1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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8 wxMSW: Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus
10 Added a typeId property to the PyEventBinder class that holds the
11 eventType ID used for that event. So when you need the eventType
12 (such as when sending your own instance of standard events) you can
13 use, for example, wx.EVT_BUTTON.typeId instead of
14 wx.wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED. Note that there are a few composite
15 events, such as EVT_MOUSE and EVT_SCROLL, that will actually bind
16 multiple event types at once, and in these cases the typeId property
17 may not give you what you want. You should use te component events in
20 PyCrust now has an option for showing/hiding the notebook.
22 wxMSW: Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
24 Enhanced the wx.lib.mixins.inspect module. In addition to showing a
25 PyCrust window it is now a widget browser, which provides a tree
26 loaded up with all the widgets in the app, optionally with the sizers
27 too, and also a panel displaying the properties of the selected
28 window. Run the demo and type Ctrl-Alt-I keystroke (or Cmd-Alt-I on
29 the Mac) to see how it works. You can add this to your own apps with
30 just a few lines of code.
41 Added EVT_TASKBAR_CLICK and use it to show taskbar icon menu on right
42 button release, not press, under MSW (bug 1623761)
44 Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() methods;
45 documented wxTreeItemId (patch 1622125)
47 Fix wxMDIChidFrame::GetPosition() (patch 1626610)
49 Fix attribute memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (patch
52 wxGTK: Fix for controls on a toolbar being the full height of the
53 toolbar instead of their natural height.
55 wx.lib.customtreectrl patches from Andrea Gavana.
57 wxMac: Applied patch #1622389, fixing two memory leaks in
58 GetPartialTextExtents.
60 More fixes for the native wx.ListCtrl on Mac.
62 Added wx.aui.AuiNotebook.GetAuiManager().
64 Added wx.aui.AuiMDIParentFrame and wx.aui.AuiMDIChildFrame, which
65 essentially implement the MDI interface using a normal wx.Frame and a
75 Lots of fixes and updates to the AUI classes.
77 Added wx.CollapsiblePane. On wxGTK it uses a native expander widget,
78 on the other platforms a regular button is used to control the
79 collapsed/expanded state.
81 Added the wx.combo module, which contains the ComboCtrl and ComboPopup
82 classes. These classes allow you to implement a wx.ComboBox-like
83 widget where the popup can be nearly any kind of widget, and where you
84 have a lot of control over other aspects of the combo widget as well.
85 It works very well on GTK and MSW, using native renderers for drawing
86 the combo button, but is unfortunatly still a bit klunky on OSX...
88 Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4 by default.
90 Added wx.combo.OwnerDrawnComboBox, which is a ComboCtrl that delegates
91 the drawing of the items in the popup and in the control itself to
92 overridden methods of a derived class, similarly to how wx.VListBox
95 Added wx.combo.BitmapComboBox which is a combobox that displays a
96 bitmap in front of the list items.
98 Added the wx.lib.mixins.inspect module. It contains the InspectMixin
99 class which can be mixed with a wx.App class and provides a PyCrust
100 window that can be activated with a Ctrl-Alt-I keystroke (or Cmd-Alt-I
103 Added some modules from Riaan Booysen:
105 * wx.lib.flagart: contains icons of the flags of many countries.
107 * wx.lib.art.img2pyartprov: makes images embedded in a python file
108 with img2py available via the wx.ArtProvider.
110 * wx.lib.langlistctrl: A wx.ListCtrl for selecting a language,
111 which uses the country flag icons.
113 * An I18N sample for the demo.
115 wx.lib.masked: Patch from Will Sadkin. Includes Unicode fixes, plus
116 more helpful exceptions and ability to designate fields in mask
117 without intervening fixed characters.
119 Added wx.SearchCtrl, which is a composite of a wx.TextCtrl with optional
120 bitmap buttons and a drop-down menu. Controls like this can typically
121 be found on a toolbar of applications that support some form of search
122 functionality. On the Mac this control is implemented using the
123 native HISearchField control, on the other platforms a generic control
124 is used, although that may change in the future as more platforms
125 introduce native search widgets.
127 Added a set of button classes to wx.lib.buttons from David Hughes that
128 uses the native renderer to draw the button.
137 Patch [ 1583183 ] Fixes printing/print preview inconsistencies
139 Add events API to wxHtmlWindow (patch #1504493 by Francesco Montorsi)
141 Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot)
143 Added New Zealand NZST and NZDT timezone support to wx.DateTime.
145 wx.Window.GetAdjustedBestSize is deprecated. In every conceivable
146 scenario GetEffectiveMinSize is probably what you want to use instead.
148 wx.Image: Gained support for TGA image file format.
150 wx.aui: The classes in the wx.aui module have been renamed to be more
151 consistent with each other, and make it easier to recognize in the
152 docs and etc. that they belong together.
154 FrameManager --> AuiManager
155 FrameManagerEvent --> AuiManagerEvent
156 PaneInfo --> AuiPaneInfo
157 FloatingPane --> AuiFloatingPane
158 DockArt --> AuiDockArt
160 AuiMultiNotebook --> AuiNotebook
161 AuiNotebookEvent --> AuiNotebookEvent
163 wx.lib.customtreectrl: A patch from Frank Niessink which adds an
164 additional style (TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT) that (un)checks a parent when
165 all children are (un)checked.
167 wx.animate.AnimationCtrl fixed to display inactive bitmap at start
170 Patch from Dj Gilcrease adding the FNB_HIDE_ON_SINGLE_TAB style flag
171 for wx.lib.flatnotebook.
173 wx.Window.GetBestFittingSize has been renamed to GetEffectiveMinSize.
174 SetBestFittingSize has been renamed to SetInitialSize, since it is
175 most often used only to set the initial (and minimal) size of a
178 The QuickTime backend for wx.media.MediaCtrl on MS Windows works
179 again. Just pass szBackend=wx.media.MEDIABACKEND_QUICKTIME to the
180 constructor to use it instead of the default ActiveMovie backend,
181 (assuming the quicktime DLLs are available on the system.)
192 wxGTK: The wx.ALWAYS_SHOW_SB style is now supported.
194 Fixed name errors in the old wxPython package namespace. As a
195 reminder, use of this package is deprecated and you are encouraged to
196 switch your programs over to the wx package.
198 Fixed wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas.SetCurrent to be compatible with prevoius
201 Added wx.StandardPaths.GetTmpDir.
203 Bug fixes in the wx.ListCtrl on Mac from Kevin Olivier, allowing it to
204 send events properly again. There is also a new native implementation
205 of wx.ListCtrl available, which will be used for wx.LC_REPORT style
206 list controls if you set the "mac.listctrl.always_use_generic"
207 SystemOption to zero. In a future release this will be the default.
209 Added a sample to the demo that shows some of what can be done with
210 the new wx.GraphicsContext and wx.GraphicsPath classes.
219 Fixed a bug in the MaskedEdit controls caused by conflicting IsEmpty
222 Patch #1579280: Some mimetype optimizations on unix-like systems.
224 wxMac: Several wx.webkit.WebKitCtrl enhancements/fixes, including:
226 - new methods for increasing/decreasing text size, getting
227 selection, getting/setting scroll position, printing, enabling
228 editing, and running JavaScripts on the page.
230 - added new event (wx.webkit.WebKitBeforeLoadEvent) for catching, and
231 possibly vetoing, load events before they occur.
233 - wx.webkit.WebKitCtrl now fires mouse events for certain events
234 that it was eating before. This improves wxSplitterWindow
237 - refactoring of the sizing logic to move the Cocoa view. Tested
238 with splitter windows, panels, notebooks and all position
241 Some improvements to the drawing code in CustomTreeCtrl.
243 Fixed refcount leak in wx.Window.GetChildren.
253 The following deprecated items have been removed:
255 * wx.Bitmap SetQuality and GetQuality methods
257 * The wx.GetNumberFromUser function
259 * wx.EVT_LIST_GET_INFO and wx.EVT_LIST_SET_INFO
261 * wx.BookCtrlSizer and wx.NotebookSizer
263 * The PostScript-specific methods of wx.PrintData
265 * wx.PrintDialogData SetSetupDialog and GetSetupDialog methods
267 * wx.FontMapper SetConfig method
269 * wx.html.HtmlSearchStatus.GetContentsItem method
271 * wx.html.HtmlHelpData.GetContents, GetContentsCnt, GetIndex, and
275 wx.EventLoop is now implemented for wxMac.
277 Added wxPython wrappers for the new wx.Treebook and wx.Toolbook
280 wx.DC.BeginDrawing and EndDrawing have been deprecated in the C++
281 code, so since they never really did anything before they are now just
282 empty stubs in wxPython.
284 Solved a problem that has been around for a very long time in how C++
285 methods are virtualized for overriding in derived Python classes.
286 Previously we couldn't do it for methods that needed to also exist in
287 the base class wrappers such that they could be called normally. (The
288 reasons are long and complex, but suffice it to say that it was due to
289 mixing C++'s dynamic dispatch, and Python's runtime lookup of the
290 method attributes resulting in endless recursion of function calls.)
291 Because of this problem I used a hack that I have always hated, and
292 that is renaming the base class methods with a "base_*" prefix, for
293 example wx.Printout.base_OnBeginDocument. Now that the problem has
294 finally been solved I have replaced all the base_Whatever() methods
295 with the real Whatever() method as well as a simple wrapper named
296 base_Whatever that is marked as deprecated. So now instead of writing
297 your overridden methods like this::
299 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
301 return self.base_OnBeginDocument(start, end)
303 You can now call the base class method the normal way, like this::
305 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
307 return Printout.OnBeginDocument(self, start, end)
309 Or like this with super()::
311 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
313 return super(MyPrintout, self).OnBeginDocument(start, end)
315 Note that the old way with the "base_*" function still works, but you
316 will get a DeprecationWarning from calling base_OnBeginDocument. The
317 classes affected by this are:
323 * wx.PyLog (also added the ability to override Flush)
324 * wx.PyApp (also added the ability to override ExitMainLoop)
328 * wx.PreviewControlBar
332 * wx.PyScrolledWindow
335 * wx.grid.PyGridCellRenderer
336 * wx.grid.PyGridCellEditor
337 * wx.grid.PyGridCellAttrProvider
338 * wx.grid.PyGridTableBase
340 * wx.wizard.PyWizardPage
343 Added the wx.DC.GradientFillConcentric and wx.DC.GradientFillLinear
346 wxGTK: wx.ListBox and wx.CheckListBox are now using native GTK2
349 Added wx.ListBox.HitTest() from patch 1446207
351 Bumped up to SWIG 1.3.29. This provides some more runtime performance
352 boosts, gets rid of the dreaded Ptr classes, and some other nice new
355 Added wx.Window.GetScreenPosition and GetScreenRect which returns the
356 position of the window in screen coordinates, even if the window is
357 not a top-level window.
359 Added GetResourcesDir and GetLocalizedResourcesDir to
362 Added a GetReceivedFormat method to wx.DataObjectComposite. You can
363 use this to find out what format of data object was recieved from the
364 source of the clipboard or DnD operation, and then you'll know which
365 of the component data objects to use to access the data.
367 Changed how the stock objects (wx.RED, wx.RED_PEN, wx.RED_BRUSH, etc.)
368 are initialized. They are now created as uninitialized instances
369 using __new__. Then after the wx.App has been created, but before
370 OnInit is called, the .this attribute of each object is initialized.
371 This was needed because of some delayed initialization functionality
372 that was implemented in wxWidgets, but the end result is cleaner for
373 wxPython as well, and allowed me to remove some ugly code previously
374 hidden under the covers.
376 Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir.
378 Added wx.RendererNative.DrawCheckButton.
380 wx.ProgressDialog.Update now returns a tuple of two values. The first
381 is a continue flag (what was returned before) and the second is a skip
382 flag. If the dialog has the wx.PD_CAN_SKIP flag and if the Skip
383 button is clicked, then the skip flag is set to True the next time
386 A DeprecationWarning is now issued when the old wxPython package is
387 imported. If you are still using the old namespace please convert
388 your code to use the new wx package instead.
390 Added wrappers for Julian's new wxRichTextCtrl class, visible in
391 wxPython as wx.richtext.RichTextCtrl window. It still needs some more
392 work, but it is a great start.
394 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin: Fixed the double END_LABEL_EDIT
395 event problem in TextEditMixin by checking if the editor was already
396 hidden before continuing with the CloseEditor method. Also added code
397 to OpenEditor to send the BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT event and to not allow the
398 opening of the editor to continue if the event handler doesn't allow
401 wx.StaticBoxSizer now keeps better track of the wx.StaticBox, and it
402 will destroy it if the sizer is destroyed before the parent window is.
404 Added wx.HyperlinkCtrl.
406 Added battery and power related functions and events (wxMSW only so
407 far.) See wx.PowerEvent, wx.GetPowerType and wx.GetBatteryState.
409 Added wx.ListCtrl.HitTestSubItem which returns the sub-item (i.e. the
410 column in report mode) that was hit (if any) in addition to the item
413 Added wrappers for wx.ColourPickerCtrl, wx.DirPickerCtrl,
414 wx.FilePickerCtrl, and wx.FontPickerCtrl.
416 Patch #1502016 wx.Image.ConvertToGreyscale now retains the alpha
419 Added wrappers for the wxAUI classes, in the wx.aui module.
421 Added the PseudoDC class from Paul Lanier. It provides a way to
422 record operations on a DC and then play them back later.
424 Upgraded to Scintilla 1.70 for wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl.
426 Added CanSetTransparent and SetTransparent methods to the
427 wx.TopLevelWindow class, with implementations (so far) for wxMSW and
430 SetDefaultItem() and GetDefaultItem() are now members of
431 wx.TopLevelWindow, not wx.Panel.
433 wxGTK: Stock items (icons) will be used for menu items with stock
436 Added wx.lib.combotreebox from Frank Niessink
438 Added wx.ImageFromBuffer, wx.BitmapFromBuffer and
439 wx.BitmapFromBufferRGBA factory functions. They enable loading of an
440 image or bitmap directly from a Python object that implements the
441 buffer interface, such as strings, arrays, etc.
443 Added wx.App.IsDisplayAvailable() which can be used to determine if a
444 GUI can be created in the current environment. (Still need an
445 implementation for wxMSW...)
447 The wx.html.HTML_FONT_SIZE_x constants are no longer available as the
448 default sizes are now calculated at runtime based on the size of the
451 wx.Colour now includes an alpha component, which defaults to
452 wx.ALPHA_OPAQUE. This is in preparation for allowing various new
453 alpha blening functionality using wx.Colour objects, such as drawing
454 with pens and brushes on a wx.DC.
456 Added wx.NativePixelBuffer, wx.AlphPixelBuffer and related iterator
457 and accessor classes. They allow platform independent direct access
458 to the platform specific pixel buffer inside of a wx.Bitmap object.
460 The beginnings of support for RTL languages has been added, thanks to
461 a Google SoC project.
463 Added wx.lib.dragscroller from Riaan Booysen. It provides a helper
464 class that can used to scroll a wx.ScrolledWindow in response to a
467 Applied patch 1551409: Adds support for indeterminate mode gauges.
469 wxMac: I've turned on the compile option for using the native toolbar
470 on the Mac now that it supports hosting of controls. If the toolbar
471 is managed by the frame via either CreateToolBar() or SetToolBar()
472 then the native toolbar will be used. Additional toolbars, or
473 toolbars that are not children of the frame, are managed by sizers or
474 what-not will still use the emulated toolbar because of platform
475 restrictions in how/where the native toolbar can be used.
477 Added Python properties for many of the getter/setter methods of wx
478 classes. In order for the names to be predicatble for somebody
479 already familiar with wxPython the property names are simply the name
480 of the getter with the "Get" dropped. For example, wx.Window has a
481 property named "Size" that maps to GetSize and SetSize. So far there
482 is only one known name conflict using this naming convention, and that
483 is wx.KeyEvent.KeyCode, however since KeyCode was formerly a
484 compatibility alias for GetKeyCode (and has been for a long time) it
485 was decided to just switch it to a property. If you want to use the
486 method then change your calls to event.KeyCode() to
487 event.GetKeyCode(), otherwise you can use it as a property just by
488 dropping the parentheses.
490 Updated the C++ code for wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl from the wxCode
491 project. This has resulted in some minor API changes, most of which
492 were worked around in the wrapper code.
494 Added wx.lib.delayedresult from Oliver Schoenborn.
496 Added wx.lib.expando, a multi-line textctrl that expands as more lines
499 wx.Image.Scale and Rescale methods now take an extra parameter
500 specifying type of method to use for resampling the image. It
501 defaults to the current behavior of just replicating pixels, if
502 wx.IMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH is passed then it uses bicubic and box averaging
503 resampling methods for upsampling and downsampling respectively.
505 Added the wx.lib.buttonpanel module, which is a tweaked version of
506 Andrea Gavana's FancyButtonPanel module.
508 Added the wx.lib.flatnotebook module, from Andrea Gavana.
510 Renamed wx.FutureCall to wx.CallLater so it is named more like
511 wx.CallAfter. wx.FutureCall is now an empty subclass of wx.CallLater
512 for compatibility of older code.
514 Added the wx.lib.customtreectrl module from Andrea Gavana.
516 Added ChangeSelection to wx.BookCtrl (the base class for wx.Notebook
517 and other book controls) that is the same as SetSelection but doesn't
518 send the change events.
520 Added wx.TextCtrl.ChangeValue() which is the same as SetValue() but
521 doesn't send the text changed event.
523 For consistency, all classes having an Ok() method now also have
524 IsOk(), use of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't
527 Added the wx.AboutBox() function and wx.AboutDialogInfo class. They
528 provide a way to show a standard About box for the application, which
529 will either be a native dialog or a generic one depending on what info
530 is provided and if it can all be shown with the native dialog.
532 The code in the animate contrib has been moved into the core wxWidgets
533 library, and refactored a bit along the way. For wxPython it still
534 exists in the wx.animate module, but has basically been reduced to two
535 classes, wx.animate.Animation, and wx.animate.AnimationCtrl. You load
536 the animated GIF (and hopefully there will be other supported formats
537 in the near future) in the Animation object, and then give that to the
538 AnimatedCtrl for display. See the demo for an example. There is also
539 still a GIFAnimationCtrl class that provides some level of backwards
540 compatibility with the old implementation.
542 wxMac: The compile option that turns on the use of CoreGraphics (a.k.a
543 Quartz) for wxDC is now turned on by default. This means that all
544 drawing via wxDC is done using the new APIs from apple, instead of the
545 old Quick Draw API. There are, however, a few places where Quartz and
546 wxDC don't fit together very well, mainly the lack of support for
547 logical drawing operations such as XOR, but there is work in progress
548 to provide other ways to do the same sort of thing that will work with
549 Quartz and also on the other platforms.
551 The first parts of a new 2D drawing API has been added with the
552 wx.GraphicsPath and wx.GraphicsContext classes. They wrap GDI+ on
553 Windows, Cairo on wxGTK and CoreGraphics on OS X. They allow path-based
554 drawing with alpha-blending and anti-aliasing, and use a floating
555 point cooridnate system. Currently they can only target drawing to
556 windows, but other wx.DC backends are forthcoming. The APIs may
557 evolve a bit more before they are finalaized with the 2.8 release, but
558 there is enough there now to get a good feel for how things will work.
559 There is also a transitional wx.GCDC class that provides the wx.DC API
560 on top of wx.GraphicsContext. Docs and a demo are still MIA.
562 Added a wx.AutoBufferedPaintDC that is a subclass of wx.PaintDC on
563 platforms that do double buffering by default, and a subclass of
564 wx.BufferedPaintDC on the platforms that don't. You can use this
565 class to help avoid the overhead of buffering when it is not
566 needed. There is also a wx.AutoBufferedPaintDCFactory function that
567 does a little more and actually tests if the window has
568 double-buffering enabled and then decides whether to return a
569 wx.PaintDC or wx.BufferedPaintDC. This uses the new
570 wx.Window.IsDoubleBuffered method.
582 wx.lib.pubsub updates from Oliver Schoenborn:
583 - fixed the hash problem with non-hashable objects
584 - now supports listeners that use \*args as an argument
585 (listener(\*args) was not passing the validity test)
586 - corrected some mistakes in documentation
587 - added some clarifications (hopefully useful for first time
589 - changed the way singleton is implemented since old way prevented
590 pydoc etc from extracting docs for Publisher
592 DocView and ActiveGrid IDE updates from Morgan Hua:
593 New Features: In Tab-View mode, Ctrl-number will take the user to
594 the numbered tab view. Modified files now show an '*' astrisk in
595 the view title. Debugger framework can now support PHP debugging.
596 Not important for python development, but at least that means the
597 debugger framework is more generalized.
599 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin: Fixed the double END_LABEL_EDIT
600 event problem in TextEditMixin by checking if the editor was already
601 hidden before continuing with the CloseEditor method. Also added code
602 to OpenEditor to send the BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT event and to not allow the
603 opening of the editor to continue if the event handler doesn't allow
606 Undeprecated wx.GetNumberFromUser and added wx.NumberEntryDialog.
608 Made necessaary changes for building wxPython for Python 2.5. There
609 may still be some issues related to the new Py_ssize_t type and 64-bit
610 machines, but at least all compile errors and warnings related to it
620 Fixed reference leak in wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl.GetSelections.
622 wxMSW: Fixed sizing issue with wx.Choice and wx.ComboBox. This change
623 was implemented by reverting a prior fix for a different problem
624 (contiuous painting/resizing when a combobox is used as a widget in a
625 wx.html.HtmlWindow) so a method to fix both problems is still being
628 wxGTK: Fixed potential buffer overrun when pasting from the
631 Fixed problem in wx.lib.splitter when used on 64-bit platforms. Used
632 the current length of the list for specifying an append instead of
635 wxMSW: Support added for XP themed owner drawn buttons and bitmap
636 buttons. For example, if you change the foreground color of a button
637 it will now be drawn with the XP themed style rather than an ugly
638 generic button style.
640 XRCed: Fix for Copy/Paste objects with international characters.
642 Fixed the equality and inequality operators for some of the basic
643 data types (wx.Point, wx.Size, wx.Colour, etc.) to no longer raise a
644 TypeError if the compared object is not compatible, but to just return
645 a boolean as expected. For example::
647 wx.Colour(64,0,64) == 123 ==> False
649 wxMSW: Fixed (again) sizing/positioning issues of calling Realize on
650 a wx.ToolBar that is not manaaged directly by a frame and that is
653 wxMSW: Fixed wx.Choice/wx.ComboBox so they send events when a new item
654 is selected only with the keyboard.
662 Change the wx.ListCtrl InsertStringItem wrapper to use the form that
663 takes an imageIndex, and set the default to -1. This ensures that on
664 wxMSW that if there is an image list but they don't specify an image,
665 the native control doesn't use one anyway.
667 wxMSW: wx.ListCtrl in report mode is now able to support images in
668 other columns besides the first one. Simply pass an image index to
669 SetStringItem. For virtual list controls you can specify the image to
670 use on the extra columns by overriding OnGetItemColumnImage in your
671 derived class. It is passed the item number and the column number as
672 parameters, and the default version simply calls OnGetItemImage for
673 column zero, or returns -1 for other columns.
675 Switched to using SWIG 1.3.27 for generating the wrapper code. There
676 are some small changes needed to SWIG to work around some bugs that
677 wxPython exposes, and to be able to generate code that matches that
678 which wxPython is using. If you are building wxPython yourself and
679 need to modify any of the \*.i files or to add your own, then you will
680 want to be sure to use a matching SWIG. See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
681 in the source tarball for details.
683 wx.Image.Copy, Mirror, and GetSubImage now also do the right thing
684 with the alpha channel.
686 wxMSW: Fixed problem in wx.TextCtrl where using SetValue and
687 wx.TE_RICH2 would cause the control to be shown if it was hidden.
689 wxMSW: Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys in
692 wxMSW: Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
693 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
695 wxMSW: On XP fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation
696 not available in the themed version.
698 Added wx.Toolbar.GetToolsCount.
700 Added wx.GridSizer.CalcRowsCols.
702 Added wx.OutputStream.LastWrite.
704 wxGTK: EVT_SET_CURSOR is now sent.
706 wxGTK: Fix RequestMore for idle events.
708 wxGTK: Implement user dashes for PS and GNOME printing.
710 wxGTK: Correct update region code. Don't always invalidate the whole
711 window upon resize. Reenable support for thewx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE
712 flag. Also disable refreshing custom controls when focusing in and out.
714 wx.lib.pubsub: Publisher is now able to parse a dotted notation string
715 into a topic tuple. For example: subscribing to "timer.clock.seconds"
716 is the same as subscribing to ("timer", "clock", "seconds").
718 Applied patch #1441370: lib.plot - allow passing in wx.Colour()
720 Added wx.CommandEvent.GetClientData.
722 Updated wxStyledTextCtrl to use version 1.67 of Scintilla.
723 NOTE: The STC_LEX_ASP and STC_LEX_PHP lexers have been deprecated,
724 you should use STC_LEX_HTML instead.
726 wxSTC: Implemented Fix for SF Bug #1436503. Delay the start of the
727 DnD operation in case the user just intended to click, not drag.
729 Updated the analogclock.py module to the new analogclock package from
732 Added the wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.CheckListCtrlMixin class from Bruce
733 Who, which makes it easy to put checkboxes on list control items.
735 Applied a patch from Christian Kristukat to wx.lib.plot that adds
736 scrollbars when the plot is zoomed in, and also the ability to grab a
737 zoomed plot and move it around with a mouse drag.
739 XRCed updated to allow wxMenuBar to be created inside a wxFrame.
741 Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir() (patch 1214360)
752 wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with
755 wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the
756 selections. This was done to make it consistent with the other
759 wxMSW: Always set flat toolbar style, even under XP with themes: this
760 is necessary or separators aren't shown at all.
762 Fixes for bug #1217872, pydocview.DocService not correctly initialized.
764 Fix for bug #1217874, Error in parameter name in DocManager.CreateView.
766 Added wrappers for the wx.RendererNative class.
768 Added the wx.lib.splitter module, which contains the
769 MultiSplitterWindow class. This class is much like the standard
770 wx.SplitterWindow class, except it allows more than one split, so it
771 can manage more than two child windows.
773 Docview and IDE patch from Morgan Hua with fix for bug #1217890
774 "Closing view crashes Python" plus some new features:
776 New feature added to the IDE is 'Extensions'. Under
777 Tools|Options|Extensions, you can add calls to external programs.
778 For example you can add a "Notepad" extension (under windows) that
779 will exec Notepad on the currently open file. A new "Notepad"
780 menu item will appear under the Tools menu.
782 Some fixes to XRCed to make encoding errors a bit more user friendly.
784 XRCed changes from Roman Rolinsky:
786 * Added new controls (Choicebook, Listbook, StatusBar,
787 DatePicker), and completed style flags. Test window is opened
788 for an available parent control if no specific view
789 defined. Better handling of exceptions (highlighting does not
792 * Use system clipboard for Copy/Paste.
794 * Improved some dialogs (window styles, growable cols). Changed
795 the range for wxSpinCtrl min/max to all integers (default 0/100
798 Updates for wx.lib.foldpanelbar and wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea
801 Fix for Bug #1283496: wxPython TheClipboard class causes problems for
802 pychecker. Ensure the app has been created before initializing
805 Fix for Bug #1352602: FileBrowseButtonWithHistory can't type in Value.
807 wxHTML: Added space after list item number.
809 wx.lib.printout: Applied patch #1384440.
811 wxMSW: Fix for Bug #1293225 Window_FromHWND crashes if parent is
814 Fix for Bug #1261669, use a wx.TE_RICH2 style for the Process demo so
815 it doesn't fill up too soon.
817 Applied Patch #1354389: wxPython MenuItem SetBitmaps fix.
819 Applied Patch #1239456: wxPython wx.DataObject.GetAllFormats fix.
821 Applied Patch # #1230107 which allows image handlers to be written in
822 Python by deriving from wx.PyImageHandler.
824 Applied patch #1072210: generalize printout.py to allow text printing.
826 Applied patch #1243907: Give Throbber much more flexibility by
827 allowing the user to set the rest image, the direction, the current
828 index, custom sequence. Allows user to manually step through the
829 sequence with Next(), Previous(), Increment(), Decrement() &
830 SetCurrent(). Very handy if you have multiple throbbers that you want
831 to synchronize with a single timer.
833 Fix for bug #1336711: wx.lib.calendar.CalenDlg can yield incorrect
836 Applied patch from Morgan Hua for updates to ActiveGrid code
837 (pydocview, ActiveGrid IDE, etc.)
839 Applied patch #1326241: Supporting "setup.py install --install-headers=path"
841 Applied patch from Morgan Hua to fix bug #1219423: CommandManager
842 should not repeat old commands after a branch.
844 Applied patch #1238825 adding search backward capabilities to the
845 demo. Modified to use the up/down options in the wx.FindReplaceDialog
846 instead of a separate menu item.
848 Fix for bug #1266745 and #1387725 in the wx.FindReplaceDialog on MSW.
849 Actually check we are using MSLU before doing the hack designed to
850 workaround a bug in MSLU!
852 wxMSW: wx.lib.iewin.IEHtmlWindow now properly handles tabbing, return
853 and other special keys properly.
855 Lots of PyCrust enhancments started by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker,
856 and Sebastian Haase, and which in turn were further enhanced, fixed
857 tweaked and finished up by me. The changes include the following:
859 * The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually
860 with Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space.
862 * In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings,
863 window size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the
866 * Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key
869 * Added a new text completion function that suggests words from
870 the history. Bound to Shift-Return.
872 * F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame.
874 * switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*().
876 * Display of line numbers can be toggled.
878 * F12 toggles a "free edit" mode of the shell buffer. This mode
879 is useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output
880 or errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste.
881 The free edit mode is designated by the use of a red,
884 * Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines.
886 * General code cleanup and fixes.
888 * Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config
891 * Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows.
893 * Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to
894 the PyShell app too. Additionally, other apps that embed a
895 PyCrust or a PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and
896 have the Py code save/restore its settings to/from there.
898 * All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to
899 save/load their own settings instead of putting all the
900 save/load code in one place that then has to reach all over the
901 place to do anything.
903 * Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be
904 the file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir
905 if PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment.
907 * Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when
908 PyShell or PyCrust starts.
910 * PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that
911 pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook.
912 Added code to raise that tab when pp() is called.
914 * Added an option for whether to insert text for function
915 parameters when popping up the call tip.
917 * Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the
918 wx.FindReplaceDialog.
921 Applied patches from Will Sadkin for wx.lib.masked modules:
923 * Now ignores kill focus events when being destroyed.
925 * Added missing call to set insertion point on changing fields.
927 * Modified SetKeyHandler() to accept None as means of removing
930 * Fixed keyhandler processing for group and decimal character
933 * Fixed a problem that prevented input into the integer digit of a
934 integerwidth=1 numctrl, if the current value was 0.
936 * Fixed logic involving processing of "_signOk" flag, to remove
937 default sign key handlers if false, so that
938 SetAllowNegative(False) in the NumCtrl works properly.
940 * Fixed selection logic for numeric controls so that if
941 selectOnFieldEntry is true, and the integer portion of an
942 integer format control is selected and the sign position is
943 selected, the sign keys will always result in a negative value,
944 rather than toggling the previous sign.
946 wx.FontMapper.SetConfig is deprecated. You should instead just set an
947 application-wide config object with wx.Config.Set, which wx.FontMapper
950 Added wx.GetMouseState which returns the current state of the mouse.
951 It returns an instance of a wx.MouseState object that contains the
952 current position of the mouse pointer in screen coordinants, as well
953 as boolean values indicating the up/down status of the mouse buttons
954 and the modifier keys.
956 Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData
958 A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added
959 DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and
960 Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects.
962 WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather
963 than individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and
964 ellipses to take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should
965 be easy to accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis
966 pair: (...x, y, ...) ---> (...(x,y), ...)
975 wx.ListCtrl: patch #1210352, fixes editing in generic wx.ListCtrl with
978 Applied patch #208286, MediaCtrl DirectShow rewrite.
980 DocView patches from Morgan Hua: bug fixes, and additional SVN
981 commands, also added a default template that uses the text editor for
982 any unknown file type.
984 wxMSW: Use the system IDC_HAND cursor for wx.CURSOR_HAND and only fallback
985 to the strange wxWidgets version if the system one is not available.
987 wx.grid.Grid: Merge the cell size attribute the same way that other
988 attributes are merged, e.g., if it is already set to a non-default
989 value in the current GridCellAttr object then don't merge from the
992 wx.lib.evtmgr: Fixed to use wx._core._wxPyDeadObject
994 wx.lib.gridmovers: Don't scroll when the mouse is dragged outside of
995 the grid, unless the mouse is kept in motion.
997 wxMSW: Applied patch #1213290 incorrect logic in
998 wx.TopLevelWindow.ShowFullScreen.
1000 Applied patch #1213066 correct device names for Joystick in Linux.
1002 wxGTK: Applied patch #1207162 wx.TextCtrl.SetStyle fix for overlapping
1005 wx.FileConfig: fixed DeleteEntry to set the dirty flag properly so the
1006 change will get written at the next flush.
1016 Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
1017 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
1018 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
1020 wxMSW: Fix for default control colours when the system text fg colour
1023 wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
1024 both has an icon and is a submenu.
1026 wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
1029 wxMSW: Patch #1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
1030 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
1031 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
1032 instead of current values.
1034 Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
1035 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
1037 Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
1039 wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
1040 extra null character at the end.
1042 Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
1043 Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
1045 wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
1048 Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
1050 wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
1053 wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
1055 Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
1056 locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
1057 as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
1060 Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
1061 wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize. See the docstrings or new api docs
1064 Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. It is a control like
1065 static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
1066 default browser in response to the clicks.
1068 Added an optional parameter to wxversion.select that allows you to
1069 specify that the extra components specified in the version string are
1070 required. For example, if you ask for "2.6-unicode" but only the ansi
1071 version is installed then by default the ansi version will be selected
1072 as it considered close enough since the version numbers match. If you
1073 want to force the options to be required then you can just add a True
1074 parameter, like this::
1077 wxversion.select("2.6-unicode", True)
1080 Tweaked wx.lib.buttons such that flat buttons (e.g. have no bevel and
1081 a wx.BORDER_NONE style flag) paint themed backgrounds if there are
1082 transparent areas and the parent is displaying a theme.
1084 wxMSW: Fix for wrong sash colour of wx.SplitterWindow in the silver
1087 Added a wx.xrc.XmlResourceHandler for the Ticker class. See
1088 wx/lib/ticker_xrc.py
1090 wxSTC: Fixed CmdKeyAssign key bindings for Ctrl-Backspace.
1092 wxMSW: Fixed a bug in wx.TextCtrl where all the lines were being used
1093 to calculate the best size, instead of using a reasonable limit.
1095 XRCed: Use wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding/wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding for
1096 changing active encoding. Fixed pasting siblings (Ctrl key pressed
1099 wx.lib.filebrowsebutton: Bug fix from Chad Netzer for when
1100 self.history is None.
1102 wx.ogl: Patch from Davide Salomoni that adds an optional point
1103 parameter to LineShape.InsertLineControlPoint allowing one to
1104 optionally specify where the new control point has to be drawn.
1106 wxMSW: setting foreground colour for wx.CheckBox now works when using
1109 More updates to the docview library modules and sample apps from the
1110 ActiveGrid folks. Their sample IDE is now able to integrate with
1113 wx.grid.Grid: Ensure that the grid gets the focus when it is
1114 left-clicked. Note that if you have custom widgets that handle the
1115 EVT_LEFT_DOWN event but do not call event.Skip() then you will
1116 probably want to add a call to self.SetFocus in the event handler.
1118 wxGTK: Add wxSTAY_ON_TOP support [Patch 1206023]
1120 wx.TreeCtrl: wx.EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU event made consistent on all
1121 platforms. The location of the click or the item is included in the
1124 wxGTK: Setting background colour of a window now only affects the
1125 window itself, not the borders, scrollbars, etc. (Bug #1204069)
1127 Print framework: Add more paper sizes and code to fallback to an
1128 explicit paper size if a known paper size is not found for the
1131 wxMac: Applied patch for bug #1206181 Option-key decodes are wrong,
1132 also applied patch for bug #1205691 Modified Fn keys don't work.
1134 wx.Image: Fixed to preserve alpha channel in Rotate90 method.
1136 wxMSW: Fixed incorrect background colour on wx.CheckListBox.
1138 wxMSW: Fixed drawing of owner drawn buttons with multiline labels
1140 Removed a bunch of unnecessary files, and removed or replaced images
1141 that we're not sure of their origin or license.
1143 The default DoGetBestSize is updated to not always return the current
1144 size if the window has no sizer, children, or minsize set. Instead
1145 the current size is set as the minsize. This solves the occasional
1146 problem where a sizer may cause a childless panel to grow but never
1149 wxMSW: When converting a wx.Icon to a bitmap check if the icon has an
1150 alpha channel and set the bitmap to use it.
1152 Fixed the wrong class name used in wx.PyScrolledWindow's call to
1155 wxMSW: patch #1207202, Fixes GDI leak when using stock cursors.
1157 wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl: Patch #1207531, Keeps the CalendarCtrl wide
1158 enough even when the weekday names for the locale are shorter than
1161 Made GridCellNumberEditor.StartingKey also insert the typed char when
1162 there is a range of allowed values (so a wx.SpinCtrl is used instead
1173 wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
1174 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
1177 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
1179 wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
1181 wxGTK: The configure flags for selecting GTK+ 1.2.x or 2.x has
1182 changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
1183 either '1', '2' or 'any'. The default is '2'.
1185 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
1186 to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
1187 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
1188 through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions. The "Raw"
1189 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
1190 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
1191 build no assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions
1192 will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
1193 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
1194 the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
1195 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
1197 =================== ====================
1198 AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
1199 InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
1200 GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
1201 GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
1202 GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
1203 GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
1204 SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
1205 GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
1206 AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
1207 =================== ====================
1210 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
1211 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
1214 wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
1215 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
1217 wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
1219 XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
1220 * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
1221 * Hide command for test window.
1222 * Replacing classes works better.
1223 * Added Locate tool.
1232 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
1234 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384. Moved the code that handles
1235 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
1236 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
1237 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
1238 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
1240 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
1242 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
1245 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
1248 wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
1249 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
1250 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
1251 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
1252 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
1255 wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
1256 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
1259 wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
1260 crash when using nVidia cards (patch 1155132)
1262 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
1263 * Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
1264 * Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
1265 the width of any column.
1267 wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
1270 wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a 2nd time.
1272 wxMSW: Applied patch #1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
1274 Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
1275 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
1277 wxGTK: Applied patch #1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
1278 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
1279 used on GTK2 >= 2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
1280 older generic file dialog is used.
1282 wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
1285 wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
1286 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
1287 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
1288 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
1290 Added MDI support to XRC
1292 Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
1293 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
1295 wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
1296 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
1298 wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
1299 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
1301 wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
1302 affecting the label.
1304 wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
1305 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
1307 Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
1308 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
1310 Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
1313 Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
1322 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
1323 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
1324 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
1326 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
1327 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
1329 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
1330 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
1331 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
1332 then calling GetValue().
1335 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
1336 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
1337 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
1338 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
1340 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
1343 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
1344 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
1345 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
1347 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
1349 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
1350 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
1352 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
1353 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
1355 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
1356 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
1357 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
1358 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
1359 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
1360 the origin of the canvas.
1362 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
1363 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
1364 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
1366 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
1367 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
1369 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
1370 internal scrollbar visible.
1372 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
1373 system paths for each platform.
1375 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
1376 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
1377 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
1378 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
1379 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
1381 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
1382 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
1383 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
1385 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
1386 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
1387 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
1389 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
1390 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
1391 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
1393 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
1395 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
1396 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
1397 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
1398 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
1400 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
1401 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
1402 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
1403 of how to use the control.
1405 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
1406 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
1408 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
1409 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
1412 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
1413 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
1415 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
1416 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
1417 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
1418 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
1419 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
1420 finished with the timer.
1422 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
1423 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
1424 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
1425 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
1426 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
1427 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
1428 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
1429 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
1430 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
1431 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
1433 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
1434 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
1435 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
1436 via the wxPython C API.
1438 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
1439 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
1440 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
1441 when docstrings are added for those items.
1443 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
1444 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
1445 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
1446 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
1447 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
1450 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
1451 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
1452 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
1453 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
1454 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
1455 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
1456 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
1457 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
1458 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
1459 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
1460 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
1463 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
1464 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
1465 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
1466 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
1467 ID's. Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
1469 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
1470 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
1472 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
1473 lots of surplus events)
1475 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
1478 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
1479 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
1481 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
1482 and GTK+'s context menu code.
1484 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
1485 (not all actions are allowed).
1487 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
1489 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
1490 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
1491 when GetString is called from an event handler.
1493 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
1494 and max ends of the slider.
1496 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
1497 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
1498 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
1501 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
1502 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
1503 not with labels/sizers.
1504 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
1505 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
1508 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
1509 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
1511 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
1512 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
1515 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
1516 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
1517 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
1518 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
1521 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
1522 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
1524 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
1526 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
1527 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
1528 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
1529 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
1531 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
1534 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
1535 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
1537 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
1539 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
1541 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
1542 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
1544 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
1547 wxMSW: "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
1550 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
1551 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
1552 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
1553 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
1556 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
1558 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
1560 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
1561 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
1562 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
1563 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
1566 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
1567 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
1569 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
1570 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
1572 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
1573 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
1574 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
1575 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
1576 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
1577 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
1579 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
1582 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
1585 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
1588 - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
1589 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
1590 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
1591 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
1600 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
1602 Updated internal PNG library.
1604 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
1606 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
1607 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
1609 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
1610 enabled (does an enable itself)
1612 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
1615 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
1616 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
1619 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
1620 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
1621 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
1622 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
1623 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
1624 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
1625 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
1626 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
1627 also be an image of a red X::
1629 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
1632 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
1634 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
1636 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
1638 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
1639 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
1640 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
1641 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
1642 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
1643 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
1644 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
1646 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
1647 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
1648 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
1649 the wxPython modules.
1651 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
1652 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
1653 user that they should look at that window.
1655 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
1656 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
1658 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
1660 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
1661 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
1662 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
1663 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
1664 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
1665 and PyGetDate methods.
1667 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
1668 also set the colour of the dropdown.
1670 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
1672 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
1674 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
1676 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
1677 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
1678 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
1680 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
1682 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
1684 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
1686 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
1689 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
1692 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
1694 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
1695 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
1698 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
1700 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
1701 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
1704 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
1705 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
1706 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
1708 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
1709 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
1710 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
1711 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
1712 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
1713 should notice no difference.
1715 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
1716 when a new one is selected.
1718 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
1720 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
1721 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
1722 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
1723 more details and a warning.
1725 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
1726 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
1728 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
1729 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
1731 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
1733 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
1735 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
1737 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
1738 holding down the mouse button.
1740 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
1741 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
1743 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
1745 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
1746 - Added bar graph demo
1747 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
1748 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
1750 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
1751 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
1752 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
1753 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
1754 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
1755 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
1756 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
1757 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
1760 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
1761 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
1762 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
1763 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
1765 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
1767 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
1768 reflect package's public contents.
1770 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
1771 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
1772 Migrarion Guide for more information.
1774 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
1775 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
1776 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
1777 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
1779 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
1781 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
1782 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
1785 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
1786 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
1796 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
1798 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
1800 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
1802 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
1803 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
1805 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
1806 flicker problems, and namespace use.
1808 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
1810 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
1812 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
1815 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
1817 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
1818 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
1820 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
1823 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
1826 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
1828 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
1830 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
1841 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
1842 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
1843 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
1844 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
1845 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
1846 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
1847 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
1848 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
1849 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
1851 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
1852 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
1854 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
1855 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
1856 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
1857 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
1860 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
1861 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
1863 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
1865 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
1866 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
1868 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
1869 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
1870 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
1871 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
1872 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
1873 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
1876 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
1877 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
1878 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
1879 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
1880 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
1883 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
1884 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
1885 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
1887 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
1888 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
1890 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
1891 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
1893 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
1894 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
1895 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
1896 remaining compatible with "C".
1898 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
1901 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
1902 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
1903 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
1904 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
1905 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
1906 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
1907 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
1908 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
1909 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
1911 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
1913 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
1914 Scintilla for several releases now.
1916 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
1917 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
1918 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
1919 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
1921 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
1922 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
1923 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
1926 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
1927 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
1928 with a more modern reimplementation.
1930 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
1931 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
1933 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
1934 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
1935 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
1937 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
1938 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
1939 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
1940 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
1941 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
1943 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
1944 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
1945 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
1946 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
1949 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
1950 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
1953 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
1956 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
1961 2.5.1.5 (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
1962 -----------------------------------------------
1965 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
1966 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
1969 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
1972 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
1973 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
1974 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
1975 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
1976 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
1977 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
1978 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
1981 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
1982 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
1986 Added wxIconLocation
1988 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
1989 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
1991 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
1994 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
1997 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
1998 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
1999 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
2001 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
2002 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
2003 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
2004 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
2005 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
2006 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
2007 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
2008 distros please send me a patch.
2010 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
2011 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
2013 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
2014 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
2015 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
2016 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
2017 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
2018 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
2021 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
2024 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
2026 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
2028 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
2030 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
2031 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
2032 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
2033 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
2034 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
2035 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
2036 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
2039 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
2042 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
2044 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
2045 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
2047 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
2048 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
2049 MigrationGuide for more details.
2051 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
2052 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
2053 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
2054 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
2055 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
2056 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
2057 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
2058 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
2059 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
2060 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
2061 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
2062 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
2063 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
2064 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
2065 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
2066 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
2067 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
2069 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
2071 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
2080 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
2082 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
2084 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
2085 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
2087 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
2089 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
2091 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
2099 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
2101 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
2103 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
2104 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
2105 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
2108 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
2109 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
2110 and wxWindows match.
2112 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
2113 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
2114 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
2115 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
2116 to the new namespace.
2118 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
2119 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
2120 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
2121 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
2123 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
2124 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
2125 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
2126 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
2127 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
2128 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
2129 package. These will be removed in a future release.
2131 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
2132 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
2133 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
2135 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
2137 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
2138 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
2140 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
2141 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
2143 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
2144 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
2146 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
2147 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
2150 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
2151 a call to any Python callable object.
2153 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
2154 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
2155 to override the C++ virtual methods.
2157 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
2158 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
2159 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
2160 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
2161 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
2163 Added wxCursorFromBits.
2173 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
2176 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
2177 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
2178 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
2180 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
2183 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
2186 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
2189 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
2191 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
2192 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
2193 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
2199 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
2200 ------------------------------------------
2203 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
2204 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
2205 think I am testing in the future...
2209 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
2210 ----------------------------------------------
2213 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
2215 Updated pycolourchooser.
2217 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
2225 Added missing wxRect methods
2227 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
2229 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
2231 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
2232 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
2233 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
2236 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
2239 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
2241 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
2242 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
2245 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
2247 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
2250 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
2252 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
2253 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
2254 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
2255 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
2256 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
2257 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
2258 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
2259 static stable in the C++ class.
2261 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
2262 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
2263 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
2264 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
2267 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
2268 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
2269 always call them. The functions are::
2271 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
2272 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
2273 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
2274 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
2275 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
2276 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
2277 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
2278 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
2279 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
2280 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
2281 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
2282 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
2284 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
2285 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
2287 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
2288 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
2289 doesn't have a standard place for them.
2291 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
2293 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
2295 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
2305 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
2307 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
2316 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
2319 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
2320 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
2336 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
2338 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
2340 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
2344 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
2345 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
2346 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
2347 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
2348 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
2349 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
2350 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
2351 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
2352 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
2353 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
2354 you can use to play with this new feature.
2356 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
2357 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
2358 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
2359 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
2360 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
2361 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
2362 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
2363 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
2365 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
2368 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
2369 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
2372 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
2374 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
2375 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
2376 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
2377 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
2378 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
2380 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
2382 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
2384 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
2386 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
2387 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
2388 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
2390 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
2391 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
2392 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
2394 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
2395 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
2397 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
2398 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
2399 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
2400 windows when desired.
2402 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
2403 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
2404 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
2413 Added wxSplashScreen.
2415 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
2417 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
2419 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
2420 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
2421 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
2423 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
2424 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
2425 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
2427 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
2428 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
2429 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
2431 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
2432 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
2433 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
2434 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
2435 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
2438 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
2442 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
2443 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
2446 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
2447 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
2448 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
2449 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
2450 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
2451 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
2452 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
2454 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
2455 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
2456 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
2457 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
2458 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
2459 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
2460 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
2461 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
2462 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
2463 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
2464 unicode build on win95.
2466 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
2467 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
2468 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
2469 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
2470 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
2471 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
2472 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
2473 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
2474 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
2475 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
2478 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
2480 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
2482 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
2484 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
2485 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
2486 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
2487 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
2488 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
2489 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
2490 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
2491 for any class that is OOR aware.
2493 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
2494 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
2497 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
2498 the image data. (Patch #546009)
2500 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
2503 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
2504 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
2505 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
2518 TransferDataFromWindow
2519 TransferDataToWindow
2522 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
2527 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
2530 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
2531 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
2533 Added wxArtProvider.
2535 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
2536 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
2537 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
2538 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
2539 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
2541 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
2543 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
2544 creating a ScrolledPanel.
2546 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
2549 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
2550 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
2551 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
2552 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
2554 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
2555 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
2556 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
2557 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
2558 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
2560 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
2561 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
2562 respond to mouse events and etc.
2564 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
2565 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
2567 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
2568 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
2569 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
2570 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
2571 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
2572 started with just the "pycrust" command.
2574 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
2575 displays the details of the event.
2577 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
2579 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
2580 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
2583 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
2585 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
2594 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
2595 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
2596 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
2598 Added some patches from library contributors.
2606 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
2607 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
2608 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
2609 and a demo to show them in action.
2611 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
2612 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
2614 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
2616 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
2618 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
2621 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
2622 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
2623 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
2624 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
2625 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
2626 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
2627 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
2628 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
2631 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
2632 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
2633 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
2634 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
2635 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
2636 wxSTC flag accordingly.
2638 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
2639 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
2640 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
2642 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
2644 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
2646 Added pySketch to the samples.
2648 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
2649 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
2650 multi-processor machine.
2652 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
2653 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
2655 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
2657 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
2658 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
2659 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
2660 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
2661 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
2662 original C++ pointer.
2664 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
2667 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
2669 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
2670 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
2672 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
2673 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
2674 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
2675 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
2676 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
2681 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
2683 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
2684 will now Disconnect the event.
2686 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
2688 Added wxFileHistory.
2690 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
2691 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
2692 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
2695 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
2697 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
2700 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
2701 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
2702 additional columns for each item. The classes are
2703 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
2704 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
2705 also be useful by themselves.
2707 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
2708 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
2709 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
2710 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
2711 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
2712 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
2722 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
2723 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
2724 on a custom event handler for example.)
2726 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2727 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
2729 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
2730 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
2732 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
2734 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
2736 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
2738 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
2746 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
2747 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
2749 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
2750 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
2753 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
2755 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
2756 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
2759 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
2760 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
2761 access from non-GUI threads.
2763 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
2764 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
2766 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
2768 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
2769 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
2771 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
2772 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
2774 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
2775 it gobs faster in certain situations.
2777 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
2778 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
2779 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
2780 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
2781 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
2782 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
2783 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
2784 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
2785 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
2788 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
2789 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
2792 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
2793 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
2795 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
2797 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
2799 Added wxToggleButton.
2801 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
2803 Added some methods to wxGrid:
2804 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
2805 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
2806 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
2807 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
2809 GetGridRowLabelWindow
2810 GetGridColLabelWindow
2811 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
2813 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
2814 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
2815 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
2818 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
2819 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
2820 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
2821 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
2822 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
2823 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
2824 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
2825 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
2826 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
2827 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
2828 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
2829 use weak references.)
2831 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
2832 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
2833 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
2834 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
2835 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
2836 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
2837 object-type related oddities to me.
2840 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
2841 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
2842 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
2845 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
2846 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
2848 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
2852 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
2853 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
2854 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
2855 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
2856 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
2857 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
2859 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
2860 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
2870 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
2871 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
2879 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
2880 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
2881 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
2882 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
2884 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
2886 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
2888 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
2889 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
2891 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
2892 column in report mode.
2894 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
2895 bar after 2 seconds.
2899 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
2900 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
2901 object, (usually a window.)
2903 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
2905 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
2907 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
2908 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
2909 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
2910 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
2911 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
2912 wxPython/src/export.h
2914 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
2915 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
2916 utils. Will probably add more later.
2918 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
2919 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
2922 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
2923 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
2925 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
2927 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
2928 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
2930 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
2931 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
2940 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
2941 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
2942 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
2943 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
2944 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
2945 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
2946 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
2947 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
2950 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
2951 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
2952 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
2953 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
2954 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
2955 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
2956 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
2957 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
2958 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
2960 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
2961 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
2963 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
2964 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
2965 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
2968 Removed the old python sizers.
2970 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
2973 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
2974 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
2975 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
2977 Lots of little fixes here and there.
2979 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
2980 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
2981 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
2990 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
2992 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
3000 Added wxLog and friends.
3002 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
3004 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
3012 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
3013 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
3016 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
3018 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
3022 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
3024 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
3026 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
3028 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
3029 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
3030 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
3031 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
3032 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
3033 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
3034 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
3035 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
3058 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
3059 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
3061 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
3064 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
3065 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
3067 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
3069 Plugged a memory leak.
3071 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
3072 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
3073 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
3074 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
3077 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
3078 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
3079 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
3081 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
3082 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
3083 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
3084 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
3085 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
3086 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
3087 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
3088 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
3091 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
3092 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
3093 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
3094 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
3096 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
3097 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
3098 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
3099 but I've included a very readable source file in the
3100 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
3101 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
3102 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
3103 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
3104 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
3109 What's new in 2.1.13
3110 --------------------
3113 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
3115 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
3116 and some flicker problems.
3118 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
3119 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
3121 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
3124 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
3126 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
3128 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
3129 with wxWindow.GetParent.
3131 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
3132 It is used like this:
3134 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
3136 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
3137 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
3139 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
3141 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
3143 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
3144 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
3145 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
3146 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
3147 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
3148 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
3150 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
3151 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
3152 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
3153 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
3154 methods look like this:
3158 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
3161 shortHelpString = "",
3162 longHelpString = "")
3164 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
3166 shortHelpString = "",
3167 longHelpString = "",
3171 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
3172 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
3174 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
3176 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
3178 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
3179 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
3180 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
3182 Added some missing EVT functions.
3184 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
3187 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
3189 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
3190 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
3191 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
3196 What's new in 2.1.11
3197 --------------------
3200 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
3203 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
3204 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
3207 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
3208 being added. This should remove the need for our
3209 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
3211 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
3212 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
3213 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
3214 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
3215 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
3217 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
3219 Added new HTML printing classes.
3221 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
3223 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
3224 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
3225 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
3228 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
3229 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
3230 thread from other threads.
3232 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
3234 Added wxFontEnumerator.
3236 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
3238 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
3239 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
3241 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
3243 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
3246 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
3255 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
3256 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
3265 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
3266 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
3267 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
3268 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
3269 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
3272 Now back to what's new...
3274 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
3276 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
3278 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
3279 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
3280 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
3281 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
3282 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
3285 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
3286 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
3289 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
3290 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
3291 example, the following are equivallent::
3293 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
3294 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
3296 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
3297 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
3298 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
3299 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
3300 pages. See the demo for an example.
3302 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
3303 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
3305 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
3307 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
3308 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
3309 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
3310 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
3311 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
3312 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
3313 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
3314 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
3315 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
3316 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
3317 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
3320 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
3321 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
3322 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
3323 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
3324 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
3325 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
3326 for more info and examples in future releases.
3328 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
3329 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
3330 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
3331 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
3332 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
3333 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
3336 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
3337 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
3338 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
3339 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
3340 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
3341 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
3342 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
3343 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
3344 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
3345 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
3346 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
3348 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
3349 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
3350 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
3351 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
3352 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
3353 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
3354 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
3355 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
3356 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
3357 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
3358 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
3359 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
3360 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
3361 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
3362 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
3363 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
3366 outputWindowClass = MyClass
3370 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
3373 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
3374 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
3375 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
3376 to really screw things up.
3378 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
3379 in the wxWindows docs...
3381 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
3382 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
3383 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
3384 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
3385 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
3386 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
3387 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
3394 --------------------
3397 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
3399 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
3400 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
3401 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
3402 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
3405 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
3406 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
3407 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
3409 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
3411 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
3412 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
3413 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
3414 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
3417 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
3418 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
3419 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
3420 see distrib/build.py for more details.
3422 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
3423 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
3424 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
3425 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
3435 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
3437 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
3438 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
3439 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
3440 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
3441 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
3443 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
3444 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
3445 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
3446 is being unloaded by Python.
3448 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
3449 make wxPython look bad.
3451 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
3452 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
3454 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
3456 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
3457 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
3459 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
3460 code to show how to use it.
3462 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
3465 Added wxGrid.GetCells
3467 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
3468 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
3470 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
3471 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
3473 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
3474 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
3476 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
3477 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
3478 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
3480 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
3483 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
3485 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
3488 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
3490 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
3501 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
3502 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
3503 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
3505 Added the Printing Framework.
3507 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
3508 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
3509 data after loading each extension module.
3511 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
3514 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
3515 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
3516 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
3518 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
3519 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
3520 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
3521 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
3529 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
3531 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
3532 wxPython application.
3534 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
3536 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
3537 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
3540 Added wxSafeYield function.
3542 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
3544 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
3547 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
3548 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
3550 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
3552 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
3553 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
3555 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
3557 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
3566 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
3568 Several missing methods from various classes.
3578 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
3580 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
3588 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
3589 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
3596 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
3597 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
3598 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
3599 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
3600 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
3602 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
3603 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
3604 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
3605 diverges from wxWindows.
3607 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
3608 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
3609 it should just work... More news on this later.
3611 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
3613 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
3616 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
3624 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
3626 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
3627 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
3633 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
3634 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
3635 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
3636 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
3638 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
3640 Made the events work for wxGrid.
3644 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
3646 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
3647 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
3649 Other assorted fixes and additions.
3658 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
3659 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
3660 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
3661 bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
3662 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
3663 behavior was so different on different platforms.
3665 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
3666 must have been a different issue all along...
3674 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
3675 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
3676 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
3677 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
3678 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
3679 version segfault shortly after starting up.
3681 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
3683 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
3692 The first "modern" version of wxPython. See
3693 http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory