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5 2.5.0.x
6 -------
7
8 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
9 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
10
11 Changed the import-startup-bootstrap process employed by wxPython such
12 that wxWindows and the underlying gui toolkit are not initialized
13 until the wxApp object is created (but before wxApp.OnInit is called.)
14 This was required because of changes made to the C++ wxApp class.
15 There are both benefits and potential problems with this change. The
16 benefits are that you can import wxPython without requiring access to
17 a GUI (for checking version numbers, etc.) and that in a
18 multi-threaded environment the thread that creates the app object will
19 now be the GUI thread instead of the one that imports wxPython. Some
20 potential problems are that the C++ side of the "stock-objects"
21 (wxBLUE_PEN, wxTheColourDatabase, etc.) are not initialized until the
22 wxApp object is created, so you should not use them until then. Also,
23 you will probably not be able to do any kind of GUI operation unless
24 you have an app object first, (even on Windows where most anything was
25 possible beofre.)
26
27 Added wxMirrorDC.
28
29 Added wxIconLocation
30
31 wxPython's setup.py script now expects to use existing libraries for
32 the contribs (gizmos, stc, xrc, etc.) rather than building local
33 copies of them.
34
35 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
36 wxHtmlListBox classes.
37
38
39
40
41 2.4.1.x
42 -------
43
44 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
45
46
47
48
49
50 2.4.1.2
51 -------
52
53 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
54
55 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
56
57 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
58 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
59 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
60 informative.
61
62 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
63 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
64 and wxWindows match.
65
66 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
67 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
68 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
69 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
70 to the new namespace.
71
72 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
73 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
74 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
75 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
76
77 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
78 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
79 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
80 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
81 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
82 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
83 package. These will be removed in a future release.
84
85 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
86 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
87 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
88
89 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
90
91 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
92 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
93
94 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
95 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
96
97 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
98 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
99
100 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
101 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
102 wxTreeCtrl.)
103
104 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
105 a call to any Python callable object.
106
107 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
108 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
109 to override the C++ virtual methods.
110
111 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
112 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
113 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
114 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
115 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
116
117 Added wxCursorFromBits.
118
119
120
121
122
123 2.4.0.7
124 -------
125 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
126 TRUE/FALSE values.
127
128 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
129 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
130 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
131
132 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
133 unicode.
134
135 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
136 OOR.
137
138 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
139 wxSize and etc.
140
141 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
142
143 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
144 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
145 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
146 details.
147
148
149
150
151 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
152 -------
153 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
154 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
155 think I am testing in the future...
156
157
158
159 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
160 -------
161 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
162
163 Updated pycolourchooser.
164
165 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
166
167
168
169 2.4.0.4
170 -------
171 Added missing wxRect methods
172
173 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
174
175 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
176
177 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
178 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
179 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
180 problems.
181
182 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
183 return type.
184
185 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
186
187 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
188 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
189 the parent window.
190
191 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
192
193 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
194 wrapper.
195
196 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
197
198 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
199 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
200 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
201 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
202 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
203 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
204 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
205 static stable in the C++ class.
206
207 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
208 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
209 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
210 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
211 present.
212
213 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
214 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
215 always call them. The functions are:
216
217 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
218 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
219 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
220 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
221 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
222 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
223 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
224 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
225 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
226 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
227 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
228 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
229
230 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
231 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
232
233 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
234 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
235 doesn't have a standard place for them.
236
237 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
238
239 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
240
241 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
242
243
244
245 2.4.0.2
246 -------
247 Several bug fixes.
248
249 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
250
251 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
252
253
254
255
256 2.4.0.1
257 -------
258 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
259 enhancements.
260
261 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
262 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
263
264
265
266 2.3.4.2
267 -------
268 Various bug fixes.
269
270
271
272 2.3.4.1
273 -------
274 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
275
276 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
277
278 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
279
280 Added wxHtmlFilter.
281
282 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
283 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
284 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
285 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
286 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
287 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
288 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
289 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
290 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
291 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
292 you can use to play with this new feature.
293
294 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
295 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
296 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
297 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
298 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
299 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
300 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
301 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
302
303 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
304 derived from wxApp.
305
306 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
307 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
308 to wxGrid.
309
310 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
311
312 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
313 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
314 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
315 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
316 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
317
318 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
319
320 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
321
322 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
323
324 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
325 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
326 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
327
328 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
329 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
330 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
331
332 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
333 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
334
335 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
336 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
337 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
338 windows when desired.
339
340 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
341 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
342 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
343
344
345
346
347 2.3.3.1
348 -------
349 Added wxSplashScreen.
350
351 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
352
353 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
354
355 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
356 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
357 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
358
359 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
360 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
361 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
362
363 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
364 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
365 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
366
367 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
368 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
369 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
370 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
371 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
372 wxFlexGridSizer.
373
374 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
375
376 Added wxBufferedDC.
377
378 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
379 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
380
381 UNICODE!
382 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
383 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
384 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
385 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
386 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
387 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
388 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
389
390 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
391 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
392 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
393 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
394 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
395 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
396 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
397 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
398 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
399 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
400 unicode build on win95.
401
402 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
403 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
404 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
405 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
406 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
407 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
408 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
409 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
410 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
411 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
412 method.
413
414 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
415
416 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
417
418 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
419
420 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
421 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
422 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
423 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
424 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
425 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
426 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
427 for any class that is OOR aware.
428
429 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
430 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
431 derived classes.
432
433 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
434 the image data. (Patch #546009)
435
436 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
437 application.
438
439 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
440 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
441 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
442 supported are:
443
444 DoMoveWindow
445 DoSetSize
446 DoSetClientSize
447 DoSetVirtualSize
448 DoGetSize
449 DoGetClientSize
450 DoGetPosition
451 DoGetVirtualSize
452 DoGetBestSize
453 InitDialog
454 TransferDataFromWindow
455 TransferDataToWindow
456 Validate
457 AcceptsFocus
458 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
459 GetMaxSize
460 AddChild
461 RemoveChild
462
463 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
464 please let me know.
465
466 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
467 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
468
469 Added wxArtProvider.
470
471 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
472 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
473 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
474 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
475 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
476
477 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
478
479 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
480 creating a ScrolledPanel.
481
482 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
483 other menu stuff.
484
485 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
486 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
487 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
488 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
489
490 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
491 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
492 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
493 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
494 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
495
496 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
497 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
498 respond to mouse events and etc.
499
500 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
501 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
502
503 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
504 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
505 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
506 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
507 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
508 started with just the "pycrust" command.
509
510 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
511 displays the details of the event.
512
513 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
514
515 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
516 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
517 example.
518
519 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
520
521 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
522
523
524
525
526 2.3.2.1
527 -------
528 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
529 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
530 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
531
532 Added some patches from library contributors.
533
534
535
536 2.3.2
537 -----
538 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
539 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
540 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
541 and a demo to show them in action.
542
543 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
544 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
545
546 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
547
548 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
549
550 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
551 Rolinsky.
552
553 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
554 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
555 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
556 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
557 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
558 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
559 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
560 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
561 etc.
562
563 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
564 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
565 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
566 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
567 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
568 wxSTC flag accordingly.
569
570 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
571 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
572 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
573
574 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
575
576 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
577
578 Added pySketch to the samples.
579
580 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
581 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
582 multi-processor machine.
583
584 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
585 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
586
587 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
588
589 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
590 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
591 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
592 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
593 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
594 original C++ pointer.
595
596 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
597 DrawPointList.
598
599 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
600
601 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
602 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
603
604 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
605 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
606 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
607 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
608 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
609 wx-dev list.
610
611 Added wxStopWatch.
612
613 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
614
615 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
616 will now Disconnect the event.
617
618 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
619
620 Added wxFileHistory.
621
622 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
623 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
624 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
625 same document.
626
627 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
628
629 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
630 Feuer.
631
632 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
633 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
634 additional columns for each item. The classes are
635 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
636 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
637 also be useful by themselves.
638
639 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
640 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
641 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
642 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
643 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
644 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
645 details.
646
647
648
649
650 2.3.1
651 -----
652 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
653 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
654 on a custom event handler for example.)
655
656 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
657 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
658
659 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
660 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
661
662 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
663
664 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
665
666 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
667
668 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
669
670
671
672 2.3.0
673 -----
674 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
675 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
676
677 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
678 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
679 ctor and dtors.
680
681 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
682
683 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
684 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
685 colour database.
686
687 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
688 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
689 access from non-GUI threads.
690
691 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
692 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
693
694 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
695
696 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
697 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
698
699 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
700 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
701
702 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
703 it gobs faster in certain situations.
704
705 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
706 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
707 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
708 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
709 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
710 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
711 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
712 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
713 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
714 the implementation.
715
716 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
717 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
718 many refreshes.
719
720 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
721 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
722
723 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
724
725 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
726
727 Added wxToggleButton.
728
729 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
730
731 Added some methods to wxGrid:
732 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
733 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
734 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
735 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
736 GetGridWindow
737 GetGridRowLabelWindow
738 GetGridColLabelWindow
739 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
740
741 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
742 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
743 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
744
745
746 ***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---
747 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
748 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
749 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
750 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
751 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
752 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
753 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
754 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
755 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
756 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
757 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
758 use weak references.)
759
760 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
761 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
762 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
763 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
764 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
765 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
766 object-type related oddities to me.
767 ***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---
768
769 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
770 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
771 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
772 finally got done.
773
774 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
775 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
776
777 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
778
779 Added wxWave.
780
781 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
782 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
783 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
784 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
785 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
786 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
787
788 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
789 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
790 wxPython/samples.
791
792
793
794
795 2.2.6
796 -----
797
798 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
799 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
800
801
802
803 2.2.5
804 -----
805
806 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
807 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
808 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
809 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
810
811 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
812
813 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
814
815 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
816 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
817
818 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
819 column in report mode.
820
821 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
822 bar after 2 seconds.
823
824 Added wxJoystick.
825
826 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
827 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
828 object, (usually a window.)
829
830 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
831
832 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
833
834 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
835 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
836 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
837 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
838 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
839 wxPython/src/export.h
840
841 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
842 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
843 utils. Will probably add more later.
844
845 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
846 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
847 wxPrinterDC2 name.
848
849 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
850 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
851
852 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
853
854 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
855 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
856
857 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
858 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
859 XML-RPC server.
860
861
862
863 New in 2.2.2
864 ------------
865
866 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
867 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
868 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
869 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
870 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
871 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
872 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
873 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
874 how things work.
875
876 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
877 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
878 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
879 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
880 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
881 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
882 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
883 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
884 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
885
886 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
887 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
888
889 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
890 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
891 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
892 stdin.
893
894 Removed the old python sizers.
895
896 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
897 and wxRealPoint.
898
899 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
900 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
901 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
902
903 Lots of little fixes here and there.
904
905 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
906 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
907 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
908
909
910
911
912 New in 2.2.1
913 ------------
914
915 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
916
917 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
918
919
920
921 New in 2.2.0
922 ------------
923
924 Added wxLog and friends.
925
926 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
927
928 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
929
930
931
932 New in 2.1.16
933 -------------
934
935 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
936 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
937 depressed state.
938
939 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
940
941 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
942
943 Added wxDragImage.
944
945 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
946
947 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
948
949 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
950
951 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
952 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
953 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
954 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
955 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
956 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
957 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
958 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
959
960 OnChar
961 OnSize
962 OnEraseBackground
963 OnSysColourChanged
964 OnInitDialog
965 OnPaint
966 OnIdle
967 OnActivate
968 OnMenuHighlight
969 OnCloseWindow
970 OnScroll
971
972 Added wxSpinCtrl.
973
974
975
976
977 New in 2.1.15
978 -------------
979
980 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
981 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
982
983 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
984 GetSelections.
985
986 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
987 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
988
989 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
990
991 Plugged a memory leak.
992
993 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
994 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
995 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
996 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
997 good...)
998
999 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1000 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1001 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1002
1003 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1004 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1005 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1006 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1007 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1008 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1009 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1010 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1011 them.
1012
1013 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1014 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1015 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1016 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1017
1018 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1019 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1020 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1021 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1022 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1023 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1024 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1025 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1026 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031 What's new in 2.1.13
1032 --------------------
1033 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1034
1035 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1036 and some flicker problems.
1037
1038 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1039 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1040
1041 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1042 "which" parameter.
1043
1044 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1045
1046 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1047
1048 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1049 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1050
1051 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1052 It is used like this:
1053
1054 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1055
1056 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1057 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1058
1059 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1060
1061 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1062
1063 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1064 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1065 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1066 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1067 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1068 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1069
1070 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1071 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1072 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1073 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1074 methods look like this:
1075
1076 def AddTool(ID,
1077 bitmap,
1078 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1079 toggle = FALSE,
1080 clientData = NULL,
1081 shortHelpString = "",
1082 longHelpString = "")
1083
1084 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1085 bitmap,
1086 shortHelpString = "",
1087 longHelpString = "",
1088 toggle=FALSE)
1089
1090
1091 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1092 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1093
1094 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1095
1096 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1097
1098 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1099 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1100 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1101
1102 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1103
1104 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1105 package.
1106
1107 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1108
1109 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1110 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1111 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116 What's new in 2.1.11
1117 --------------------
1118 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1119 syncronized.
1120
1121 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1122 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1123 itself.
1124
1125 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1126 being added. This should remove the need for our
1127 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1128
1129 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1130 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1131 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1132 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1133 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1134
1135 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1136
1137 Added new HTML printing classes.
1138
1139 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1140
1141 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1142 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1143 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1144 wxPoint.)
1145
1146 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1147 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1148 thread from other threads.
1149
1150 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1151
1152 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1153
1154 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1155
1156 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1157 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1158
1159 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1160
1161 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1162 wxGTK...
1163
1164 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169 What's new in 2.1.5
1170 -------------------
1171 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1172 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1173 major features.
1174
1175
1176
1177 What's new in 2.1.4
1178 --------------------
1179
1180 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1181 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1182 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1183 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1184 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1185 the wxPy-2-1-4 tag.
1186
1187 Now back to what's new...
1188
1189 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1190
1191 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1192
1193 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1194 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1195 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1196 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1197 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1198 great!
1199
1200 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1201 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1202 default sort order.
1203
1204 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1205 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1206 example, the following are equivallent:
1207
1208 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1209 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1210
1211 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1212 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1213 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1214 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1215 pages. See the demo for an example.
1216
1217 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1218 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1219
1220 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1221
1222 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1223 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1224 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1225 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1226 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1227 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1228 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1229 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1230 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1231 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1232 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1233 further details.
1234
1235 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1236 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1237 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1238 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1239 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1240 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1241 for more info and examples in future releases.
1242
1243 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1244 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1245 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1246 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1247 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1248 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1249 to use them.
1250
1251 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1252 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1253 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1254 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1255 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1256 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1257 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1258 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1259 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1260 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1261 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1262
1263 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1264 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1265 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1266 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1267 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1268 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1269 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1270 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1271 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1272 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1273 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1274 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1275 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1276 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1277 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1278 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1279
1280 class MyApp(wxApp):
1281 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1282
1283 def OnInit(self):
1284 frame = MyFrame()
1285 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1286 return true
1287
1288 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1289 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1290 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1291 to really screw things up.
1292
1293 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1294 in the wxWindows docs...
1295
1296 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1297 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1298 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1299 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1300 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1301 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1302 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1303 problems...)
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308 What's new in 2.1b3
1309 --------------------
1310
1311 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1312
1313 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1314 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1315 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1316 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1317 features:
1318
1319 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1320 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1321 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1322
1323 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1324
1325 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1326 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1327 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1328 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1329
1330
1331 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1332 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1333 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1334 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1335
1336 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1337 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1338 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1339 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345 What's new in 2.1b2
1346 --------------------
1347
1348 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1349
1350 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1351 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1352 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1353 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1354 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1355
1356 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1357 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1358 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1359 is being unloaded by Python.
1360
1361 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1362 make wxPython look bad.
1363
1364 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1365 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1366
1367 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1368
1369 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1370 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1371
1372 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1373 code to show how to use it.
1374
1375 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1376 matches MSW's.
1377
1378 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1379
1380 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1381 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1382
1383 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1384 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1385
1386 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1387 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1388
1389 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1390 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1391 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1392
1393 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1394 data transfer.
1395
1396 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1397
1398 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1399 for unix systems.
1400
1401 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1402
1403 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1404 in wx.cpp.
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410 What's new in 2.1b1
1411 --------------------
1412 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1413 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1414 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1415
1416 Added the Printing Framework.
1417
1418 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1419 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1420 data after loading each extension module.
1421
1422 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1423 wxWindows classes.
1424
1425 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1426 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1427 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1428
1429 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1430 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1431 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1432 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1433
1434
1435
1436 What's new in 2.0b9
1437 -------------------
1438 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1439
1440 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1441 wxPython application.
1442
1443 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1444
1445 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1446 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1447 this feature off.
1448
1449 Added wxSafeYield function.
1450
1451 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1452
1453 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1454 how it all works.
1455
1456 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1457 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1458
1459 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1460
1461 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1462 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1463
1464 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1465
1466 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1467 methods.
1468
1469
1470
1471 What's new in 2.0b8
1472 -------------------
1473 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1474
1475 Several missing methods from various classes.
1476
1477 Various bug fixes.
1478
1479
1480
1481 What's new in 2.0b7
1482 -------------------
1483 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1484
1485 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1486
1487
1488
1489 What's new in 2.0b6
1490 -------------------
1491 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1492 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1493
1494
1495 What's new in 2.0b5
1496 -------------------
1497 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1498 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1499 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1500 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1501 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1502
1503 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1504 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1505 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1506 diverges from wxWindows.
1507
1508 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1509 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1510 it should just work... More news on this later.
1511
1512 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1513
1514 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1515 wxRegConfig class.
1516
1517 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1518
1519
1520
1521 What's new in 0.5.3
1522 -------------------
1523 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1524
1525 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1526 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1527
1528
1529
1530 What's new in 0.5.0
1531 -------------------
1532 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1533 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1534 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1535 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1536
1537 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1538
1539 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1540
1541 Added wxConfig.
1542
1543 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1544
1545 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1546 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1547
1548 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553 What's new in 0.4.2
1554 -------------------
1555
1556 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1557 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1558 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1559 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1560 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1561 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1562
1563 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1564 must have been a different issue all along...
1565
1566
1567
1568 What's New in 0.4
1569 -----------------
1570
1571 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1572 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1573 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1574 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1575 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1576 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1577
1578 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1579
1580 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
1581
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