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["Marco Serantoni" <marco.serantoni@...>]

> > I wish to test some workaround for those problems:
> > For the first problem i would to see wxOverlay that could avoid also a "redraw", should be documented on wx-2.9.
> > For the second problem i would see wxAUIToolbar that is not the native and should work.

> Is wx 2.9 released?
Indeed not, but i don't want to wait the last moment adapt the code.
Jean Pierre was preparing the ground too with his wxCanvas change and i think is good.
 
> Can you create small examples and work with the wx developers to get 
> things fixed there? That seems more reasonable that flooding Kicad 
> with workarounds.  

Indeed i'd posted a patch in the past to wxAUI for having a benefit and FIXfor my platform, "Catch two pigeons with one bean" :)

> Or can you simply stay with wx 2.8?  

I can stay with wx2.8, i feel confortable with it but i've to think to the future ;)

> And publish your complaints about 2.9 with the wx developers?  
> If it is as bad as you say, would not other applications also be affected?

The problem regards only the "cursor" tracing, usually other applications uses "native cursors", we can't for many reasons starting with the block operations.

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Marco