1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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7 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
8 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
9 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
10 and a demo to show them in action.
12 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust.
14 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
23 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
24 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
25 on a custom event handler for example.)
27 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
28 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
30 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
31 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
33 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
35 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
37 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
39 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
45 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
46 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
48 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
49 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
52 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
54 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
55 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
58 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
59 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
60 access from non-GUI threads.
62 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
63 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
65 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
67 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
68 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
70 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
71 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
73 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
74 it gobs faster in certain situations.
76 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
77 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
78 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
79 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
80 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
81 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
82 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
83 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
84 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
87 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
88 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
91 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
92 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
94 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
96 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
100 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
102 Added some methods to wxGrid:
103 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
104 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
105 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
106 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
108 GetGridRowLabelWindow
109 GetGridColLabelWindow
110 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
112 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
113 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
114 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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118 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
119 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
120 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
121 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
122 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
123 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
124 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
125 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
126 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
127 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
128 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
129 use weak references.)
131 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
132 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
133 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
134 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
135 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
136 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
137 object-type related oddities to me.
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140 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
141 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
142 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
145 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
146 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
148 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
152 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
153 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
154 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
155 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
156 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
157 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
159 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
160 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
169 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
170 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
177 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
178 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
179 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
180 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
182 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
184 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
186 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
187 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
189 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
190 column in report mode.
192 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
197 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
198 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
199 object, (usually a window.)
201 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
203 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
205 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
206 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
207 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
208 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
209 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
210 wxPython/src/export.h
212 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
213 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
214 utils. Will probably add more later.
216 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
217 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
220 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
221 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
223 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
225 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
226 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
228 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
229 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
237 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
238 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
239 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
240 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
241 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
242 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
243 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
244 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
247 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
248 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
249 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
250 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
251 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
252 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
253 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
254 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
255 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
257 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
258 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
260 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
261 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
262 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
265 Removed the old python sizers.
267 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
270 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
271 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
272 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
274 Lots of little fixes here and there.
276 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
277 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
278 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
286 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
288 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
295 Added wxLog and friends.
297 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
299 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
306 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
307 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
310 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
312 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
316 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
318 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
320 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
322 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
323 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
324 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
325 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
326 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
327 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
328 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
329 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
351 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
352 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
354 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
357 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
358 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
360 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
362 Plugged a memory leak.
364 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
365 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
366 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
367 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
370 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
371 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
372 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
374 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
375 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
376 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
377 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
378 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
379 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
380 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
381 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
384 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
385 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
386 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
387 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
389 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
390 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
391 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
392 but I've included a very readable source file in the
393 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
394 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
395 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
396 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
397 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
404 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
406 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
407 and some flicker problems.
409 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
410 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
412 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
415 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
417 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
419 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
420 with wxWindow.GetParent.
422 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
423 It is used like this:
425 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
427 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
428 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
430 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
432 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
434 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
435 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
436 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
437 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
438 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
439 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
441 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
442 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
443 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
444 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
445 methods look like this:
449 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
452 shortHelpString = "",
455 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
457 shortHelpString = "",
462 There are also coresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
463 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
465 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
467 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
469 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
470 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
471 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
473 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
475 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
478 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
480 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
481 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
482 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
489 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
492 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
493 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
496 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
497 being added. This should remove the need for our
498 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
500 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
501 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
502 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
503 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
504 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
506 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
508 Added new HTML printing classes.
510 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
512 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
513 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
514 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
517 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
518 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
519 thread from other threads.
521 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
523 Added wxFontEnumerator.
525 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
527 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
528 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
530 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
532 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
535 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
542 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
543 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
551 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
552 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
553 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
554 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
555 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
558 Now back to what's new...
560 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
562 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
564 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
565 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
566 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
567 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
568 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
571 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
572 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
575 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
576 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
577 example, the following are equivallent:
579 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
580 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
582 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
583 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
584 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
585 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
586 pages. See the demo for an example.
588 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
589 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
591 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
593 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
594 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
595 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
596 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
597 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
598 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
599 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
600 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
601 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
602 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
603 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
606 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
607 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
608 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
609 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
610 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
611 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
612 for more info and examples in future releases.
614 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
615 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
616 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
617 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
618 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
619 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
622 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
623 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
624 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
625 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
626 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
627 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
628 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
629 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
630 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
631 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
632 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
634 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
635 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
636 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
637 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
638 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
639 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
640 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
641 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
642 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
643 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
644 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
645 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
646 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
647 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
648 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
649 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
652 outputWindowClass = MyClass
656 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
659 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
660 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
661 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
662 to really screw things up.
664 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
665 in the wxWindows docs...
667 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
668 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
669 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
670 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
671 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
672 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
673 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
682 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
684 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
685 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
686 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
687 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
690 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
691 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
692 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
694 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
696 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
697 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
698 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
699 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
702 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
703 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
704 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
705 see distrib/build.py for more details.
707 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
708 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
709 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
710 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
719 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
721 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
722 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
723 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
724 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
725 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
727 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
728 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
729 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
730 is being unloaded by Python.
732 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
733 make wxPython look bad.
735 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
736 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
738 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
740 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
741 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
743 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
744 code to show how to use it.
746 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
749 Added wxGrid.GetCells
751 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
752 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
754 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
755 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
757 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
758 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
760 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
761 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
762 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
764 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
767 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
769 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
772 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
774 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
783 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
784 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
785 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
787 Added the Printing Framework.
789 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
790 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
791 data after loading each extension module.
793 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
796 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
797 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
798 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
800 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
801 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
802 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
803 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
809 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
811 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
812 wxPython application.
814 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
816 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
817 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
820 Added wxSafeYield function.
822 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
824 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
827 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
828 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
830 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
832 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
833 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
835 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
837 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
844 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
846 Several missing methods from various classes.
854 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
856 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
862 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
863 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
868 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
869 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
870 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
871 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
872 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
874 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
875 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
876 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
877 diverges from wxWindows.
879 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
880 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
881 it should just work... More news on this later.
883 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
885 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
888 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
894 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
896 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
897 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
903 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
904 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
905 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
906 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
908 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
910 Made the events work for wxGrid.
914 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
916 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
917 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
919 Other assorted fixes and additions.
927 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
928 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
929 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
930 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
931 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
932 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
934 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
935 must have been a different issue all along...
942 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
943 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
944 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
945 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
946 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
947 version segfault shortly after starting up.
949 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
951 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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