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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
33 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
35 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
37 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
38 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
40 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
42 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
44 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
51 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
53 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
55 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
56 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
57 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
60 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
61 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
64 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
65 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
66 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
67 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
70 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
71 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
72 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
73 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
75 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
76 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
77 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
78 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
79 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
80 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
81 package. These will be removed in a future release.
83 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
84 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
85 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
87 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
89 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
90 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
92 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
93 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
95 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
96 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
98 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
99 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
102 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
103 a call to any Python callable object.
105 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
106 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
107 to override the C++ virtual methods.
109 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
110 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
111 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
112 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
113 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
115 Added wxCursorFromBits.
123 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
126 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
127 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
128 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
130 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
133 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
136 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
139 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
141 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
142 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
143 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
149 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
151 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
152 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
153 think I am testing in the future...
157 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
159 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
161 Updated pycolourchooser.
163 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
169 Added missing wxRect methods
171 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
173 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
175 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
176 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
177 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
180 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
183 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
185 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
186 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
189 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
191 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
194 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
196 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
197 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
198 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
199 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
200 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
201 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
202 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
203 static stable in the C++ class.
205 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
206 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
207 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
208 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
211 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
212 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
213 always call them. The functions are:
215 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
216 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
217 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
218 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
219 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
220 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
221 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
222 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
223 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
224 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
225 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
226 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
228 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
229 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
231 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
232 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
233 doesn't have a standard place for them.
235 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
237 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
239 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
247 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
249 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
256 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
259 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
260 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
272 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
274 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
276 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
280 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
281 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
282 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
283 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
284 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
285 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
286 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
287 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
288 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
289 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
290 you can use to play with this new feature.
292 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
293 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
294 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
295 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
296 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
297 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
298 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
299 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
301 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
304 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
305 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
308 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
310 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
311 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
312 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
313 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
314 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
316 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
318 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
320 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
322 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
323 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
324 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
326 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
327 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
328 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
330 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
331 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
333 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
334 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
335 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
336 windows when desired.
338 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
339 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
340 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
347 Added wxSplashScreen.
349 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
351 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
353 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
354 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
355 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
357 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
358 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
359 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
361 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
362 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
363 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
365 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
366 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
367 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
368 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
369 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
372 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
376 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
377 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
380 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
381 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
382 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
383 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
384 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
385 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
386 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
388 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
389 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
390 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
391 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
392 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
393 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
394 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
395 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
396 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
397 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
398 unicode build on win95.
400 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
401 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
402 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
403 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
404 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
405 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
406 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
407 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
408 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
409 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
412 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
414 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
416 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
418 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
419 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
420 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
421 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
422 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
423 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
424 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
425 for any class that is OOR aware.
427 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
428 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
431 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
432 the image data. (Patch #546009)
434 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
437 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
438 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
439 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
452 TransferDataFromWindow
456 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
461 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
464 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
465 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
469 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
470 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
471 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
472 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
473 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
475 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
477 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
478 creating a ScrolledPanel.
480 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
483 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
484 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
485 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
486 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
488 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
489 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
490 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
491 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
492 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
494 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
495 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
496 respond to mouse events and etc.
498 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
499 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
501 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
502 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
503 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
504 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
505 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
506 started with just the "pycrust" command.
508 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
509 displays the details of the event.
511 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
513 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
514 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
517 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
519 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
526 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
527 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
528 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
530 Added some patches from library contributors.
536 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
537 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
538 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
539 and a demo to show them in action.
541 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
542 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
544 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
546 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
548 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
551 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
552 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
553 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
554 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
555 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
556 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
557 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
558 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
561 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
562 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
563 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
564 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
565 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
566 wxSTC flag accordingly.
568 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
569 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
570 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
572 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
574 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
576 Added pySketch to the samples.
578 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
579 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
580 multi-processor machine.
582 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
583 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
585 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
587 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
588 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
589 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
590 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
591 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
592 original C++ pointer.
594 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
597 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
599 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
600 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
602 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
603 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
604 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
605 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
606 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
611 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
613 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
614 will now Disconnect the event.
616 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
620 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
621 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
622 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
625 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
627 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
630 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
631 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
632 additional columns for each item. The classes are
633 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
634 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
635 also be useful by themselves.
637 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
638 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
639 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
640 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
641 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
642 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
650 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
651 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
652 on a custom event handler for example.)
654 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
655 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
657 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
658 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
660 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
662 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
664 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
666 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
672 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
673 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
675 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
676 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
679 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
681 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
682 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
685 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
686 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
687 access from non-GUI threads.
689 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
690 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
692 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
694 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
695 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
697 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
698 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
700 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
701 it gobs faster in certain situations.
703 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
704 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
705 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
706 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
707 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
708 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
709 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
710 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
711 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
714 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
715 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
718 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
719 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
721 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
723 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
725 Added wxToggleButton.
727 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
729 Added some methods to wxGrid:
730 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
731 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
732 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
733 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
735 GetGridRowLabelWindow
736 GetGridColLabelWindow
737 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
739 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
740 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
741 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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745 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
746 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
747 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
748 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
749 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
750 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
751 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
752 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
753 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
754 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
755 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
756 use weak references.)
758 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
759 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
760 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
761 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
762 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
763 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
764 object-type related oddities to me.
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767 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
768 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
769 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
772 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
773 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
775 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
779 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
780 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
781 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
782 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
783 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
784 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
786 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
787 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
796 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
797 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
804 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
805 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
806 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
807 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
809 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
811 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
813 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
814 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
816 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
817 column in report mode.
819 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
824 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
825 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
826 object, (usually a window.)
828 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
830 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
832 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
833 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
834 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
835 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
836 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
837 wxPython/src/export.h
839 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
840 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
841 utils. Will probably add more later.
843 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
844 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
847 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
848 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
850 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
852 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
853 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
855 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
856 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
864 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
865 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
866 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
867 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
868 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
869 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
870 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
871 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
874 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
875 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
876 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
877 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
878 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
879 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
880 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
881 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
882 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
884 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
885 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
887 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
888 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
889 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
892 Removed the old python sizers.
894 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
897 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
898 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
899 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
901 Lots of little fixes here and there.
903 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
904 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
905 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
913 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
915 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
922 Added wxLog and friends.
924 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
926 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
933 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
934 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
937 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
939 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
943 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
945 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
947 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
949 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
950 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
951 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
952 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
953 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
954 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
955 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
956 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
978 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
979 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
981 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
984 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
985 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
987 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
989 Plugged a memory leak.
991 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
992 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
993 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
994 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
997 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
998 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
999 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1001 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1002 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1003 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1004 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1005 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1006 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1007 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1008 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1011 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1012 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1013 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1014 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1016 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1017 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1018 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1019 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1020 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1021 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1022 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1023 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1024 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1029 What's new in 2.1.13
1030 --------------------
1031 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1033 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1034 and some flicker problems.
1036 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1037 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1039 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1042 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1044 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1046 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1047 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1049 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1050 It is used like this:
1052 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1054 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1055 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1057 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1059 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1061 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1062 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1063 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1064 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1065 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1066 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1068 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1069 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1070 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1071 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1072 methods look like this:
1076 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1079 shortHelpString = "",
1080 longHelpString = "")
1082 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1084 shortHelpString = "",
1085 longHelpString = "",
1089 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1090 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1092 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1094 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1096 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1097 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1098 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1100 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1102 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1105 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1107 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1108 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1109 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1114 What's new in 2.1.11
1115 --------------------
1116 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1119 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1120 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1123 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1124 being added. This should remove the need for our
1125 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1127 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1128 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1129 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1130 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1131 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1133 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1135 Added new HTML printing classes.
1137 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1139 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1140 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1141 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1144 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1145 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1146 thread from other threads.
1148 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1150 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1152 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1154 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1155 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1157 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1159 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1162 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1169 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1170 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1176 --------------------
1178 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1179 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1180 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1181 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1182 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1185 Now back to what's new...
1187 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1189 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1191 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1192 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1193 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1194 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1195 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1198 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1199 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1202 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1203 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1204 example, the following are equivallent:
1206 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1207 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1209 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1210 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1211 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1212 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1213 pages. See the demo for an example.
1215 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1216 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1218 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1220 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1221 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1222 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1223 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1224 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1225 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1226 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1227 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1228 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1229 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1230 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1233 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1234 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1235 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1236 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1237 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1238 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1239 for more info and examples in future releases.
1241 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1242 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1243 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1244 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1245 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1246 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1249 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1250 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1251 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1252 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1253 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1254 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1255 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1256 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1257 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1258 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1259 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1261 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1262 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1263 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1264 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1265 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1266 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1267 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1268 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1269 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1270 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1271 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1272 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1273 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1274 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1275 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1276 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1279 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1283 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1286 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1287 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1288 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1289 to really screw things up.
1291 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1292 in the wxWindows docs...
1294 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1295 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1296 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1297 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1298 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1299 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1300 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1307 --------------------
1309 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1311 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1312 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1313 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1314 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1317 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1318 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1319 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1321 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1323 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1324 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1325 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1326 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1329 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1330 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1331 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1332 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1334 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1335 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1336 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1337 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1344 --------------------
1346 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1348 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1349 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1350 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1351 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1352 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1354 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1355 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1356 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1357 is being unloaded by Python.
1359 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1360 make wxPython look bad.
1362 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1363 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1365 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1367 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1368 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1370 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1371 code to show how to use it.
1373 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1376 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1378 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1379 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1381 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1382 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1384 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1385 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1387 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1388 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1389 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1391 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1394 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1396 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1399 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1401 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1409 --------------------
1410 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1411 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1412 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1414 Added the Printing Framework.
1416 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1417 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1418 data after loading each extension module.
1420 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1423 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1424 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1425 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1427 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1428 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1429 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1430 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1436 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1438 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1439 wxPython application.
1441 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1443 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1444 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1447 Added wxSafeYield function.
1449 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1451 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1454 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1455 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1457 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1459 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1460 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1462 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1464 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1471 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1473 Several missing methods from various classes.
1481 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1483 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1489 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1490 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1495 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1496 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1497 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1498 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1499 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1501 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1502 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1503 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1504 diverges from wxWindows.
1506 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1507 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1508 it should just work... More news on this later.
1510 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1512 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1515 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1521 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1523 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1524 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1530 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1531 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1532 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1533 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1535 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1537 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1541 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1543 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1544 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1546 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1554 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1555 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1556 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1557 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1558 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1559 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1561 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1562 must have been a different issue all along...
1569 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1570 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1571 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1572 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1573 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1574 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1576 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1578 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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