[ANN] wxRuby3 v1.8.0 released

Martin Corino <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:51:22 -0700 (PDT)
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This is a major upgrade providing improved stability and new classes and 
features.

*What's changed in this release:*


   - major refactoring and improvements to life cycle management
   - add Wx::WEB module
   - add full support for wxWebView as Wx::WEB::WebView
   - add Wx::WEB::WebView sample
   - update INSTALL.md for WebView options
   - add Wx::HTML::HtmlModalHelp
   - add Wx::ContextHelp
   - add Wx::HelpProvider sample
   - add support for Ruby Ractor
   - add Wx::RT module
   - add Wx::RT::SharedEvtHandler and Wx::RT::ThreadEvent
   - implement custom main event loop with automatic support for Ruby 
   Thread and Ractor
   - refactor event/threaded.rb sample to properly demonstrate Fiber, 
   Thread and Ractor support
   - extended regression tests
   - update documentation and wiki
   - update wxWidgets master branch compatibility to at least commit 
   226c77ec2ed77d636afe892acc39b186f03c12a


*Note:* This release has dropped support for Ruby version < 3.0.

For more details see the original release announcement here: 
https://github.com/mcorino/wxRuby3/discussions/493 
<https://github.com/mcorino/wxRuby3/discussions/473>

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This is a major upgrade providing improved stability and new classes and fe=
atures.<br /><br /><b><font size=3D"4">What's changed in this release:</fon=
t></b><br /><br /><ul><li>major refactoring and improvements to life cycle =
management</li><li>add Wx::WEB module</li><li>add full support for wxWebVie=
w as Wx::WEB::WebView</li><li>add Wx::WEB::WebView sample</li><li>update IN=
STALL.md for WebView options</li><li>add Wx::HTML::HtmlModalHelp</li><li>ad=
d Wx::ContextHelp</li><li>add Wx::HelpProvider sample</li><li>add support f=
or Ruby Ractor</li><li>add Wx::RT module</li><li>add Wx::RT::SharedEvtHandl=
er and Wx::RT::ThreadEvent</li><li>implement custom main event loop with au=
tomatic support for Ruby Thread and Ractor</li><li>refactor event/threaded.=
rb sample to properly demonstrate Fiber, Thread and Ractor support</li><li>=
extended regression tests</li><li>update documentation and wiki</li><li>upd=
ate wxWidgets master branch compatibility to at least commit 226c77ec2ed77d=
636afe892acc39b186f03c12a</li></ul><br /><b>Note:</b> This release has drop=
ped support for Ruby version &lt; 3.0.<br /><div><br /></div><div>For more =
details see the original release announcement here: <a href=3D"https://gith=
ub.com/mcorino/wxRuby3/discussions/473" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow">=
https://github.com/mcorino/wxRuby3/discussions/493</a></div>

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