BlitzMax now generates native x86 code on Intel Macs! The tools in 'bin' (compiler, linker etc) are still distributed as PowerPC apps, and rely on Rosetta (Intel Mac PPC emulation layer) to work. They run surprisingly well, but you may want to have a go at recompiling some of these - esp. MaxIDE - for improved performance. Universal binaries and/or cross compiling not yet supported.

Important note: before using the Intel Mac version, you will need to perform a 'rebuild all modules'. This will probably result in several C compiler warnings which you can ignore.

Fixed a bunch of compiler bugs, and added a '$w' type for 16 bit null terminated 'wide char' strings to complement '$z'. Use of these types is now restricted to 'extern' function parameter and return types.

The compiler no longer allows you to create a pointer to an object via VarPtr (this was always supposed to be the case, but somehow it got overlooked!). Therefore, 'Object Ptr' (or ' Ptr' etc) is no longer accepted. This is because there is not any safe way to write to such a pointer without massively confusing garbage collection/detection. It is still legal to convert an object reference to a 'Byte Ptr', but you should be aware the pointer will only be valid while the object remains 'in scope'.

Unicode support improved on Mac and Windows. Most MaxGUI gadgets are now unicode friendly, and the IDE should be too.

That should be most CocoaMaxGui gadgets are now unicode, under Windows only TextArea currently supports unicode characters and Linux will have to wait...

Also, versions.doc is not quite up to date:

+ (BRL.Graphics) Added DefaultGraphicsFlags() Function

+ (BRL.Hook) Added Context parameter to RemoveHook function

+ (BRL.MaxGUI) GraphicsFlags removed from CreatePanel, panels now use Graphic's DefaultGraphicsFlags

+ (BRL.MaxGUI) Added range checking on gadget item parameters

+ (BRL.FLTKMaxGUI) Fixed ClearListItems

+ (BRL.FLTKMaxGUI) Fixed some keyboard focus problems

+ (BRL.FLTKMaxGUI) Fixed case sensitive shortcut keys issue with fltk1.1.7

+ (BRL.FLTKMaxGUI) Fixed Canvas depthbuffers

+ (BRL.CocoaMaxGUI) Fixed DisableGadget for TextFields, Sliders and Menus

+ (BRL.CocoaMaxGUI) Stopped TreeViewNode with iconstrip crashing with no icon (icon=-1)

+ (BRL.CocoaMaxGUI) Stopped stepper Slider value from wrapping around

+ (BRL.CocoaMaxGUI) Fixed TextField to scroll single line correctly

+ (BRL.CocoaMaxGUI) Added out of range error checks for TextArea commands

+ (BRL.Win32MaxGUI) Fixed menu problem with new const cstr() implementation

+ (BRL.Win32MaxGUI) Fixed memory leak in cstr() implementation (should be const)

+ (BRL.Win32MaxGUI) TextArea gadgets now use unicode

+ (BRL.Win32MaxGUI) Fixed SLIDER_STEPPER sliders reporting decremented values

+ (BRL.Win32MaxGUI) Fixed GadgetHidden()

+ (BRL.System) Added Linux X11 import to remove glgraphics.mod dependency

mann, schonwieder ein Update,

mich freut unheimlich, das es Aktuell ist, aber langsam stört es mciht, das sie den Kern dauernd ändern.