1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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8 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
9 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
10 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
12 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
13 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
15 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
16 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
17 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
18 then calling GetValue().
21 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
22 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
23 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
24 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
26 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
29 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
30 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
31 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
33 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
35 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
36 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
38 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
39 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
41 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
42 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
43 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
44 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
45 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
46 the origin of the canvas.
48 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
49 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
50 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
52 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
53 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
55 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
56 internal scrollbar visible.
58 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
59 system paths for each platform.
61 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
62 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
63 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
64 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
65 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
67 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
68 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
69 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
71 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
72 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
73 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
75 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
76 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
77 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
79 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
81 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
82 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
83 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
84 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
86 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
87 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
88 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
89 of how to use the control.
91 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
92 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
94 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
95 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
98 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
99 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
101 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
102 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
103 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
104 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
105 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
106 finished with the timer.
108 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
109 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
110 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
111 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
112 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
113 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
114 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
115 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
116 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
117 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
119 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
120 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
121 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
122 via the wxPython C API.
124 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
125 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
126 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
127 when docstrings are added for those items.
129 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
130 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
131 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
132 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
133 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
136 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
137 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
138 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
139 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
140 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
141 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
142 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
143 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
144 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
145 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
146 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
149 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
150 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
151 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
152 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
153 ID's. Then call `Finalize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
155 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
156 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
158 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
159 lots of surplus events)
161 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
164 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
165 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
167 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
168 and GTK+'s context menu code.
170 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
171 (not all actions are allowed).
173 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
175 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
176 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
177 when GetString is called from an event handler.
179 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
180 and max ends of the slider.
182 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
183 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
184 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
187 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
188 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
189 not with labels/sizers.
190 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
191 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
194 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
195 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
197 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
198 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
201 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
202 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
203 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
204 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
207 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
208 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
210 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
212 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
213 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
214 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
215 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
217 wxMac: CoreGraphics [[WRITE MORE HERE]]
219 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
222 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
224 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
226 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
227 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
235 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
237 Updated internal PNG library.
239 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
241 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
242 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
244 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
245 enabled (does an enable itself)
247 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
250 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
251 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
254 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
255 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
256 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
257 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
258 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
259 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
260 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
261 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
262 also be an image of a red X::
264 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
267 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
269 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
271 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
273 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
274 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
275 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
276 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
277 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
278 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
279 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
281 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
282 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
283 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
284 the wxPython modules.
286 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
287 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
288 user that they should look at that window.
290 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
291 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
293 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
295 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
296 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
297 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
298 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
299 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
300 and PyGetDate methods.
302 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
303 also set the colour of the dropdown.
305 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
307 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
309 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
311 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
312 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
313 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
315 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
317 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
319 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
321 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
324 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
327 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
329 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
330 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
333 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
335 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
336 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
339 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
340 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
341 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
343 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
344 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
345 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
346 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
347 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
348 should notice no difference.
350 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
351 when a new one is selected.
353 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
355 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
356 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
357 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
358 more details and a warning.
360 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
361 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
363 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
364 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
366 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
368 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
370 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
372 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
373 holding down the mouse button.
375 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
376 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
378 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
380 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
381 - Added bar graph demo
382 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
383 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
385 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
386 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
387 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
388 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
389 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
390 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
391 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
392 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
395 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
396 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
397 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
398 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
400 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
402 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
403 reflect package's public contents.
405 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
406 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
407 Migrarion Guide for more information.
409 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
410 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
411 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
412 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
414 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
416 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
417 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
420 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
421 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
430 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
432 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
434 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
436 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
437 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
439 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
440 flicker problems, and namespace use.
442 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
444 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
446 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
449 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
451 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
452 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
454 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
457 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
460 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
462 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
464 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
474 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
475 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
476 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
477 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
478 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
479 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
480 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
481 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
482 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
484 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
485 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
487 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
488 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
489 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
490 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
493 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
494 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
496 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
498 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
499 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
501 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
502 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
503 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
504 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
505 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
506 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
509 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
510 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
511 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
512 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
513 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
516 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
517 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
518 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
520 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
521 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
523 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
524 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
526 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
527 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
528 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
529 remaining compatible with "C".
531 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
534 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
535 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
536 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
537 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
538 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
539 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
540 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
541 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
542 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
544 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
546 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
547 Scintilla for several releases now.
549 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
550 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
551 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
552 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
554 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
555 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
556 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
559 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
560 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
561 with a more modern reimplementation.
563 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
564 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
566 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
567 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
568 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
570 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
571 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
572 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
573 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
574 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
576 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
577 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
578 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
579 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
582 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
583 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
586 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
589 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
597 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
598 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
601 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
604 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
605 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
606 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
607 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
608 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
609 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
610 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
613 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
614 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
620 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
621 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
623 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
626 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
629 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
630 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
631 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
633 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
634 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
635 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
636 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
637 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
638 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
639 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
640 distros please send me a patch.
642 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
643 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
645 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
646 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
647 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
648 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
649 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
650 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
653 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
656 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
658 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
660 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
662 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
663 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
664 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
665 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
666 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
667 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
668 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
671 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
674 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
676 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
677 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
679 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
680 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
681 MigrationGuide for more details.
683 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
684 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
685 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
686 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
687 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
688 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
689 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
690 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
691 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
692 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
693 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
694 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
695 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
696 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
697 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
698 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
699 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
701 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
703 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
711 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
713 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
715 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
716 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
718 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
720 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
722 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
729 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
731 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
733 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
734 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
735 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
738 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
739 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
742 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
743 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
744 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
745 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
746 to the new namespace.
748 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
749 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
750 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
751 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
753 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
754 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
755 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
756 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
757 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
758 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
759 package. These will be removed in a future release.
761 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
762 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
763 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
765 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
767 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
768 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
770 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
771 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
773 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
774 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
776 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
777 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
780 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
781 a call to any Python callable object.
783 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
784 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
785 to override the C++ virtual methods.
787 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
788 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
789 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
790 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
791 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
793 Added wxCursorFromBits.
802 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
805 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
806 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
807 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
809 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
812 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
815 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
818 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
820 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
821 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
822 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
828 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
829 ------------------------------------------
831 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
832 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
833 think I am testing in the future...
837 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
838 ----------------------------------------------
840 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
842 Updated pycolourchooser.
844 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
850 Added missing wxRect methods
852 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
854 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
856 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
857 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
858 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
861 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
864 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
866 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
867 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
870 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
872 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
875 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
877 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
878 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
879 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
880 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
881 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
882 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
883 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
884 static stable in the C++ class.
886 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
887 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
888 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
889 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
892 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
893 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
894 always call them. The functions are:
896 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
897 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
898 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
899 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
900 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
901 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
902 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
903 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
904 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
905 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
906 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
907 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
909 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
910 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
912 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
913 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
914 doesn't have a standard place for them.
916 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
918 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
920 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
928 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
930 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
937 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
940 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
941 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
953 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
955 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
957 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
961 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
962 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
963 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
964 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
965 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
966 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
967 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
968 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
969 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
970 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
971 you can use to play with this new feature.
973 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
974 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
975 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
976 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
977 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
978 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
979 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
980 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
982 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
985 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
986 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
989 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
991 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
992 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
993 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
994 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
995 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
997 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
999 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
1001 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
1003 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1004 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1005 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
1007 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1008 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1009 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
1011 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1012 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
1014 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1015 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1016 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1017 windows when desired.
1019 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1020 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1021 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
1028 Added wxSplashScreen.
1030 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
1032 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
1034 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1035 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1036 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
1038 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1039 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1040 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
1042 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1043 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1044 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
1046 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1047 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1048 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1049 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1050 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1053 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
1057 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
1058 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
1061 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1062 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1063 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1064 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1065 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1066 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1067 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
1069 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1070 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1071 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
1072 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1073 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1074 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1075 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1076 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1077 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1078 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1079 unicode build on win95.
1081 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1082 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
1083 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
1084 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
1085 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
1086 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
1087 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
1088 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
1089 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
1090 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
1093 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
1095 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
1097 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
1099 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
1100 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
1101 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
1102 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
1103 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
1104 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
1105 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
1106 for any class that is OOR aware.
1108 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
1109 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
1112 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
1113 the image data. (Patch #546009)
1115 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
1118 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
1119 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
1120 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
1133 TransferDataFromWindow
1134 TransferDataToWindow
1137 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
1142 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
1145 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
1146 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
1148 Added wxArtProvider.
1150 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
1151 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
1152 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1153 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1154 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
1156 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
1158 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1159 creating a ScrolledPanel.
1161 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1164 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1165 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1166 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1167 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
1169 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1170 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1171 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1172 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1173 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
1175 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1176 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1177 respond to mouse events and etc.
1179 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
1180 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
1182 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1183 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1184 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1185 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1186 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1187 started with just the "pycrust" command.
1189 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1190 displays the details of the event.
1192 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
1194 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1195 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1198 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
1200 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1207 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1208 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1209 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
1211 Added some patches from library contributors.
1217 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1218 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1219 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1220 and a demo to show them in action.
1222 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1223 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
1225 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
1227 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
1229 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1232 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
1233 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1234 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
1235 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1236 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1237 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1238 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
1239 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1242 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1243 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1244 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1245 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1246 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1247 wxSTC flag accordingly.
1249 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1250 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1251 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
1253 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
1255 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
1257 Added pySketch to the samples.
1259 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1260 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1261 multi-processor machine.
1263 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1264 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
1266 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
1268 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1269 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1270 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1271 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1272 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1273 original C++ pointer.
1275 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1278 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
1280 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1281 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
1283 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1284 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
1285 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1286 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
1287 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1292 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
1294 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1295 will now Disconnect the event.
1297 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
1299 Added wxFileHistory.
1301 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1302 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1303 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1306 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
1308 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1311 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
1312 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1313 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1314 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1315 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1316 also be useful by themselves.
1318 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1319 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1320 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1321 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1322 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1323 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1331 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1332 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1333 on a custom event handler for example.)
1335 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1336 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
1338 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1339 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
1341 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
1343 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
1345 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
1347 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
1353 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1354 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
1356 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1357 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1360 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
1362 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1363 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1366 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1367 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1368 access from non-GUI threads.
1370 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1371 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
1373 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
1375 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1376 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
1378 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1379 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
1381 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1382 it gobs faster in certain situations.
1384 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1385 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1386 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1387 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1388 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1389 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1390 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1391 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1392 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1395 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1396 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1399 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1400 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
1402 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
1404 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
1406 Added wxToggleButton.
1408 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
1410 Added some methods to wxGrid:
1411 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1412 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1413 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1414 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1416 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1417 GetGridColLabelWindow
1418 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
1420 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1421 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1422 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
1425 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1426 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1427 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1428 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1429 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1430 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1431 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1432 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1433 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1434 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1435 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
1436 use weak references.)
1438 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1439 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1440 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
1441 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1442 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1443 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1444 object-type related oddities to me.
1447 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1448 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1449 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1452 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1453 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
1455 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
1459 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1460 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1461 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1462 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1463 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1464 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
1466 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1467 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1476 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1477 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1484 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1485 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1486 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1487 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1489 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1491 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1493 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1494 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1496 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1497 column in report mode.
1499 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1500 bar after 2 seconds.
1504 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1505 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1506 object, (usually a window.)
1508 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1510 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1512 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1513 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1514 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1515 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1516 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1517 wxPython/src/export.h
1519 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1520 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1521 utils. Will probably add more later.
1523 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1524 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1527 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1528 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1530 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1532 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1533 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1535 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1536 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1544 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1545 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1546 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1547 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1548 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1549 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1550 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1551 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1554 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1555 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1556 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1557 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1558 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1559 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1560 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1561 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1562 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1564 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1565 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1567 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1568 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1569 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1572 Removed the old python sizers.
1574 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1577 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1578 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1579 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1581 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1583 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1584 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1585 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1593 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1595 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1602 Added wxLog and friends.
1604 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1606 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1613 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1614 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1617 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1619 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1623 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1625 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1627 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1629 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1630 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1631 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1632 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1633 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1634 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1635 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1636 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1658 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1659 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1661 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1664 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1665 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1667 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1669 Plugged a memory leak.
1671 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1672 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1673 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1674 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1677 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1678 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1679 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1681 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1682 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1683 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1684 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1685 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1686 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1687 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1688 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1691 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1692 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1693 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1694 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1696 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1697 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1698 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1699 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1700 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1701 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1702 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1703 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1704 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1709 What's new in 2.1.13
1710 --------------------
1711 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1713 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1714 and some flicker problems.
1716 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1717 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1719 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1722 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1724 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1726 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1727 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1729 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1730 It is used like this:
1732 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1734 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1735 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1737 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1739 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1741 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1742 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1743 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1744 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1745 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1746 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1748 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1749 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1750 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1751 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1752 methods look like this:
1756 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1759 shortHelpString = "",
1760 longHelpString = "")
1762 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1764 shortHelpString = "",
1765 longHelpString = "",
1769 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1770 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1772 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1774 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1776 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1777 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1778 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1780 Added some missing EVT functions.
1782 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1785 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1787 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1788 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1789 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1794 What's new in 2.1.11
1795 --------------------
1796 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1799 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1800 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1803 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1804 being added. This should remove the need for our
1805 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1807 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1808 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1809 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1810 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1811 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1813 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1815 Added new HTML printing classes.
1817 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1819 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
1820 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1821 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1824 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1825 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1826 thread from other threads.
1828 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1830 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1832 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1834 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1835 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1837 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1839 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1842 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1849 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1850 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1856 --------------------
1858 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1859 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1860 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1861 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1862 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1865 Now back to what's new...
1867 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1869 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1871 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1872 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1873 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1874 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1875 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1878 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1879 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1882 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1883 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1884 example, the following are equivallent:
1886 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1887 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1889 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1890 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1891 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1892 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1893 pages. See the demo for an example.
1895 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1896 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1898 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1900 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1901 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
1902 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1903 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1904 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1905 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1906 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1907 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1908 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1909 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1910 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1913 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1914 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1915 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1916 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1917 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1918 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1919 for more info and examples in future releases.
1921 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1922 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1923 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1924 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1925 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1926 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1929 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1930 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1931 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1932 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1933 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1934 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1935 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1936 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1937 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1938 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1939 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1941 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1942 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1943 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1944 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1945 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1946 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1947 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1948 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1949 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1950 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1951 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1952 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1953 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1954 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1955 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1956 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1959 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1963 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1966 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1967 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1968 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1969 to really screw things up.
1971 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1972 in the wxWindows docs...
1974 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1975 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1976 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1977 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1978 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1979 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1980 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1987 --------------------
1989 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1991 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1992 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1993 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1994 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1997 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1998 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1999 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
2001 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
2003 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
2004 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
2005 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
2006 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
2009 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
2010 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
2011 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
2012 see distrib/build.py for more details.
2014 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
2015 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
2016 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
2017 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
2024 --------------------
2026 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
2028 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
2029 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
2030 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
2031 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
2032 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
2034 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
2035 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
2036 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
2037 is being unloaded by Python.
2039 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
2040 make wxPython look bad.
2042 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
2043 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
2045 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
2047 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
2048 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
2050 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
2051 code to show how to use it.
2053 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
2056 Added wxGrid.GetCells
2058 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
2059 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
2061 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
2062 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
2064 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
2065 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
2067 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
2068 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
2069 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
2071 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
2074 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
2076 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
2079 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
2081 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
2089 --------------------
2090 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
2091 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
2092 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
2094 Added the Printing Framework.
2096 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
2097 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
2098 data after loading each extension module.
2100 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
2103 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
2104 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
2105 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
2107 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
2108 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
2109 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
2110 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
2116 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
2118 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
2119 wxPython application.
2121 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
2123 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
2124 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
2127 Added wxSafeYield function.
2129 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
2131 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
2134 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
2135 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
2137 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
2139 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
2140 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
2142 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
2144 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
2151 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
2153 Several missing methods from various classes.
2161 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
2163 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
2169 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
2170 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
2175 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
2176 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
2177 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
2178 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
2179 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
2181 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
2182 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
2183 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
2184 diverges from wxWindows.
2186 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
2187 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
2188 it should just work... More news on this later.
2190 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
2192 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
2195 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
2201 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
2203 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
2204 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
2210 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
2211 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
2212 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
2213 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
2215 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
2217 Made the events work for wxGrid.
2221 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
2223 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
2224 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
2226 Other assorted fixes and additions.
2234 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
2235 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
2236 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
2237 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
2238 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
2239 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
2241 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
2242 must have been a different issue all along...
2249 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
2250 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
2251 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
2252 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
2253 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
2254 version segfault shortly after starting up.
2256 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
2258 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.