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<h1><a name="id1">2.5.2.8</a></h1>
<p>Predominantly a bug-fix release.</p>
<blockquote>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.</li>
<li>Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl</li>
<li>Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.</li>
<li>Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
flicker problems, and namespace use.</li>
<li>Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask</li>
<li>Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs</li>
<li>wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
parameter.</li>
<li>Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl</li>
<li>Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.</li>
<li>Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
wxScrolledWindow.</li>
<li>Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
wxCheckListBox.</li>
<li>Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.</li>
<li>wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing</li>
<li>Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.</li>
<li>etc.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
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<h1><a name="id2">2.5.2.7</a></h1>
<p>wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
sizers.  This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
be used for the minimum size used by the sizer.  The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
that it will <em>not</em> call the window's methods to determine the new best
size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
(or the size the window was created with) will always be used.  Please
see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.</p>
<p>Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin.  The modules are
now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked.  Demos updated.</p>
<p>The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
have been reverted.  The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
implemetation.  In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
parameters.</p>
<p>Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.</p>
<p>Deprecated the wx.iewin module.</p>
<p>Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.</p>
<p>Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
all platforms like normal windows.  Also updated stattext.py and
buttons.py to handle attribute (font &amp; colour) defaults and
inheritance the new way.  If you have custom controls of your own you
should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
done.</p>
<p>wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
exist for backwards compatibility.  The C++ version is now called
automatically when wxPython is initialized.  Since all the handlers
are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
problems.</p>
<p>Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions.  Thanks go to
Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.</p>
<p>wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.</p>
<p>wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.</p>
<p>The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to &quot;C&quot; (compatibility) when
running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
remaining compatible with &quot;C&quot;.</p>
<p>Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
wxCode project.</p>
<p>OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL!  (Oops, sorry.  A bit of my dramatic side
leaked out there...)  The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
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	15	<p>Predominantly a bug-fix release.</p>
	16	<blockquote>
	17	<ul class="simple">
	18	<li>Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.</li>
	19	<li>Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl</li>
	20	<li>Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
	21	nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.</li>
	22	<li>Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
	23	flicker problems, and namespace use.</li>
	24	<li>Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask</li>
	25	<li>Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs</li>
	26	<li>wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
	27	parameter.</li>
	28	<li>Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl</li>
	29	<li>Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
	30	of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.</li>
	31	<li>Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
	32	wxScrolledWindow.</li>
	33	<li>Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
	34	wxCheckListBox.</li>
	35	<li>Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.</li>
	36	<li>wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing</li>
	37	<li>Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.</li>
	38	<li>etc.</li>
	39	</ul>
	40	</blockquote>
	41	</div>
	42	<div class="section" id="id2">
	43	<h1><a name="id2">2.5.2.7</a></h1>
40efbdda RD	44	<p>wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
	45	sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
	46	be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
	47	be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
	48	flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
	49	that it will <em>not</em> call the window's methods to determine the new best
	50	size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
da2c7672 RD	51	(or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
da2c7672 RD	52	see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.</p>
40efbdda RD	53	<p>Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
	54	now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.</p>
	55	<p>The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
	56	have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
	57	implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
	58	that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
	59	parameters.</p>
	60	<p>Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
	61	all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.</p>
	62	<p>Deprecated the wx.iewin module.</p>
	63	<p>Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
	64	as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.</p>
	65	<p>Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
	66	reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
	67	all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
	68	buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
	69	inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
	70	should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
	71	done.</p>
	72	<p>wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
	73	exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
	74	automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
	75	are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
	76	a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
	77	problems.</p>
	78	<p>Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
	79	track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
	80	Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.</p>
	81	<p>wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
	82	there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.</p>
	83	<p>wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
	84	detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.</p>
	85	<p>The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
	86	running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
	87	to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
	88	remaining compatible with "C".</p>
	89	<p>Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
	90	wxCode project.</p>
	91	<p>OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
	92	leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
	93	of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
	94