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8 (See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
9 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
12 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
13 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
19 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
20 wxHtmlListBox classes.
22 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
25 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
28 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
29 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
30 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
32 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake in
33 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. They are also
34 installing icons and *.desktop items in the generic KDE and GNOME
35 locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu items on
36 non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my RH-9 build
37 box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas for how to
38 improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more distros please
41 The RPMs are now built on a RH-9 box, and I have tested installing
42 them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
44 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
45 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
46 extension modules and pacakges, and also the command-line tool
47 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
48 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
49 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
58 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
60 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
62 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
63 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
65 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
67 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
69 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
76 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
78 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
80 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
81 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
82 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
85 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
86 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
89 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
90 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
91 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
92 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
95 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
96 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
97 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
98 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
100 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
101 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
102 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
103 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
104 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
105 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
106 package. These will be removed in a future release.
108 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
109 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
110 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
112 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
114 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
115 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
117 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
118 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
120 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
121 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
123 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
124 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
127 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
128 a call to any Python callable object.
130 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
131 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
132 to override the C++ virtual methods.
134 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
135 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
136 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
137 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
138 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
140 Added wxCursorFromBits.
148 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
151 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
152 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
153 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
155 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
158 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
161 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
164 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
166 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
167 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
168 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
174 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
176 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
177 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
178 think I am testing in the future...
182 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
184 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
186 Updated pycolourchooser.
188 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
194 Added missing wxRect methods
196 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
198 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
200 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
201 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
202 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
205 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
208 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
210 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
211 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
214 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
216 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
219 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
221 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
222 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
223 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
224 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
225 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
226 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
227 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
228 static stable in the C++ class.
230 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
231 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
232 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
233 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
236 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
237 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
238 always call them. The functions are:
240 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
241 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
242 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
243 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
244 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
245 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
246 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
247 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
248 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
249 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
250 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
251 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
253 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
254 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
256 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
257 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
258 doesn't have a standard place for them.
260 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
262 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
264 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
272 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
274 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
281 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
284 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
285 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
297 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
299 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
301 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
305 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
306 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
307 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
308 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
309 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
310 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
311 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
312 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
313 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
314 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
315 you can use to play with this new feature.
317 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
318 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
319 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
320 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
321 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
322 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
323 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
324 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
326 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
329 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
330 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
333 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
335 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
336 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
337 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
338 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
339 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
341 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
343 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
345 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
347 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
348 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
349 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
351 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
352 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
353 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
355 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
356 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
358 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
359 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
360 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
361 windows when desired.
363 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
364 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
365 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
372 Added wxSplashScreen.
374 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
376 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
378 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
379 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
380 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
382 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
383 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
384 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
386 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
387 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
388 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
390 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
391 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
392 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
393 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
394 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
397 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
401 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
402 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
405 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
406 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
407 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
408 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
409 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
410 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
411 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
413 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
414 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
415 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
416 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
417 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
418 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
419 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
420 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
421 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
422 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
423 unicode build on win95.
425 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
426 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
427 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
428 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
429 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
430 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
431 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
432 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
433 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
434 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
437 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
439 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
441 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
443 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
444 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
445 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
446 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
447 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
448 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
449 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
450 for any class that is OOR aware.
452 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
453 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
456 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
457 the image data. (Patch #546009)
459 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
462 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
463 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
464 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
477 TransferDataFromWindow
481 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
486 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
489 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
490 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
494 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
495 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
496 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
497 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
498 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
500 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
502 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
503 creating a ScrolledPanel.
505 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
508 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
509 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
510 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
511 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
513 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
514 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
515 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
516 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
517 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
519 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
520 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
521 respond to mouse events and etc.
523 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
524 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
526 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
527 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
528 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
529 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
530 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
531 started with just the "pycrust" command.
533 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
534 displays the details of the event.
536 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
538 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
539 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
542 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
544 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
551 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
552 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
553 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
555 Added some patches from library contributors.
561 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
562 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
563 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
564 and a demo to show them in action.
566 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
567 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
569 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
571 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
573 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
576 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
577 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
578 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
579 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
580 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
581 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
582 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
583 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
586 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
587 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
588 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
589 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
590 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
591 wxSTC flag accordingly.
593 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
594 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
595 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
597 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
599 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
601 Added pySketch to the samples.
603 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
604 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
605 multi-processor machine.
607 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
608 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
610 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
612 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
613 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
614 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
615 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
616 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
617 original C++ pointer.
619 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
622 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
624 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
625 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
627 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
628 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
629 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
630 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
631 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
636 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
638 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
639 will now Disconnect the event.
641 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
645 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
646 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
647 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
650 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
652 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
655 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
656 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
657 additional columns for each item. The classes are
658 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
659 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
660 also be useful by themselves.
662 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
663 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
664 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
665 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
666 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
667 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
675 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
676 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
677 on a custom event handler for example.)
679 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
680 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
682 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
683 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
685 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
687 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
689 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
691 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
697 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
698 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
700 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
701 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
704 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
706 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
707 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
710 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
711 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
712 access from non-GUI threads.
714 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
715 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
717 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
719 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
720 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
722 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
723 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
725 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
726 it gobs faster in certain situations.
728 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
729 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
730 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
731 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
732 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
733 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
734 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
735 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
736 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
739 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
740 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
743 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
744 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
746 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
748 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
750 Added wxToggleButton.
752 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
754 Added some methods to wxGrid:
755 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
756 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
757 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
758 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
760 GetGridRowLabelWindow
761 GetGridColLabelWindow
762 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
764 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
765 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
766 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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770 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
771 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
772 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
773 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
774 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
775 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
776 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
777 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
778 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
779 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
780 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
781 use weak references.)
783 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
784 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
785 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
786 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
787 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
788 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
789 object-type related oddities to me.
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792 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
793 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
794 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
797 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
798 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
800 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
804 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
805 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
806 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
807 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
808 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
809 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
811 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
812 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
821 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
822 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
829 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
830 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
831 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
832 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
834 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
836 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
838 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
839 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
841 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
842 column in report mode.
844 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
849 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
850 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
851 object, (usually a window.)
853 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
855 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
857 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
858 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
859 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
860 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
861 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
862 wxPython/src/export.h
864 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
865 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
866 utils. Will probably add more later.
868 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
869 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
872 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
873 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
875 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
877 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
878 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
880 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
881 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
889 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
890 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
891 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
892 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
893 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
894 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
895 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
896 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
899 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
900 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
901 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
902 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
903 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
904 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
905 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
906 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
907 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
909 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
910 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
912 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
913 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
914 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
917 Removed the old python sizers.
919 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
922 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
923 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
924 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
926 Lots of little fixes here and there.
928 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
929 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
930 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
938 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
940 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
947 Added wxLog and friends.
949 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
951 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
958 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
959 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
962 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
964 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
968 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
970 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
972 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
974 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
975 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
976 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
977 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
978 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
979 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
980 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
981 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1003 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1004 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1006 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1009 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1010 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1012 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1014 Plugged a memory leak.
1016 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1017 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1018 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1019 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1022 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1023 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1024 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1026 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1027 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1028 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1029 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1030 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1031 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1032 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1033 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1036 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1037 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1038 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1039 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1041 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1042 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1043 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1044 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1045 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1046 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1047 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1048 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1049 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1054 What's new in 2.1.13
1055 --------------------
1056 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1058 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1059 and some flicker problems.
1061 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1062 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1064 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1067 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1069 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1071 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1072 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1074 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1075 It is used like this:
1077 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1079 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1080 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1082 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1084 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1086 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1087 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1088 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1089 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1090 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1091 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1093 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1094 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1095 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1096 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1097 methods look like this:
1101 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1104 shortHelpString = "",
1105 longHelpString = "")
1107 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1109 shortHelpString = "",
1110 longHelpString = "",
1114 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1115 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1117 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1119 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1121 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1122 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1123 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1125 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1127 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1130 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1132 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1133 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1134 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1139 What's new in 2.1.11
1140 --------------------
1141 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1144 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1145 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1148 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1149 being added. This should remove the need for our
1150 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1152 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1153 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1154 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1155 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1156 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1158 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1160 Added new HTML printing classes.
1162 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1164 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1165 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1166 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1169 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1170 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1171 thread from other threads.
1173 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1175 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1177 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1179 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1180 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1182 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1184 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1187 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1194 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1195 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1201 --------------------
1203 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1204 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1205 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1206 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1207 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1210 Now back to what's new...
1212 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1214 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1216 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1217 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1218 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1219 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1220 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1223 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1224 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1227 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1228 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1229 example, the following are equivallent:
1231 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1232 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1234 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1235 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1236 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1237 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1238 pages. See the demo for an example.
1240 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1241 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1243 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1245 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1246 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1247 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1248 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1249 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1250 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1251 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1252 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1253 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1254 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1255 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1258 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1259 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1260 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1261 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1262 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1263 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1264 for more info and examples in future releases.
1266 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1267 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1268 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1269 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1270 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1271 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1274 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1275 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1276 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1277 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1278 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1279 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1280 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1281 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1282 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1283 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1284 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1286 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1287 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1288 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1289 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1290 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1291 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1292 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1293 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1294 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1295 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1296 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1297 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1298 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1299 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1300 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1301 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1304 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1308 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1311 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1312 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1313 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1314 to really screw things up.
1316 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1317 in the wxWindows docs...
1319 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1320 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1321 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1322 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1323 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1324 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1325 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1332 --------------------
1334 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1336 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1337 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1338 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1339 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1342 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1343 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1344 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1346 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1348 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1349 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1350 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1351 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1354 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1355 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1356 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1357 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1359 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1360 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1361 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1362 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1369 --------------------
1371 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1373 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1374 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1375 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1376 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1377 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1379 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1380 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1381 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1382 is being unloaded by Python.
1384 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1385 make wxPython look bad.
1387 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1388 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1390 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1392 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1393 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1395 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1396 code to show how to use it.
1398 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1401 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1403 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1404 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1406 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1407 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1409 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1410 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1412 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1413 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1414 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1416 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1419 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1421 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1424 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1426 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1434 --------------------
1435 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1436 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1437 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1439 Added the Printing Framework.
1441 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1442 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1443 data after loading each extension module.
1445 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1448 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1449 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1450 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1452 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1453 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1454 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1455 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1461 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1463 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1464 wxPython application.
1466 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1468 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1469 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1472 Added wxSafeYield function.
1474 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1476 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1479 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1480 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1482 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1484 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1485 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1487 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1489 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1496 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1498 Several missing methods from various classes.
1506 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1508 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1514 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1515 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1520 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1521 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1522 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1523 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1524 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1526 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1527 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1528 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1529 diverges from wxWindows.
1531 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1532 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1533 it should just work... More news on this later.
1535 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1537 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1540 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1546 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1548 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1549 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1555 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1556 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1557 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1558 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1560 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1562 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1566 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1568 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1569 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1571 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1579 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1580 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1581 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1582 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1583 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1584 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1586 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1587 must have been a different issue all along...
1594 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1595 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1596 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1597 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1598 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1599 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1601 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1603 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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