer
	  (thanks to Mark Dootson).
	- Added wxRichTextFormattingDialog.
Nov 15, 2006
wxPerl 0.63 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. 
0.63  Wed Nov 15 21:40:28 CET 2006
	- Fix failing tests under Mac.

0.62  Mon Nov 13 23:16:41 CET 2006
	- Fix Windows compilation.
	- Fix Mac OS X build.

0.61  Sun Nov 12 18:33:41 CET 2006
	- Added Advanced User Interface (AUI) (2.7).
	- Wrapped more wxRichTextCtrl support classes (2.7).
Nov 11, 2006
wxPerl 0.60 is out! this is a source-only release and can be downloaded from CPAN. Since versions 0.51-0.59 were never announced, the whole change log is below. 
0.60  Sat Nov 11 16:48:57 CET 2006
	- Added wxRichTextCtrl and some related classes.
	- Removed support for wxWidgets 2.4. Supports 2.5.3 and above.
	- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxColourPickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl,
	  wxFilePickerCtrl, wxDirPickerCtrl, wxAboutDialog (2.7).
	- Resolved memory leak with classes derived from Wx::PlEvent and
	  Wx::PlCommandEvent.

0.59  Fri Oct 20 22:05:45 CEST 2006
	- Fix packaging error in 0.58.

0.58  Thu Oct 19 21:54:04 CEST 2006
	- Added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxHtmlListBox.
	- Support wxWidgets RTL API (2.7).
	- Fix various bugs in wxStreams <=> Perl filehandles
	  interoperability.

0.57  Sun Aug 27 17:25:18 CEST 2006
	- Added wxHtmlDCRenderer (thanks to Mark Dootson).
	- Made the XS++ and overload preprocessors installable,
	  to be used by extensions.
	- Removed the demo and some samples, replaced by
	  Wx::Demo (a separate CPAN distribution).

0.56  Fri Aug 11 22:29:33 CEST 2006
	- Many thread-safety fixes.
	- wxMotif compatibility.
	- Build again under Windows.

0.55  Sun Aug  6 19:48:31 CEST 2006
	- Mac OS X 10.4 with latest Xcode compilation fixes.
	- Added wxTreebook, wxChoicebook, wxHyperlinkCtrl,
	  wxPowerEvent. (2.7)
	- Added Wx::SimpleApp.
	- Make the example in the SYNOPSIS actually show a window.

0.54  Sun Jul 16 14:26:52 CEST 2006
        - Compatibility with GCC 4.0 and 4.1.
	- Minor compatibility fixes for various wxWidgets releases.

0.53  Sun Jul  9 12:42:59 CEST 2006
        - wxWidgets 2.4 and wxMac compilation fixes.

0.52  Fri Jul  7 22:29:57 CEST 2006
	- Compilation fixes when wxMediaCtrl is disabled in wxWidgets.

0.51  Wed Jul  5 20:41:48 CEST 2006
	- Added Wx::Sound.
	- Compilation fixes for MSVC8 (thanks to John Ralls).
	- Bumped Alien::wxWidgets requirement to 0.15.
Nov 4, 2006
Since today, the domain http://wxperl.eu/ is a shorter address for the wxPerl home page.
Jun 23, 2006
wxPerl 0.50 is out! this is a source-only release. The major highlight from the previous stable release is the ability to be installed directly from CPAN using Alien::wxWidgets. 
0.50  Fri Jun 23 11:51:17 CEST 2006
	- Fixed pod tests to work with older Test::Pod releases.

0.49_07  Sun Jun 18 18:06:05 CEST 2006
	- Compilation fixes for wxWidgets 2.5.3.
	- More additions for wxWidgets 2.7.x.

0.49_06  Sun May 21 22:34:21 CEST 2006
	- Compatibility with wxWidgets CVS HEAD.
	- Added various missing functions for wxWidgets 2.6.x
	  and 2.7.x.

0.49_05  Mon May  1 18:27:14 CEST 2006
	- When Alien::wxWidgets is missing try to retrigger
	  rebuilding of the Makefile using a dummy dependency.

0.49_04  Sat Apr 22 23:36:15 CEST 2006
	- Fixed reference counting/ownership for Wx::PlDataObject.

0.49_03  Thu Apr 20 22:40:37 CEST 2006
	- Handle Alien::wxWidgets prerequisite correctly.

0.49_02  Sun Apr 16 20:45:39 CEST 2006
	- Added missing files to MANIFEST.

0.49_01  Sun Apr 16 17:01:25 CEST 2006
	- Added Wx::MediaCtrl.
	- Refactored build system, now based upon Alien::wxWidgets.
May 5, 2006
Daily CVS snapshots are available again! The archives are built from CVS every day around 10 GMT.
Now 22, 2005
wxPerl 0.26 is out! Binaries compiled against wxWidgets 2.6.1 are available from the Download page. 
	- Fixed various Wx::GridBagSizer problems.
	- Fixed Original Object Return for Wx::PlGridCellEditor and
	  Wx::PlGridCellRenderer.
	- Removed the requirement of deriving from Wx::App.
	- Expanded Wx::PlWindow.
	- Added Wx::Perl::TextValidator (thanks to Johan Vromans).
	- Changed the interface for Wx::PlDataObjectSimple::GetDataHere.
	- Added Wx::BufferedDC and Wx::BufferedPaintDC.
	- Added wxStdButtonSizer.
	- Build out of the box on FreeBSD.
Nov 6, 2005
wxPerl 0.26 candidate is available; please test it and report any problems you find.
wxPerl, wxWidgets 2.6.2 RPMs, Changes.
Jul 12, 2005
wxPerl 0.25 is out!: this release fixes some minor problems with the wxPerl 0.24 release. Binaries compiled against wxWidgets 2.6.1 are available from the Download page. 
	- Added back Wx::NotebookSizer (removed by accident).
	- Fixed off-by-one error in Wx::Log::SetTimestamp.
	- Fixed crash with eval + use in event handler.
	- Fixed test suite for wxWidgets 2.4.x.
Jul 7, 2005
wxPerl 0.24 is out!: this release fixes some minor problems with the wxPerl 0.23 release. Binaries compiled against wxWidgets 2.6.1 are available from the Download page. 
	- Fix using wxPerl with PAR on Linux.
	- Fix a crash on bitmap loading for Windows 95 and XP.
Jun 30, 2005
wxPerl 0.23 is out!: this release improves compatibility with the new wxWidgets 2.6 releases. Binaries compiled against wxWidgets 2.6.1 are available from the Download page. 
	- Added wxArtProvider and Wx::PlArtProvider
          (thanks to Matthew "Cheetah" Gabeler-Lee).
	- Compatibility with wxWidgets 2.5.4, 2.6.0 and 2.6.1.
	- Added Wx::PlPreviewFrame, Wx::PlPreviewControlBar,
	  Wx::PrintFactory.
	- Added Wx::PopupWindow and Wx::PopupTransientWindow.
	- Added Wx::DatePickerCtrl. (2.5/2.6)
	- Added Wx::MimeTypesManager.
May 27, 2005
This "news" comes a bit late... since May the 2th wxPerl has been included in Gentoo Linux.
May 11, 2005
wxPerl is on Tiger! wxPerl 0.22 has been bundled with Mac OS X 10.4 together with wxWidgets and wxPython!
Mar 20, 2005
An experimental ebuild file for Gentoo is available. I tested it with wxWidgets 2.4.2 on a stock Gentoo installation.
Mar 14, 2005
POE and wxPerl integration: Mike Schroeder has released POE::Loop::Wx on CPAN. This module provides a POE event loop for wxPerl.
Jan 23, 2005
A source file for Debian Sarge is available. To build it: 
	tar xzf libwx-perl_0.22-1.deb.src.tar.gz
	dpkg-source -x libwx-perl_0.22-1.dsc
	cd libwx-perl-0.22
	dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
Jan 22, 2005
An experimental ports file for FreeBSD 5.3 is available. I tested it with wxWidgets 2.4.2 on a stock FreeBSD 5.3 installation. It will likely work under FreeBSD 4.10 with little adaptation.
Jan 04, 2005
wxPerl 0.22 is out!: this is a source-only bugfix release for 0.21. Binary packages for Mac OS X are available from the Download page. 
	- Alpha channel support for Wx::Image (2.5).
	- Wrapped wxChoicebook (2.5).
	- Various new APIs for wxWidgets 2.5.x.
Dec 20, 2004
wxPerl 0.21 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32 and Mac OS X. 
	- Fixed installation of 'wxPerl' command on Mac OS X.
	- Fixed running in the embedded case (still requires the
	  application to call ExitMainLoop at the right places).
	- Wrapped wxNavigationKeyEvent.
	- Using die() in an event handler should not crash anymore
	  (it might leak).
	- Added Wx::PlWindow, to be used for custom controls.
	- New (Windows-only) --mslu flag for Makefile.PL.
	- Wx::NotebookSizer is now no longer needed and
	  deprecated.
Aug 29, 2004
This really is old news, but SuSE 9.1 Professional i386 (released in May) includes a prepackaged version of wxPerl 0.18.
Jun 20, 2004
Jeff Buchbinder created a wxPerl Debian package that should work with the "testing" distribution. It is available via APT: <deb http://apt.freemedsoftware.com/debian woody fsf>.
Christian Renz created PerlWrapper an Xcode project enabling budling Perl (and wxPerl) applications inside a Mac OS X bundle
Thank very much to both!
Jun 19, 2004
The wxPerl site has a much nicer look now, based upon Blue Haze by haran
Jun 12, 2004
The wxPerl tutorial has (finally!) been rewritten. It contains roughly the same contents as it did before, but (I hope) better organized and with simpler and clearer examples. I plan to write other chapters relatively soon but, obviously, corrections and contributions are most welcome!
Jun 01, 2004
New wxPerl modules on CPAN! Simon Flack has released Wx::Perl::Throbber, a control displaying an animated throbber/spinner like the one found in most browsers. Jouke visser has released the core controls used in pVoice as AAC::Pvoice,a suite of controls suitable for building applications for disabled people.
Apr 25, 2004
wxPerl 0.19 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. An experimental binary release is available for Mac OS X. 
	- Started wxHtmlParser/wxHtmlTag/custom tag handlers
	  wrapping.
	- Mac OS X build now installs the 'wxPerl' binary in perl
	  bin directory.
	- wxDatagramSocket and wxSockAddress.
	- wxNumberEntryDialog. (2.5)
	- wxGridBagSizer. (2.5)
	- wxListbook. (2.5)
Nov 23, 2003
wxPerl 0.18 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- Corrected handling of UTF-8 encoded strings in ANSI builds.
	- Added wxGridTableMessage.
	- Fixed build problems with GTK 2 and/or Unicode on
	  Unix hosts.
Sep 13, 2003
Wx::GLCanvas binary packages (ActivePerl 5.6.1 and 5.8.0, RedHat 8.0) are available for download.
Sep 11, 2003
wxPerl 0.17 has been released, download it. This version only contains bugfixes.
Aug 29, 2003
wxGlade 0.3 has been released. wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit wxPython, that helps you create wxWidgets/wxPython/wxPerl user interfaces.
Aug 27, 2003
Wx::ActiveX binary packages (ActivePerl 5.6.1 and 5.8.0) are available for download.
Aug 25, 2003
wxPerl 0.16 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- new DEPRECATIONS section in README.txt, please read it
	- Added Wx::PlGridCellEditor and Wx::PlGridCellRenderer
	  for custom Wx::Grid cell editing/displaying.
	- Added Wx::PlGridTable for custom Wx::Grid storage.
	- Fixed Wx::SocketServer::Accept.
	- Added Wx::PlXmlResourceHandler, for inserting custom
	  controls in XRC resources.
	- wxWindows 2.5 compatibility.
Jul 14, 2003
Simon Flack has released a new version of Wx::Perl::TreeChecker, a Wx::TreeCtrl whose items can be checked using checkboxes.
Jul 1, 2003
Binaries for Wx::ActiveX 0.04 are available for download: wxPerl 0.15, Perl 5.6.1, wxActiveX, wrapped for wxPerl by Graciliano M. P. allows using ActiveX controls such as Internet Explorer and Flash from wxWindows/wxPerl programs. It only works under Windows. The binaries are kindly provided by Simon Flack.
Jun 24, 2003
wxPerl support has been added to the wxGlade GUI designer, and will hopefully be available in the next wxGlade release. wxPerl support was written by D.H.: thank you!
May 26, 2003
A list of organisations using wxPerl has been added to the site.
May 21, 2003
wxPerl 0.15 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- new DEPRECATIONS section in README.txt, please read it
	- Removed support for wxWindows 2.2.x and 2.3.x.
	- Removed support for Perl 5.004.
	- Started documentation for the extension api
	  (see Wx/Api.pod).
	- Added wxFrame/wxDialog::SetShape.
This is mainly a bugfix release.
May 19, 2003
Screenshots page added.
Apr 29, 2003
wxPerl 0.14 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- new DEPRECATIONS section in README.txt, please read it
	- Added Wx::DateTime (not the full interface).
	- Restored compatibility with perl 5.005.
	- Internal changes: objects returned by various constructors
	  will not have an additional _WXTHIS key anymore.
Mar 13, 2003
wxPerl 0.13 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- new DEPRECATIONS section in README.txt, please read it
	- New build system, allows building wxPerl extension written using
	  XS outside of the wxPerl tree.
	- Added Wx::Wave
	- Added Wx::MemoryFSHandler
	- Added Wx::Perl::Carp (thanks to podmaster).
	- Mac OS X support (requires wxWindows 2.4.0 or newer).
	- Added Wx::Socket* (thanks to Graciliano M. P.)
Dec 2, 2002
wxPerl 0.12 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- new DEPRECATIONS section in README.txt, please read it
	- it is now possibile to get the native handle of a Wx::Window
	- implemented wxWizard and related classes
	- Document/View framework (thanks to Simon Flack)
	- Mostly completed wxStyledTextCtrl interface
          (thanks to Graciliano M. P. and Simon Flack)
	- implemented wxFontEnumerator and wxFontMapper
	- implemented wxLogChain and wxLogPassThrough (2.3)
	- Wx::PlLog, Wx::PlLogPassThrough, for custom logging
Oct 10, 2002
wxPerl has got a new logo; thanks to D.H. who created and donated it!
Sep 7, 2002
Marcus Friedlaender and Jouke Visser set up two new sources of information about wxPerl, the wxPerl CookBook and the wxPerl Wiki.
Aug 6, 2002
wxPerl 0.11 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386, Debian/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- wxStyledTextControl, based on Scintilla
	  (thanks to Marcus Friedlaender)
	- Wx::Perl::SplashFast, for faster splash screens
	  (thanks to Graciliano M. P.)
	- Wx::PlFileSystemHandler, for custom file system handlers
	- compatibility with Perl 5.7.3 and later
	- updated build instructions, using suggestions from
	  Graciliano M. P. and Marcus Friedlaender
	- allow compilation of a single big Wx.so/dll; this allows building
	  against a static wxWindows library
	- some testing with threads
	  for Perl 5.7.3 (works with some caveats)
May 8, 2002
Graciliano M. P. produced a good tutorial about compiling wxperl on Win32, look at Compiling wxPerl on Win32. Some "alternative" wxperl documentation is located here.
Mar 3, 2002
wxPerl 0.10 fixes a bug in wxToolbar introduced in 0.09
Mar 1, 2002
wxPerl 0.09 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386, Debian/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- wxTaskBarIcon (MS Windows only)
	- wxGrid, wxGridCellAttr
	- wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor
	- wxProcess and wxExecute
	- wxConfig
Dec 1, 2001
wxPerl 0.08 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386, Debian/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- wxToggleButton (wxWindows 2.3)
	- wxSingleInstanceChecker (wxWindows 2.3)
	- wxListView, virtual wxListCtrl (wxWindows 2.3)
	- build system reorganization, hope this one is the
	  last one...
	- XRC (Xml ResourCes) wrapper (wxWindows 2.3)
	- wxClipboard & wxDataObject
	- Drag-and-Drop support
	- MDI architecture
	- wxBestHelpController (wxWindows 2.3)
	- startup tips (wxShowTip, etc)
	- wxFindReplaceDialog (wxWindows 2.3)
	- wxPerl demo (like the wxPython one)
	- wxSplashScreen
Please note that the features marked as "wxWindows 2.3" are only available when wxPerl is compiled against the 2.3 developement branch of wxWindows; binaries compiled against wxWindows 2.3.2 will be available as soon as wxWindows 2.3.2 is released)
Jul 20, 2001
wxPerl 0.07 is out!: go to the Download page for source and binaries. Binary releases are available for RedHat/i386, Debian/i386 and ActivePerl/Win32. 
	- wxFileSystem & related classes wrappers
	- wxHtmlEasyPrinting, wxPageSetupDialog
	- Unicode support for Perl 5.6
	- Printing Framework