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<h1><a name="id1">2.5.1.2</a></h1>
<p>(See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
adapt your code.)</p>
<p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets.  Please
see <a class="reference" href="http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm</a> for more details.  This won't
really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing.  We're going to try
and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
be aware of this change if you run into any issues.</p>
<p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.</p>
<p>Added wxMirrorDC.</p>
<p>Added wxIconLocation</p>
<p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.</p>
<p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook.  wxNotebook now derives
from wxBookCtrl.</p>
<p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
wx.lib.plot module.</p>
<p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.</p>
<p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc.  The RPMs are
also installing icons and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">*.desktop</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
items on non-Mandrake systems.  (It didn't automatically do it on my
RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...)  If you have ideas
for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
distros please send me a patch.</p>
<p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.</p>
<p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image.  The actual
Installer package now <em>only</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
extension modules and Python pacakges, and also the command-line tool
scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
want to put them.</p>
<p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
different API.</p>
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90805926	14	<h1><a name="id1">2.5.1.2</a></h1>
8eda5e35 RD	15	<p>(See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
	16	big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
	17	adapt your code.)</p>
fc33e5e1 RD	18	<p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
	19	see <a class="reference" href="http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm</a> for more details. This won't
	20	really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
	21	wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
	22	list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
	23	and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
	24	be aware of this change if you run into any issues.</p>
8eda5e35	25	<p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
fc33e5e1	26	to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.</p>
8eda5e35 RD	27	<p>Added wxMirrorDC.</p>
8eda5e35 RD	28	<p>Added wxIconLocation</p>
fc33e5e1 RD	29	<p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
fc33e5e1 RD	30	wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.</p>
8eda5e35 RD	31	<p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
	32	from wxBookCtrl.</p>
	33	<p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
	34	wx.lib.plot module.</p>
	35	<p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
	36	Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
	37	happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.</p>
fc33e5e1 RD	38	<p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
	39	Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
	40	also installing icons and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">*.desktop</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
	41	GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
	42	items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
	43	RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
	44	for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
	45	distros please send me a patch.</p>
	46	<p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
	47	installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.</p>
8eda5e35 RD	48	<p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
8eda5e35 RD	49	Installer package now <em>only</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
fc33e5e1	50	extension modules and Python pacakges, and also the command-line tool
8eda5e35 RD	51	scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
	52	for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
	53	image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
	54	want to put them.</p>
	55	<p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
	56	different API.</p>
9c329f86 RD	57