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14 <h1><a name=
"id1">2.5.3.1</a></h1>
15 <p>wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
</p>
16 <p>Updated internal PNG library.
</p>
17 <p>wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
</p>
18 <p>wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
19 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
</p>
20 <p>wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
21 enabled (does an enable itself)
</p>
22 <p>Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
24 <p>Added support to XRC and XRCed for the
3-state checkbox flags and also
25 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
27 <p>It is now possible to create
"stock
" buttons. Basically this means
28 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
29 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
30 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
31 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
32 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
33 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
34 button with
"Cancel
" as the label and an accelerator on the
"C
", and
35 if run on wxGTK2 then there will also be an image of a red X:
</p>
36 <pre class=
"literal-block">
37 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
39 <p>Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
</p>
40 <p>Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
</p>
41 <p>Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
</p>
42 <p>Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
43 I am no longer doing builds on Python
2.1 the newest distutils is no
44 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python
2.2 distutils
45 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
46 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
47 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
48 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
</p>
49 <p>Updated to SWIG
1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
50 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
51 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
52 the wxPython modules.
</p>
53 <p>Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
54 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
55 user that they should look at that window.
</p>
56 <p>"Fixed
" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
57 them register the editor or renderer for the
"string
" data type.
</p>
58 <p>Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
</p>
59 <p>Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
60 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
61 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
62 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
63 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
64 and PyGetDate methods.
</p>
65 <p>wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
66 also set the colour of the dropdown.
</p>
67 <p>wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
</p>
68 <p>wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
</p>
69 <p>wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
</p>
70 <p>wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
71 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
72 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
</p>
73 <p>wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
</p>
74 <p>wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
</p>
75 <p>Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch
992813)
</p>
76 <p>Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
78 <p>Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
80 <p>Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch
910272)
</p>
81 <p>wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
82 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
84 <p>Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
</p>
85 <p>wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
86 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
88 <p>Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
89 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
90 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
</p>
91 <p>The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
92 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
93 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
94 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
95 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
96 should notice no difference.
</p>
97 <p>wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
98 when a new one is selected.
</p>
99 <p>wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
</p>
100 <p>wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
101 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
102 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
103 more details and a warning.
</p>
104 <p>Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
105 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
</p>
106 <p>Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
107 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
</p>
108 <p>Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version
1.61</p>
109 <p>Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
</p>
110 <p>Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
</p>
111 <p>wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
112 holding down the mouse button.
</p>
113 <p>wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
114 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
</p>
115 <p>FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
</p>
117 <dt>PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
</dt>
118 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
119 <li>Added bar graph demo
</li>
120 <li>Modified line end shape from round to square.
</li>
121 <li>Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
123 <li>Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
</li>
124 <li>Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
</li>
125 <li>Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
</li>
126 <li>Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
</li>
127 <li>Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
128 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
</li>
129 <li>Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
130 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
134 <dt>MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
</dt>
135 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
136 <li>Added '*' mask char that means
"all ansii chars
" (ords
32-
255)
</li>
137 <li>Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
</li>
138 <li>Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
140 <li>Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
142 <li>lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
143 reflect package's public contents.
</li>
147 <p>Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
148 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
149 Migrarion Guide for more information.
</p>
151 <dt>Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies
4 files:
</dt>
152 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
153 <li>wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
</li>
154 <li>wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
</li>
155 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
157 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
</li>
161 <p>Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
162 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
164 <p>wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
165 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
</p>
167 <dt>PyPlot updates from Oliver Schoenborn:
</dt>
168 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
169 <li>Factored out
"draw command
" so extensions easier to implement: clean
170 separation b/w user's
"draw
" (Draw) and internal
"draw
" (_draw)
</li>
171 <li>Added ability to define your own ticks at PlotCanvas.Draw
</li>
172 <li>Added better bar charts: PolyBar class and getBarTicksGen()
</li>
173 <li>Put legend writing for a Poly* into Poly* class where it belongs
</li>
174 <li>If no legend specified or exists, no gap created
</li>
179 <div class=
"section" id=
"id2">
180 <h1><a name=
"id2">2.5.2.8</a></h1>
181 <p>Predominantly a bug-fix release.
</p>
184 <li>Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
</li>
185 <li>Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
</li>
186 <li>Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
187 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
</li>
188 <li>Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
189 flicker problems, and namespace use.
</li>
190 <li>Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
</li>
191 <li>Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
</li>
192 <li>wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented
2nd
194 <li>Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
</li>
195 <li>Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
196 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
</li>
197 <li>Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
198 wxScrolledWindow.
</li>
199 <li>Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
201 <li>Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
</li>
202 <li>wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
</li>
203 <li>Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
</li>
208 <div class=
"section" id=
"id3">
209 <h1><a name=
"id3">2.5.2.7</a></h1>
210 <p>wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
211 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
212 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
213 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
214 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
215 that it will
<em>not
</em> call the window's methods to determine the new best
216 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
217 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
218 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
</p>
219 <p>Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
220 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
</p>
221 <p>The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in
2.5.1.5
222 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the
2.4
223 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
224 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
226 <p>Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
227 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
</p>
228 <p>Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
</p>
229 <p>Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
230 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
</p>
231 <p>Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
232 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
233 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
234 buttons.py to handle attribute (font
& colour) defaults and
235 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
236 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
238 <p>wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
239 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
240 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
241 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
242 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
244 <p>Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
245 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
246 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
</p>
247 <p>wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
248 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
</p>
249 <p>wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
250 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
</p>
251 <p>The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to
"C
" (compatibility) when
252 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
253 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
254 remaining compatible with
"C
".
</p>
255 <p>Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
257 <p>OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
258 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
259 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
260 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
261 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
262 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
263 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
264 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
265 <a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details.
</p>
266 <p>EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
267 Scintilla for several releases now.
</p>
268 <p>All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
269 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
270 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
271 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
</p>
272 <p>Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
273 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
274 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
275 after construction.
</p>
276 <p>Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
277 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
278 with a more modern reimplementation.
</p>
279 <p>Added a new version (
0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
280 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
</p>
281 <p>It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
282 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
283 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
</p>
284 <p>Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
285 <<a class=
"reference" href=
"mailto:svip123@fastmail.fm">svip123
@fastmail.fm
</a>> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
286 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
287 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
288 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
</p>
289 <p>Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
290 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
291 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
292 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
294 <pre class=
"literal-block">
295 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[
0]
296 >>> for x in range(
0,
500,
10):
299 ... wx.MilliSleep(
10)
302 <div class=
"section" id=
"id4">
303 <h1><a name=
"id4">2.5.1.5</a></h1>
304 <p>(See also the
<a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details about some of the
305 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
306 adapt your code.)
</p>
307 <p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
308 see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm
</a> for more details. This won't
309 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
310 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
311 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
312 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
313 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
</p>
314 <p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
315 to wxWidgets
2.5 that I have forgotten about.
</p>
316 <p>Added wxMirrorDC.
</p>
317 <p>Added wxIconLocation
</p>
318 <p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
319 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
</p>
320 <p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
322 <p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
323 wx.lib.plot module.
</p>
324 <p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
325 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
326 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
</p>
327 <p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
328 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
329 also installing icons and
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">*.desktop
</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
330 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
331 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
332 RH-
9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
333 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
334 distros please send me a patch.
</p>
335 <p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-
9 box, and I have tested
336 installing them also on my main Mandrake
9.2 box.
</p>
337 <p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
338 Installer package now
<em>only
</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
339 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
340 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
341 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
342 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
343 want to put them.
</p>
344 <p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
346 <p>Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
</p>
347 <p>wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
</p>
348 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version
1.58 of Scintilla.
</p>
349 <p>To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
350 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
351 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
352 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
353 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
354 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
355 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
357 <p>Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
358 "Adi
" Sieker.
</p>
359 <p>Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
</p>
360 <p>AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
361 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
</p>
362 <p>Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
363 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
364 MigrationGuide for more details.
</p>
365 <p>Created a new extension module
"activex
" from Lindsay Mathieson's
366 newest
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html">wxActiveX
</a> class. (The existing iewin module used an older
367 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
368 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
369 controls in a wx.Window,
<strong>without
</strong> requiring the use of the win32com
370 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
371 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
372 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
373 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
374 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
375 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
376 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
377 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
378 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
379 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
380 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
381 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
</p>
382 <p>Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
</p>
384 <div class=
"section" id=
"id6">
385 <h1><a name=
"id6">2.4.2.4</a></h1>
386 <p>Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
</p>
387 <p>Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
</p>
388 <p>Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
389 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
</p>
390 <p>Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
</p>
391 <p>Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
</p>
392 <p>Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
</p>
394 <div class=
"section" id=
"id7">
395 <h1><a name=
"id7">2.4.1.2</a></h1>
396 <p>Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
</p>
397 <p>Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
</p>
398 <p>Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
399 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">spam(*args,
</span> <span class=
"pre">**kw)
</span></tt> syntax
400 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
402 <p>Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
403 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
404 and wxWindows match.
</p>
405 <p>Added the new wx
"renamer
" package that will dynamically import from
406 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --
> FooBar. That means that
407 people can do imports without
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> and can use names like
408 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase
1 of a full transition
409 to the new namespace.
</p>
410 <p>Updated Scintilla to
1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
411 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
412 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
413 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
</p>
414 <p>Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
415 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
416 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as
"from wxPython
417 import py
" (or
"from wx import py
" using the new namespace.) There
418 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
419 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
420 package. These will be removed in a future release.
</p>
421 <p>Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
422 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
423 code like
"if obj: ...
" to be the same as
"if obj.IsOk(): ...
"</p>
424 <p>Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
</p>
425 <p>Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
426 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
</p>
427 <p>Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
428 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
</p>
429 <p>When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
430 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
</p>
431 <p>Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
432 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
434 <p>Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
435 a call to any Python callable object.
</p>
436 <p>Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
437 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
438 to override the C++ virtual methods.
</p>
439 <p>Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
440 the
"option
" parameter to
"proportion
" to match the docs (
"option
" is
441 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
442 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter,
443 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter
</p>
444 <p>Added wxCursorFromBits.
</p>
446 <div class=
"section" id=
"id8">
447 <h1><a name=
"id8">2.4.0.7</a></h1>
448 <p>Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
449 TRUE/FALSE values.
</p>
450 <p>Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
451 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
452 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a
16-bit value.
</p>
453 <p>Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
455 <p>Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
457 <p>Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
459 <p>Updated PyCrust to version
0.9</p>
460 <p>Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
461 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
462 default behavior) is enough. See below in the
2.3.4.1 notes for more
465 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">
466 <h1><a name=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
</a></h1>
467 <p>The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
468 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
469 think I am testing in the future...
</p>
471 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">
472 <h1><a name=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
</a></h1>
473 <p>A few little but annoying bug fixes.
</p>
474 <p>Updated pycolourchooser.
</p>
475 <p>Updated to
0.9b of PyCrust.
</p>
477 <div class=
"section" id=
"id9">
478 <h1><a name=
"id9">2.4.0.4</a></h1>
479 <p>Added missing wxRect methods
</p>
480 <p>Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
</p>
481 <p>Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
</p>
482 <p>All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
483 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
484 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
486 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
488 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
</p>
489 <p>Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
490 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
491 the parent window.
</p>
492 <p>Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
</p>
493 <p>Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
495 <p>Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
</p>
496 <p>Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
497 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
498 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
499 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
500 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
501 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
502 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
503 static stable in the C++ class.
</p>
504 <p>Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
505 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
506 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
507 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
509 <p>Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
510 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
511 always call them. The functions are:
</p>
513 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
514 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
515 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
516 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
517 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
518 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
519 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
520 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
521 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
522 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
523 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
524 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
</blockquote>
525 <p>Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
526 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
</p>
527 <p>The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
528 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
529 doesn't have a standard place for them.
</p>
530 <p>Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
</p>
531 <p>Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
</p>
532 <p>Updated to the
0.9a version of PyCrust
</p>
534 <div class=
"section" id=
"id10">
535 <h1><a name=
"id10">2.4.0.2</a></h1>
536 <p>Several bug fixes.
</p>
537 <p>Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
538 <p>Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
</p>
540 <div class=
"section" id=
"id11">
541 <h1><a name=
"id11">2.4.0.1</a></h1>
542 <p>No major new features since
2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
544 <p>Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
545 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
</p>
547 <div class=
"section" id=
"id12">
548 <h1><a name=
"id12">2.3.4.2</a></h1>
549 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
551 <div class=
"section" id=
"id13">
552 <h1><a name=
"id13">2.3.4.1</a></h1>
553 <p>Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
</p>
554 <p>Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
</p>
555 <p>Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
</p>
556 <p>Added wxHtmlFilter.
</p>
557 <p>wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
558 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
559 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
560 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
561 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
562 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
563 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
564 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
565 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
566 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
567 you can use to play with this new feature.
</p>
568 <p>Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
569 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
570 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
571 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
572 the old
"final
" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
573 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
574 2.3.3.1 and prior
"hybrid
" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
575 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
</p>
576 <p>You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
577 derived from wxApp.
</p>
578 <p>Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
579 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
581 <p>Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
</p>
582 <p>Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
583 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
584 they did before
2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
585 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
586 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
</p>
587 <p>Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
</p>
588 <p>Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
</p>
589 <p>Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
</p>
590 <p>Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
591 "Pythonic
" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
592 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
</p>
593 <p>Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
594 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
595 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
</p>
596 <p>Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
597 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
</p>
598 <p>Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
599 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
600 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
601 windows when desired.
</p>
602 <p>Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
603 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
604 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
</p>
606 <div class=
"section" id=
"id14">
607 <h1><a name=
"id14">2.3.3.1</a></h1>
608 <p>Added wxSplashScreen.
</p>
609 <p>Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
</p>
610 <p>Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
</p>
611 <p>The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
612 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
613 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
</p>
614 <p>Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
615 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
616 be loaded from any Python
"file-like
" object.
</p>
617 <p>Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
618 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
619 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
</p>
620 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
621 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
622 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
623 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
624 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
626 <p>Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
</p>
627 <p>Added wxBufferedDC.
</p>
628 <p>Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla
1.40 to Scintilla
1.45, and then again
629 to version
1.47, and one more time to
1.48!
<wink
></p>
632 <dd><p class=
"first">wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
633 disabled. Previous to wxPython
2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
634 used. Starting with
2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
635 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
636 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
637 the recent release of GTK+
2.0 it is only a matter of time until
638 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
</p>
639 <p>Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
640 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
641 same unicode binaries on win95/
98/ME platforms as well! This is
642 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
643 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
644 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
645 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
646 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
647 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
648 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
649 unicode build on win95.
</p>
650 <p class=
"last">So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
651 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
652 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
653 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
654 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
655 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
656 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
657 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
658 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
659 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
663 <p>Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
</p>
664 <p>Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
</p>
665 <p>Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
</p>
666 <p>A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
667 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
668 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
669 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
670 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
671 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
672 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
673 for any class that is OOR aware.
</p>
674 <p>Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
675 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
677 <p>Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
678 the image data. (Patch #
546009)
</p>
679 <p>Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
681 <p>Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
682 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
683 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
696 TransferDataFromWindow
700 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
704 <p>If there are other methods that you think should be supported
705 please let me know.
</p>
707 <p>Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
708 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
</p>
709 <p>Added wxArtProvider.
</p>
710 <p>Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
711 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
712 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
713 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
714 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
</p>
715 <p>Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
</p>
716 <p>Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
717 creating a ScrolledPanel.
</p>
718 <p>Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
719 other menu stuff.
</p>
720 <p>Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
721 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
722 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
723 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
</p>
724 <p>Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
725 modules make a
"callback
" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
726 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
727 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
728 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
</p>
729 <p>Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
730 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
731 respond to mouse events and etc.
</p>
732 <p>Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -
1
733 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
</p>
734 <p>Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
735 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
736 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
737 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
738 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
739 started with just the
"pycrust
" command.
</p>
740 <p>Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
741 displays the details of the event.
</p>
742 <p>Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
</p>
743 <p>Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
744 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
746 <p>Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
</p>
747 <p>Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
749 <div class=
"section" id=
"id15">
750 <h1><a name=
"id15">2.3.2.1</a></h1>
751 <p>Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
752 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
753 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
</p>
754 <p>Added some patches from library contributors.
</p>
756 <div class=
"section" id=
"id16">
757 <h1><a name=
"id16">2.3.2</a></h1>
758 <p>Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
759 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
760 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
761 and a demo to show them in action.
</p>
762 <p>Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
763 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/
</a>. )
</p>
764 <p>Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
</p>
765 <p>Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
</p>
766 <p>Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
768 <p>Added a new
"constructor
" to most of the window classes that calls the
769 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
770 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a
2-step
771 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
772 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
773 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
774 resource. The name of the new
"constructor
" is the original name of
775 the class with a
"Pre
" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
777 <p>Updated to version
1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
778 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
779 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
780 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
781 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
782 wxSTC flag accordingly.
</p>
783 <p>Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
784 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
785 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
</p>
786 <p>Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
</p>
787 <p>Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
</p>
788 <p>Added pySketch to the samples.
</p>
789 <p>Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
790 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
791 multi-processor machine.
</p>
792 <p>Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
793 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
</p>
794 <p>Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
</p>
795 <p>The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
796 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
797 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
798 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
799 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
800 original C++ pointer.
</p>
801 <p>Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
803 <p>Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
</p>
804 <p>Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
805 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
</p>
806 <p>Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
807 and from web browsers. It's still not
100% bullet-proof for all types
808 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
809 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape
4.x works,
810 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
812 <p>Added wxStopWatch.
</p>
813 <p>Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
</p>
814 <p>Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
815 will now Disconnect the event.
</p>
816 <p>Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
</p>
817 <p>Added wxFileHistory.
</p>
818 <p>Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
819 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
820 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
822 <p>Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
</p>
823 <p>Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
825 <p>Added the
"SplitTree gizmos
" which are a collection of classes that
826 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
827 additional columns for each item. The classes are
828 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
829 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
830 also be useful by themselves.
</p>
831 <p>Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
832 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
833 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
834 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
835 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
836 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
839 <div class=
"section" id=
"id17">
840 <h1><a name=
"id17">2.3.1</a></h1>
841 <p>Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
842 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
843 on a custom event handler for example.)
</p>
844 <p>Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
845 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
846 <p>Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
847 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
</p>
848 <p>Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
</p>
849 <p>Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
</p>
850 <p>Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python
2.1.
</p>
851 <p>Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
</p>
853 <div class=
"section" id=
"id18">
854 <h1><a name=
"id18">2.3.0</a></h1>
855 <p>Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
856 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
</p>
857 <p>Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
858 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
860 <p>Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
</p>
861 <p>Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
862 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
864 <p>Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
865 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
866 access from non-GUI threads.
</p>
867 <p>wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
868 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
</p>
869 <p>Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
</p>
870 <p>Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
871 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
</p>
872 <p>Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
873 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
</p>
874 <p>Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
875 it gobs faster in certain situations.
</p>
876 <p>Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
877 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
878 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
879 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
880 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
881 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
882 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
883 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
884 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
885 the implementation.
</p>
886 <p>Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
887 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
889 <p>A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
890 the distutils that comes with Python
2.1.
</p>
891 <p>Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
</p>
892 <p>Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
</p>
893 <p>Added wxToggleButton.
</p>
894 <p>Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
</p>
896 <dt>Added some methods to wxGrid:
</dt>
897 <dd>GetCellHighlightPenWidth
898 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
899 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
900 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
902 GetGridRowLabelWindow
903 GetGridColLabelWindow
904 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
</dd>
906 <p>Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
907 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
908 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
</p>
911 <dd><p class=
"first">Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
912 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
913 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
914 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
915 "proper type
" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
916 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
917 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
918 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
919 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
920 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
921 will probably only work on Python
2.1 and beyond because it will
922 use weak references.)
</p>
923 <p class=
"last">This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
924 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
925 be transparent to you, however I'm not
100% sure that it didn't
926 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
927 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
928 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
929 object-type related oddities to me.
</p>
932 <p>There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
933 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
934 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
935 finally got done.
</p>
936 <p>Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
937 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
</p>
938 <p>Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
</p>
940 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
941 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
942 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
943 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
944 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
945 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
</p>
946 <p>Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
947 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
948 wxPython/samples.
</p>
950 <div class=
"section" id=
"id19">
951 <h1><a name=
"id19">2.2.6</a></h1>
952 <p>No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
953 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
</p>
955 <div class=
"section" id=
"id20">
956 <h1><a name=
"id20">2.2.5</a></h1>
957 <p>New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python
2.0 and beyond
958 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
959 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
960 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
</p>
961 <p>Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
</p>
962 <p>Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
</p>
963 <p>Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
964 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
</p>
965 <p>Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
966 column in report mode.
</p>
967 <p>Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
968 bar after
2 seconds.
</p>
969 <p>Added wxJoystick.
</p>
970 <p>Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
971 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
972 object, (usually a window.)
</p>
973 <p>Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
</p>
974 <p>Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
</p>
975 <p>Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
976 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
977 the
"export
" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
978 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
979 libraries. Should also be usable from
3rd party code, just include
980 wxPython/src/export.h
</p>
981 <p>Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
982 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
983 utils. Will probably add more later.
</p>
984 <p>Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
985 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
986 wxPrinterDC2 name.
</p>
987 <p>Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
988 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
</p>
989 <p>Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
</p>
990 <p>Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
991 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
</p>
992 <p>Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
993 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
996 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-2">
997 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-2">New in
2.2.2</a></h1>
998 <p>Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
999 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1000 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1001 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1002 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1003 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1004 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1005 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1006 how things work.
</p>
1007 <p>I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1008 of the distribution files. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
</a>)
1009 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1010 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1011 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1012 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1013 wxPython for Python
1.5.2 or for
1.6, then you will need to get and
1014 install version
1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1015 using Python
2.0 then you already have it.
</p>
1016 <p>Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1017 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
</p>
1018 <p>Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1019 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1020 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1022 <p>Removed the old python sizers.
</p>
1023 <p>Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1024 and wxRealPoint.
</p>
1025 <p>Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1026 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1027 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
</p>
1028 <p>Lots of little fixes here and there.
</p>
1029 <p>Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1030 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1031 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
</p>
1033 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-1">
1034 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-1">New in
2.2.1</a></h1>
1035 <p>Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
</p>
1036 <p>Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
</p>
1038 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-0">
1039 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-0">New in
2.2.0</a></h1>
1040 <p>Added wxLog and friends.
</p>
1041 <p>Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
</p>
1042 <p>Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
</p>
1044 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-16">
1045 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-16">New in
2.1.16</a></h1>
1046 <p>Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1047 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1048 depressed state.
</p>
1049 <p>Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1050 <p>wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
</p>
1051 <p>Added wxDragImage.
</p>
1052 <p>Fixed printing on wxGTK.
</p>
1053 <p>Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
</p>
1054 <p>Added wxCalendarCtrl.
</p>
1055 <p>WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1056 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1057 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1058 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1059 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1060 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1061 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1062 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
</p>
1074 OnScroll
</blockquote>
1075 <p>Added wxSpinCtrl.
</p>
1077 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-15">
1078 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-15">New in
2.1.15</a></h1>
1079 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1080 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
</p>
1081 <p>Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1083 <p>Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1084 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
</p>
1085 <p>Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
</p>
1086 <p>Plugged a memory leak.
</p>
1087 <p>Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1088 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1089 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1090 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1092 <p>Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1093 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1094 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
</p>
1095 <p>Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1096 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1097 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1098 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1099 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1100 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1101 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1102 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1104 <p>Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1105 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1106 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1107 "#RRGGBB
". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
</p>
1108 <p>I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1109 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1110 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1111 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1112 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1113 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1114 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html">http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html
</a> to help fill in the gaps
1115 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1116 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
</p>
1118 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">
1119 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">What's new in
2.1.13</a></h1>
1120 <p>Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
</p>
1121 <p>Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1122 and some flicker problems.
</p>
1123 <p>Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1124 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.kitware.com/">http://www.kitware.com/
</a>)
</p>
1125 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1126 "which
" parameter.
</p>
1127 <p>Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1128 <p>Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1129 <p>Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1130 with wxWindow.GetParent.
</p>
1131 <p>Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1132 It is used like this:
</p>
1134 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
</blockquote>
1135 <p>If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1136 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
</p>
1137 <p>Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
</p>
1138 <p>Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
</p>
1139 <p>Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1140 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1141 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1142 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1143 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1144 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
</p>
1145 <p>The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1146 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1147 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1148 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1149 methods look like this:
</p>
1152 <dt>def AddTool(ID,
</dt>
1154 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1157 shortHelpString =
"",
1158 longHelpString =
"")
</dd>
1159 <dt>def AddSimpleTool(ID,
</dt>
1161 shortHelpString =
"",
1162 longHelpString =
"",
1166 <p>There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1167 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
</p>
1168 <p>Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
</p>
1169 <p>wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
</p>
1170 <p>Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1171 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1172 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL">http://starship.python.net:
9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL
</a>.
</p>
1173 <p>Added some missing EVT functions.
</p>
1174 <p>Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1176 <p>Changed all the
"LIST
" parameter names to
"choices
" to match the docs.
</p>
1177 <p>More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1178 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1179 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
</p>
1181 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">
1182 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">What's new in
2.1.11</a></h1>
1183 <p>Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1185 <p>wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1186 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1188 <p>Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1189 being added. This should remove the need for our
1190 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
</p>
1191 <p>wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1192 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1193 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1194 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1195 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
</p>
1196 <p>Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
</p>
1197 <p>Added new HTML printing classes.
</p>
1198 <p>Added wxWindow.GetHandle
</p>
1199 <p>Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
1200 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1201 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1203 <p>Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1204 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1205 thread from other threads.
</p>
1206 <p>Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
</p>
1207 <p>Added wxFontEnumerator.
</p>
1208 <p>Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
</p>
1209 <p>wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1210 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
</p>
1211 <p>Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
</p>
1212 <p>Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1214 <p>Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
</p>
1216 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">
1217 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">What's new in
2.1.5</a></h1>
1218 <p>This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1219 crept in at the last minute before
2.1.4 was called done. No new
1222 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">
1223 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">What's new in
2.1.4</a></h1>
1224 <p>This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1225 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1226 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1227 wxGTK from CVS. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm">http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm
</a>)
1228 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1229 the wxPy-
2-
1-
4 tag.
</p>
1230 <p>Now back to what's new...
</p>
1231 <p>Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
</p>
1232 <p>Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
</p>
1233 <p>Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a
<em>copy
</em>
1234 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1235 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1236 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1237 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1239 <p>Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1240 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1241 default sort order.
</p>
1242 <p>Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1243 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1244 example, the following are equivallent:
</p>
1246 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(
100,
100))
1247 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (
100,
100))
</blockquote>
1248 <p>Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1249 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1250 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1251 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1252 pages. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1253 <p>A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1254 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
</p>
1255 <p>Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
</p>
1256 <p>Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1257 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
1258 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1259 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1260 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1261 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1262 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1263 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1264 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1265 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1266 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1267 further details.
</p>
1268 <p>Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1269 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1270 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1271 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1272 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1273 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1274 for more info and examples in future releases.
</p>
1275 <p>Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1276 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1277 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1278 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1279 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1280 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1282 <p>Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1283 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1284 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1285 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1286 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1287 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1288 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1289 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1290 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1291 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1292 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
</p>
1293 <p>I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1294 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1295 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1296 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1297 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1298 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1299 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1300 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1301 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1302 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1303 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1304 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1305 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1306 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1307 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1308 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
</p>
1311 <dt>class MyApp(wxApp):
</dt>
1312 <dd><p class=
"first">outputWindowClass = MyClass
</p>
1314 <dt>def OnInit(self):
</dt>
1315 <dd>frame = MyFrame()
1316 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1322 <p>Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1323 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1324 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1325 to really screw things up.
</p>
1326 <p>Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1327 in the wxWindows docs...
</p>
1328 <p>Some new
3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1329 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1330 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1331 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1332 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1333 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1334 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1337 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">
1338 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">What's new in
2.1b3
</a></h1>
1339 <p>This release is syncronized with release
2.1 snapshot
9 of wxWindows.
</p>
1340 <p>Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html">http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html
</a>)
1341 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1342 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1343 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1347 <li><p class=
"first">Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1348 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1349 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
</p>
1351 <p>win = wxWindow(parent, -
1, style = mystyle)
</p>
1354 <li><p class=
"first">There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1355 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1356 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1357 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
</p>
1361 <p>There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1362 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1363 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1364 see distrib/build.py for more details.
</p>
1365 <p>wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1366 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1367 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1368 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
</p>
1370 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">
1371 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">What's new in
2.1b2
</a></h1>
1372 <p>Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
</p>
1373 <p>Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1374 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1375 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1376 It was only a
1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1377 line
496 if you want to do it by hand.
</p>
1378 <p>It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1379 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1380 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1381 is being unloaded by Python.
</p>
1382 <p>I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1383 make wxPython look bad.
</p>
1384 <p>wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1385 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
</p>
1386 <p>Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
</p>
1387 <p>You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1388 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
</p>
1389 <p>Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1390 code to show how to use it.
</p>
1391 <p>Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1393 <p>Added wxGrid.GetCells
</p>
1394 <p>Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1395 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
</p>
1396 <p>Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
1397 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
</p>
1399 <dt>Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
</dt>
1400 <dd>wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth =
1)
</dd>
1402 <p>Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1403 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1404 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
</p>
1405 <p>Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1407 <p>Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
</p>
1408 <p>New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1409 for unix systems.
</p>
1410 <p>Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
</p>
1411 <p>SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1414 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">
1415 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">What's new in
2.1b1
</a></h1>
1416 <p>Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1417 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1418 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
</p>
1419 <p>Added the Printing Framework.
</p>
1420 <p>Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1421 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1422 data after loading each extension module.
</p>
1423 <p>Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1424 wxWindows classes.
</p>
1425 <p>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.
</p>
1428 <p>wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1429 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1430 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1431 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
</p>
1433 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">
1434 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">What's new in
2.0b9
</a></h1>
1435 <p>Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
</p>
1436 <p>Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1437 wxPython application.
</p>
1438 <p>Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
</p>
1439 <p>Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1440 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1441 this feature off.
</p>
1442 <p>Added wxSafeYield function.
</p>
1443 <p>OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
</p>
1444 <p>Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1445 how it all works.
</p>
1446 <p>The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1447 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
</p>
1448 <p>Added a couple missing items from the docs.
</p>
1449 <p>Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1450 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
</p>
1451 <p>Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1452 <p>Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1455 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">
1456 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">What's new in
2.0b8
</a></h1>
1457 <p>Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
</p>
1458 <p>Several missing methods from various classes.
</p>
1459 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
1461 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">
1462 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">What's new in
2.0b7
</a></h1>
1463 <p>Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
</p>
1464 <p>Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
</p>
1466 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">
1467 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">What's new in
2.0b6
</a></h1>
1468 <p>Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1469 Python
1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
</p>
1471 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">
1472 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">What's new in
2.0b5
</a></h1>
1473 <p>Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1474 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1475 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1476 wxWindows
1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1477 with the
2.0 version of wxWindows.
</p>
1478 <p>I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1479 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1480 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1481 diverges from wxWindows.
</p>
1482 <p>Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1483 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1484 it should just work... More news on this later.
</p>
1485 <p>Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
</p>
1486 <p>Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1487 wxRegConfig class.
</p>
1488 <p>As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
</p>
1490 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">
1491 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">What's new in
0.5.3</a></h1>
1492 <p>Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
</p>
1493 <p>Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1494 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
</p>
1496 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">
1497 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">What's new in
0.5.0</a></h1>
1498 <p>Changed the import semantics from
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"from
</span> <span class=
"pre">wxPython
</span> <span class=
"pre">import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> to
1499 <tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"from
</span> <span class=
"pre">wxPython.wx
</span> <span class=
"pre">import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> This is for people who are worried about
1500 namespace pollution, they can use
"from wxPython import wx
" and then
1501 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with
"wx.
"</p>
1502 <p>Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
</p>
1503 <p>Made the events work for wxGrid.
</p>
1504 <p>Added wxConfig.
</p>
1505 <p>Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
</p>
1506 <p>Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1507 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
</p>
1508 <p>Other assorted fixes and additions.
</p>
1510 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">
1511 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">What's new in
0.4.2</a></h1>
1512 <p>wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1513 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1514 <<a class=
"reference" href=
"mailto:H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl">H.v.d.Heijden
@phys.tue.nl
</a>> for his astute detective work on tracking
1515 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1516 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1517 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
</p>
1518 <p>The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1519 must have been a different issue all along...
</p>
1521 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">
1522 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">What's New in
0.4</a></h1>
1523 <p>1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1524 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1525 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1526 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1527 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1528 version segfault shortly after starting up.
</p>
1529 <ol class=
"arabic simple" start=
"2">
1530 <li>Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
</li>
1531 <li>Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
</li>
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