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1 | CHANGES.txt for wxPython |
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3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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5 | ????? |
6 | ----- | |
7 | Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the | |
8 | glcanvasc.pyd depends on them. | |
9 | ||
10 | Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the | |
11 | wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List behind the scenes, but to use normal ctor | |
12 | and dtors. | |
13 | ||
14 | Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython. | |
15 | ||
16 | Also wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the | |
17 | wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the | |
18 | colour database. | |
19 | ||
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20 | Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave, |
21 | wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI | |
22 | access from non-GUI threads. | |
23 | ||
24 | wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now thread safe if non-GUI threads use | |
25 | print, sys.stdout.write, etc. | |
26 | ||
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27 | |
28 | ||
29 | ||
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30 | 2.2.6 |
31 | ----- | |
32 | ||
33 | No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only | |
34 | changes and fixes in the wxWindows library. | |
35 | ||
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1b62f00d | 38 | 2.2.5 |
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39 | ----- |
40 | ||
41 | New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond | |
42 | that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If | |
43 | a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert | |
44 | it to a wxString using the default encoding. | |
45 | ||
46 | Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them. | |
47 | ||
48 | Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control. | |
49 | ||
50 | Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with | |
1e7ecb7b | 51 | a matching prefix as keys are typed. |
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52 | |
53 | Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a | |
54 | column in report mode. | |
55 | ||
56 | Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status | |
57 | bar after 2 seconds. | |
58 | ||
59 | Added wxJoystick. | |
60 | ||
61 | Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with | |
62 | a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler | |
63 | object, (usually a window.) | |
64 | ||
65 | Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow() | |
66 | ||
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67 | Fixed GOBS of reference leaks. |
68 | ||
1e7ecb7b RD |
69 | Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into |
70 | multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow | |
1b62f00d RD |
71 | the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from |
72 | the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared | |
1e7ecb7b RD |
73 | libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include |
74 | wxPython/src/export.h | |
75 | ||
76 | Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate | |
77 | extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and | |
78 | utils. Will probably add more later. | |
79 | ||
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80 | Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a |
81 | wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the | |
82 | wxPrinterDC2 name. | |
83 | ||
84 | Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class | |
85 | that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints. | |
86 | ||
87 | Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg. | |
88 | ||
89 | Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the | |
90 | mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called. | |
91 | ||
92 | Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not | |
93 | integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an | |
94 | XML-RPC server. | |
95 | ||
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96 | |
97 | ||
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98 | New in 2.2.2 |
99 | ------------ | |
100 | ||
101 | Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps | |
102 | Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated | |
103 | from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means | |
104 | that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla | |
105 | releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names | |
106 | have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++ | |
107 | interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now | |
108 | some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain | |
109 | how things work. | |
110 | ||
111 | I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some | |
112 | of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/) | |
113 | This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack, | |
114 | builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also | |
115 | use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for | |
116 | platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building | |
117 | wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and | |
118 | install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are | |
119 | using Python 2.0 then you already have it. | |
120 | ||
121 | Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes, | |
122 | contributed by Joerg Baumann. | |
123 | ||
124 | Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you | |
125 | get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to | |
126 | get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and | |
127 | stdin. | |
128 | ||
129 | Removed the old python sizers. | |
130 | ||
131 | Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint | |
132 | and wxRealPoint. | |
133 | ||
134 | Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for | |
135 | the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the | |
136 | libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems. | |
137 | ||
138 | Lots of little fixes here and there. | |
139 | ||
140 | Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the | |
141 | wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on | |
142 | wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now. | |
143 | ||
144 | ||
145 | ||
146 | ||
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147 | New in 2.2.1 |
148 | ------------ | |
149 | ||
150 | Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc. | |
151 | ||
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152 | Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo. |
153 | ||
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154 | |
155 | ||
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156 | New in 2.2.0 |
157 | ------------ | |
158 | ||
159 | Added wxLog and friends. | |
160 | ||
161 | Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW. | |
162 | ||
163 | Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package. | |
164 | ||
165 | ||
166 | ||
167 | New in 2.1.16 | |
168 | ------------- | |
169 | ||
170 | Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that | |
171 | specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the | |
172 | depressed state. | |
173 | ||
174 | Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example. | |
175 | ||
176 | wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour. | |
177 | ||
178 | Added wxDragImage. | |
179 | ||
180 | Fixed printing on wxGTK. | |
181 | ||
182 | Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils. | |
183 | ||
184 | Added wxCalendarCtrl. | |
185 | ||
186 | WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic | |
187 | Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event | |
188 | handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more | |
189 | confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater | |
190 | coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that | |
191 | generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of | |
192 | the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to | |
193 | modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method. | |
194 | ||
195 | OnChar | |
196 | OnSize | |
197 | OnEraseBackground | |
198 | OnSysColourChanged | |
199 | OnInitDialog | |
200 | OnPaint | |
201 | OnIdle | |
202 | OnActivate | |
203 | OnMenuHighlight | |
204 | OnCloseWindow | |
205 | OnScroll | |
206 | ||
207 | Added wxSpinCtrl. | |
208 | ||
209 | ||
210 | ||
211 | ||
212 | New in 2.1.15 | |
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213 | ------------- |
214 | ||
215 | Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the | |
216 | flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item. | |
217 | ||
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218 | Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and |
219 | GetSelections. | |
164b735b | 220 | |
99ab9f3b RD |
221 | Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and |
222 | .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects. | |
714d23b4 | 223 | |
dcd38683 | 224 | Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it. |
714d23b4 | 225 | |
f6bcfd97 BP |
226 | Plugged a memory leak. |
227 | ||
228 | Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer | |
229 | available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the | |
230 | new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more | |
231 | consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty | |
232 | good...) | |
233 | ||
234 | Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their | |
235 | authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a | |
236 | mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support. | |
237 | ||
238 | Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too. | |
239 | It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control | |
240 | in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class | |
241 | on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others | |
242 | needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated | |
243 | just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM | |
244 | method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has | |
245 | matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to | |
246 | them. | |
247 | ||
248 | Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters | |
249 | expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as | |
250 | defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form | |
251 | "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example. | |
252 | ||
253 | I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the | |
254 | wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes | |
255 | wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...) | |
256 | but I've included a very readable source file in the | |
257 | wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you | |
258 | can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at | |
259 | http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps | |
260 | until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool | |
261 | provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.) | |
262 | ||
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263 | |
264 | ||
265 | ||
9e57c2a0 | 266 | What's new in 2.1.13 |
6d75ea8f | 267 | -------------------- |
9e57c2a0 RD |
268 | Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK. |
269 | ||
6d75ea8f RD |
270 | Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK |
271 | and some flicker problems. | |
272 | ||
273 | Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the | |
274 | wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/) | |
275 | ||
276 | Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new | |
277 | "which" parameter. | |
278 | ||
279 | Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher. | |
280 | ||
281 | Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher. | |
282 | ||
283 | Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash | |
284 | with wxWindow.GetParent. | |
285 | ||
286 | Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's. | |
287 | It is used like this: | |
288 | ||
289 | intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2) | |
290 | ||
291 | If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the | |
292 | rectangle representing the intersection is returned. | |
293 | ||
294 | Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop. | |
295 | ||
9b3d3bc4 | 296 | Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText()) |
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297 | |
298 | Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple | |
299 | window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have | |
300 | a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition | |
301 | to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap | |
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302 | versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to |
303 | create your own classes derived from wxControl. | |
6d75ea8f | 304 | |
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305 | The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython |
306 | wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods | |
307 | but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add | |
308 | support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool | |
309 | methods look like this: | |
310 | ||
311 | def AddTool(ID, | |
312 | bitmap, | |
313 | pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap, | |
314 | toggle = FALSE, | |
315 | clientData = NULL, | |
316 | shortHelpString = "", | |
317 | longHelpString = "") | |
318 | ||
319 | def AddSimpleTool(ID, | |
320 | bitmap, | |
321 | shortHelpString = "", | |
322 | longHelpString = "", | |
323 | toggle=FALSE) | |
324 | ||
325 | ||
326 | There are also coresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods | |
327 | that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter. | |
328 | ||
9e57c2a0 | 329 | Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers. |
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330 | |
331 | wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom. | |
332 | ||
d2103cf2 RD |
333 | Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL |
334 | is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at | |
335 | http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL. | |
9b3d3bc4 | 336 | |
3af4e610 | 337 | Added some missing EVT_ functions. |
9b3d3bc4 | 338 | |
1b55cabf RD |
339 | Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor |
340 | package. | |
341 | ||
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342 | Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs. |
343 | ||
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344 | More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better |
345 | than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE | |
346 | style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.) | |
347 | ||
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349 | |
350 | ||
351 | What's new in 2.1.11 | |
352 | -------------------- | |
353 | Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all | |
354 | syncronized. | |
355 | ||
356 | wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to | |
357 | wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data | |
358 | itself. | |
359 | ||
360 | Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are | |
361 | being added. This should remove the need for our | |
362 | wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack. | |
363 | ||
364 | wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows | |
365 | no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will | |
366 | probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside | |
367 | a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add | |
368 | an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout(). | |
369 | ||
370 | Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads. | |
371 | ||
372 | Added new HTML printing classes. | |
373 | ||
374 | Added wxWindow.GetHandle | |
375 | ||
376 | Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as | |
377 | it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple | |
378 | (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a | |
379 | wxPoint.) | |
380 | ||
381 | Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then | |
382 | processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI | |
383 | thread from other threads. | |
384 | ||
385 | Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes. | |
386 | ||
387 | Added wxFontEnumerator. | |
388 | ||
389 | Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar. | |
390 | ||
391 | wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual | |
392 | Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow. | |
393 | ||
394 | Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library. | |
395 | ||
396 | Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on | |
397 | wxGTK... | |
398 | ||
399 | Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library. | |
400 | ||
401 | ||
402 | ||
403 | ||
404 | What's new in 2.1.5 | |
405 | ------------------- | |
406 | This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that | |
407 | crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new | |
408 | major features. | |
409 | ||
410 | ||
411 | ||
412 | What's new in 2.1.4 | |
413 | -------------------- | |
414 | ||
415 | This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or | |
416 | wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the | |
417 | binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build | |
418 | wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm) | |
419 | To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using | |
420 | the wxPy-2-1-4 tag. | |
421 | ||
422 | Now back to what's new... | |
423 | ||
424 | Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules. | |
425 | ||
426 | Created add-on module with wxOGL classes. | |
427 | ||
428 | Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy* | |
429 | of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if | |
430 | anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the | |
431 | list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage | |
432 | memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works | |
433 | great! | |
434 | ||
435 | Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The | |
436 | SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the | |
437 | default sort order. | |
438 | ||
439 | Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow | |
440 | either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For | |
441 | example, the following are equivallent: | |
442 | ||
443 | win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100)) | |
444 | win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100)) | |
445 | ||
446 | Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag | |
447 | handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There | |
448 | is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that | |
449 | understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML | |
450 | pages. See the demo for an example. | |
451 | ||
452 | A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for | |
453 | wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now. | |
454 | ||
455 | Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes. | |
456 | ||
457 | Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only | |
458 | versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a | |
459 | warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be | |
460 | disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and | |
461 | the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have | |
462 | added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as | |
463 | smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method | |
464 | that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did | |
465 | not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be | |
466 | wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less | |
467 | portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for | |
468 | further details. | |
469 | ||
470 | Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and | |
471 | wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that | |
472 | accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes | |
473 | directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects | |
474 | that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their | |
475 | Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned | |
476 | for more info and examples in future releases. | |
477 | ||
478 | Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer | |
479 | from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and | |
480 | wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which | |
481 | all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows | |
482 | different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or | |
483 | columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how | |
484 | to use them. | |
485 | ||
486 | Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator | |
487 | that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See | |
488 | the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone | |
489 | method in your validator classes because of the way some things work | |
490 | in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because | |
491 | of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which | |
492 | in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so | |
493 | there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long | |
494 | enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should | |
495 | be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a | |
496 | pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator. | |
497 | ||
498 | I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two | |
499 | years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app | |
500 | object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true | |
501 | value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and | |
502 | sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets | |
503 | them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the | |
504 | default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class | |
505 | creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written | |
506 | to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come | |
507 | back again the next time something is written. (You can call | |
508 | app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be | |
509 | redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app | |
510 | object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own | |
511 | class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement | |
512 | RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of | |
513 | wxApp.outputWindowClass like this: | |
514 | ||
515 | class MyApp(wxApp): | |
516 | outputWindowClass = MyClass | |
517 | ||
518 | def OnInit(self): | |
519 | frame = MyFrame() | |
520 | self.SetTopWindow(frame) | |
521 | return true | |
522 | ||
523 | Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in | |
524 | wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running | |
525 | your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely | |
526 | to really screw things up. | |
527 | ||
528 | Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it | |
529 | in the wxWindows docs... | |
530 | ||
531 | Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in | |
532 | shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python | |
533 | shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar | |
534 | that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another | |
535 | frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool | |
536 | bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently | |
537 | a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some | |
538 | problems...) | |
539 | ||
540 | ||
541 | ||
542 | ||
543 | What's new in 2.1b3 | |
544 | -------------------- | |
545 | ||
546 | This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows. | |
547 | ||
548 | Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html) | |
549 | for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my | |
550 | patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very | |
551 | old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new | |
552 | features: | |
553 | ||
554 | 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the | |
555 | parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a | |
556 | non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead: | |
557 | ||
558 | win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle) | |
559 | ||
560 | 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s | |
561 | NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will | |
562 | now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be | |
563 | expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish. | |
564 | ||
565 | ||
566 | There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of | |
567 | raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or | |
568 | Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and | |
569 | see distrib/build.py for more details. | |
570 | ||
571 | wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into | |
572 | two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and | |
573 | takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new | |
574 | interface using wxPoints and a wxSize. | |
575 | ||
576 | ||
577 | ||
578 | ||
579 | ||
580 | What's new in 2.1b2 | |
581 | -------------------- | |
582 | ||
583 | Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method. | |
584 | ||
585 | Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that | |
586 | provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in | |
587 | their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted. | |
588 | It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about | |
589 | line 496 if you want to do it by hand. | |
590 | ||
591 | It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one | |
592 | process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and | |
593 | prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module | |
594 | is being unloaded by Python. | |
595 | ||
596 | I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't | |
597 | make wxPython look bad. | |
598 | ||
599 | wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added | |
600 | wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods. | |
601 | ||
602 | Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace. | |
603 | ||
604 | You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See | |
605 | wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination. | |
606 | ||
607 | Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo | |
608 | code to show how to use it. | |
609 | ||
610 | Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that | |
611 | matches MSW's. | |
612 | ||
613 | Added wxGrid.GetCells | |
614 | ||
615 | Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like | |
616 | wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour. | |
617 | ||
618 | Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in | |
619 | wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead. | |
620 | ||
621 | Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as | |
622 | wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1) | |
623 | ||
624 | Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow | |
625 | objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing | |
626 | a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs. | |
627 | ||
628 | Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for | |
629 | data transfer. | |
630 | ||
631 | Added access methods to wxGridEvent. | |
632 | ||
633 | New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules | |
634 | for unix systems. | |
635 | ||
636 | Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk. | |
637 | ||
638 | SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled | |
639 | in wx.cpp. | |
640 | ||
641 | ||
642 | ||
643 | ||
644 | ||
645 | What's new in 2.1b1 | |
646 | -------------------- | |
647 | Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected | |
648 | item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to | |
649 | wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.) | |
650 | ||
651 | Added the Printing Framework. | |
652 | ||
653 | Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32 | |
654 | version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info | |
655 | data after loading each extension module. | |
656 | ||
657 | Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various | |
658 | wxWindows classes. | |
659 | ||
660 | Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a | |
661 | symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock | |
662 | when doing any Py_DECREFs. | |
663 | ||
664 | wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection | |
665 | of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different | |
666 | types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are | |
667 | not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet! | |
668 | ||
669 | ||
670 | ||
671 | What's new in 2.0b9 | |
672 | ------------------- | |
673 | Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!) | |
674 | ||
675 | Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a | |
676 | wxPython application. | |
677 | ||
678 | Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple. | |
679 | ||
680 | Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be | |
681 | associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show | |
682 | this feature off. | |
683 | ||
684 | Added wxSafeYield function. | |
685 | ||
686 | OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython. | |
687 | ||
688 | Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning | |
689 | how it all works. | |
690 | ||
691 | The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows | |
692 | DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead. | |
693 | ||
694 | Added a couple missing items from the docs. | |
695 | ||
696 | Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler, | |
697 | wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler. | |
698 | ||
699 | Added new methods to wxTextCtrl. | |
700 | ||
701 | Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl | |
702 | methods. | |
703 | ||
704 | ||
705 | ||
706 | What's new in 2.0b8 | |
707 | ------------------- | |
708 | Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps. | |
709 | ||
710 | Several missing methods from various classes. | |
711 | ||
712 | Various bug fixes. | |
713 | ||
714 | ||
715 | ||
716 | What's new in 2.0b7 | |
717 | ------------------- | |
718 | Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class. | |
719 | ||
720 | Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem. | |
721 | ||
722 | ||
723 | ||
724 | What's new in 2.0b6 | |
725 | ------------------- | |
726 | Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with | |
727 | Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings. | |
728 | ||
729 | ||
730 | What's new in 2.0b5 | |
731 | ------------------- | |
732 | Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to | |
733 | reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of | |
734 | wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for | |
735 | wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated | |
736 | with the 2.0 version of wxWindows. | |
737 | ||
738 | I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages | |
739 | in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I | |
740 | have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython | |
741 | diverges from wxWindows. | |
742 | ||
743 | Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a | |
744 | window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code, | |
745 | it should just work... More news on this later. | |
746 | ||
747 | Added wxImageList, wxToolTip. | |
748 | ||
749 | Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the | |
750 | wxRegConfig class. | |
751 | ||
752 | As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc. | |
753 | ||
754 | ||
755 | ||
756 | What's new in 0.5.3 | |
757 | ------------------- | |
758 | Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc. | |
759 | ||
760 | Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain | |
761 | compatibility with the current wxWindows. | |
762 | ||
763 | ||
764 | ||
765 | What's new in 0.5.0 | |
766 | ------------------- | |
767 | Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from | |
768 | wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about | |
769 | namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then | |
770 | prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx." | |
771 | ||
772 | Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW. | |
773 | ||
774 | Made the events work for wxGrid. | |
775 | ||
776 | Added wxConfig. | |
777 | ||
778 | Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK. | |
779 | ||
780 | Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi | |
781 | objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API. | |
782 | ||
783 | Other assorted fixes and additions. | |
784 | ||
785 | ||
786 | ||
787 | ||
788 | What's new in 0.4.2 | |
789 | ------------------- | |
790 | ||
791 | wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and | |
792 | static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm | |
793 | <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking | |
794 | down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a | |
795 | DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less | |
796 | because the behavior was so different on different platforms. | |
797 | ||
798 | The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it | |
799 | must have been a different issue all along... | |
800 | ||
801 | ||
802 | ||
803 | What's New in 0.4 | |
804 | ----------------- | |
805 | ||
806 | 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a | |
807 | Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically | |
808 | linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded | |
809 | extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults. | |
810 | And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked | |
811 | version segfault shortly after starting up. | |
812 | ||
813 | 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes. | |
814 | ||
815 | 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc. | |
816 | ||
817 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |