1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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8 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
10 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
12 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
14 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
15 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
17 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
18 flicker problems, and namespace use.
20 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
22 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
24 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
27 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
29 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
30 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
32 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
35 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
38 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
40 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
42 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
52 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
53 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
54 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
55 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
56 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
57 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
58 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
59 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
60 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
62 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
63 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
65 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
66 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
67 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
68 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
71 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
72 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
74 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
76 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
77 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
79 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
80 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
81 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
82 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
83 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
84 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
87 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
88 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
89 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
90 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
91 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
94 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
95 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
96 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
98 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
99 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
101 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
102 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
104 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
105 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
106 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
107 remaining compatible with "C".
109 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
112 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
113 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
114 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
115 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
116 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
117 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
118 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
119 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
120 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
122 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
124 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
125 Scintilla for several releases now.
127 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
128 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
129 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
130 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
132 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
133 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
134 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
137 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
138 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
139 with a more modern reimplementation.
141 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
142 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
144 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
145 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
146 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
148 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
149 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
150 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
151 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
152 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
154 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
155 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
156 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
157 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
160 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
161 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
164 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
172 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
173 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
176 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
179 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
180 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
181 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
182 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
183 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
184 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
185 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
188 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
189 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
195 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
196 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
198 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
201 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
204 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
205 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
206 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
208 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
209 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
210 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
211 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
212 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
213 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
214 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
215 distros please send me a patch.
217 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
218 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
220 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
221 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
222 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
223 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
224 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
225 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
228 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
231 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
233 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
235 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
237 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
238 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
239 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
240 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
241 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
242 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
243 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
246 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
249 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
251 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
252 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
254 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
255 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
256 MigrationGuide for more details.
258 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
259 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
260 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
261 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
262 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
263 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
264 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
265 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
266 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
267 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
268 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
269 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
270 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
271 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
272 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
273 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
274 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
276 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
278 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
286 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
288 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
290 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
291 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
293 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
295 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
297 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
304 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
306 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
308 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
309 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
310 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
313 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
314 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
317 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
318 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
319 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
320 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
321 to the new namespace.
323 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
324 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
325 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
326 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
328 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
329 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
330 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
331 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
332 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
333 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
334 package. These will be removed in a future release.
336 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
337 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
338 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
340 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
342 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
343 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
345 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
346 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
348 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
349 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
351 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
352 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
355 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
356 a call to any Python callable object.
358 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
359 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
360 to override the C++ virtual methods.
362 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
363 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
364 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
365 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
366 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
368 Added wxCursorFromBits.
377 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
380 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
381 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
382 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
384 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
387 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
390 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
393 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
395 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
396 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
397 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
403 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
404 ------------------------------------------
406 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
407 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
408 think I am testing in the future...
412 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
413 ----------------------------------------------
415 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
417 Updated pycolourchooser.
419 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
425 Added missing wxRect methods
427 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
429 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
431 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
432 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
433 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
436 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
439 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
441 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
442 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
445 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
447 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
450 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
452 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
453 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
454 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
455 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
456 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
457 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
458 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
459 static stable in the C++ class.
461 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
462 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
463 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
464 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
467 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
468 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
469 always call them. The functions are:
471 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
472 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
473 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
474 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
475 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
476 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
477 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
478 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
479 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
480 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
481 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
482 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
484 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
485 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
487 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
488 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
489 doesn't have a standard place for them.
491 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
493 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
495 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
503 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
505 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
512 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
515 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
516 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
528 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
530 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
532 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
536 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
537 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
538 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
539 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
540 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
541 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
542 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
543 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
544 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
545 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
546 you can use to play with this new feature.
548 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
549 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
550 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
551 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
552 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
553 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
554 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
555 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
557 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
560 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
561 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
564 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
566 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
567 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
568 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
569 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
570 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
572 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
574 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
576 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
578 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
579 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
580 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
582 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
583 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
584 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
586 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
587 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
589 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
590 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
591 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
592 windows when desired.
594 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
595 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
596 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
603 Added wxSplashScreen.
605 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
607 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
609 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
610 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
611 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
613 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
614 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
615 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
617 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.
621 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
622 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
623 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
624 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
625 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
628 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
632 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
633 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
636 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
637 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
638 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
639 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
640 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
641 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
642 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
644 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
645 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
646 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
647 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
648 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
649 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
650 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
651 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
652 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
653 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
654 unicode build on win95.
656 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
657 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
658 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
659 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
660 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
661 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
662 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
663 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
664 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
665 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
668 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
670 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
672 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
674 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
675 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
676 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
677 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
678 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
679 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
680 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
681 for any class that is OOR aware.
683 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
684 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
687 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
688 the image data. (Patch #546009)
690 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
693 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
694 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
695 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
708 TransferDataFromWindow
712 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
717 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
720 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
721 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
725 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
726 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
727 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
728 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
729 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
731 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
733 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
734 creating a ScrolledPanel.
736 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
739 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
740 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
741 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
742 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
744 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
745 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
746 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
747 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
748 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
750 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
751 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
752 respond to mouse events and etc.
754 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
755 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
757 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
758 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
759 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
760 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
761 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
762 started with just the "pycrust" command.
764 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
765 displays the details of the event.
767 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
769 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
770 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
773 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
775 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
782 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
783 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
784 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
786 Added some patches from library contributors.
792 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
793 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
794 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
795 and a demo to show them in action.
797 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
798 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
800 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
802 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
804 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
807 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
808 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
809 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
810 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
811 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
812 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
813 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
814 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
817 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
818 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
819 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
820 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
821 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
822 wxSTC flag accordingly.
824 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
825 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
826 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
828 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
830 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
832 Added pySketch to the samples.
834 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
835 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
836 multi-processor machine.
838 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
839 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
841 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
843 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
844 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
845 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
846 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
847 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
848 original C++ pointer.
850 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
853 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
855 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
856 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
858 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
859 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
860 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
861 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
862 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
867 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
869 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
870 will now Disconnect the event.
872 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
876 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
877 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
878 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
881 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
883 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
886 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
887 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
888 additional columns for each item. The classes are
889 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
890 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
891 also be useful by themselves.
893 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
894 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
895 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
896 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
897 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
898 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
906 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
907 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
908 on a custom event handler for example.)
910 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
911 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
913 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
914 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
916 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
918 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
920 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
922 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
928 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
929 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
931 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
932 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
935 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
937 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
938 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
941 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
942 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
943 access from non-GUI threads.
945 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
946 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
948 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
950 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
951 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
953 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
954 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
956 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
957 it gobs faster in certain situations.
959 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
960 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
961 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
962 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
963 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
964 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
965 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
966 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
967 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
970 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
971 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
974 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
975 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
977 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
979 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
981 Added wxToggleButton.
983 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
985 Added some methods to wxGrid:
986 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
987 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
988 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
989 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
991 GetGridRowLabelWindow
992 GetGridColLabelWindow
993 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
995 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
996 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
997 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
1000 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1001 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1002 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1003 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1004 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1005 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1006 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1007 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1008 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1009 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1010 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
1011 use weak references.)
1013 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1014 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1015 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
1016 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1017 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1018 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1019 object-type related oddities to me.
1022 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1023 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1024 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1027 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1028 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
1030 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
1034 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1035 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1036 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1037 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1038 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1039 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
1041 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1042 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1051 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1052 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1059 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1060 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1061 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1062 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1064 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1066 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1068 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1069 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1071 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1072 column in report mode.
1074 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1075 bar after 2 seconds.
1079 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1080 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1081 object, (usually a window.)
1083 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1085 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1087 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1088 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1089 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1090 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1091 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1092 wxPython/src/export.h
1094 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1095 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1096 utils. Will probably add more later.
1098 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1099 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1102 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1103 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1105 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1107 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1108 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1110 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1111 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1119 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1120 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1121 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1122 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1123 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1124 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1125 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1126 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1129 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1130 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1131 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1132 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1133 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1134 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1135 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1136 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1137 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1139 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1140 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1142 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1143 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1144 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1147 Removed the old python sizers.
1149 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1152 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1153 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1154 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1156 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1158 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1159 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1160 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1168 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1170 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1177 Added wxLog and friends.
1179 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1181 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1188 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1189 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1192 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1194 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1198 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1200 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1202 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1204 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1205 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1206 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1207 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1208 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1209 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1210 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1211 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1233 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1234 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1236 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1239 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1240 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1242 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1244 Plugged a memory leak.
1246 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1247 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1248 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1249 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1252 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1253 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1254 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1256 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1257 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1258 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1259 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1260 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1261 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1262 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1263 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1266 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1267 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1268 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1269 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1271 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1272 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1273 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1274 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1275 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1276 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1277 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1278 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1279 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1284 What's new in 2.1.13
1285 --------------------
1286 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1288 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1289 and some flicker problems.
1291 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1292 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1294 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1297 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1299 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1301 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1302 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1304 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1305 It is used like this:
1307 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1309 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1310 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1312 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1314 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1316 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1317 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1318 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1319 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1320 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1321 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1323 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1324 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1325 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1326 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1327 methods look like this:
1331 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1334 shortHelpString = "",
1335 longHelpString = "")
1337 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1339 shortHelpString = "",
1340 longHelpString = "",
1344 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1345 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1347 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1349 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1351 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1352 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1353 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1355 Added some missing EVT functions.
1357 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1360 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1362 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1363 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1364 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1369 What's new in 2.1.11
1370 --------------------
1371 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1374 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1375 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1378 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1379 being added. This should remove the need for our
1380 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1382 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1383 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1384 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1385 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1386 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1388 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1390 Added new HTML printing classes.
1392 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1394 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1395 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1396 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1399 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1400 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1401 thread from other threads.
1403 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1405 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1407 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1409 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1410 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1412 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1414 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1417 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1424 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1425 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1431 --------------------
1433 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1434 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1435 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1436 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1437 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1440 Now back to what's new...
1442 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1444 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1446 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1447 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1448 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1449 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1450 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1453 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1454 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1457 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1458 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1459 example, the following are equivallent:
1461 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1462 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1464 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1465 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1466 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1467 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1468 pages. See the demo for an example.
1470 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1471 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1473 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1475 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1476 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1477 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1478 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1479 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1480 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1481 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1482 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1483 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1484 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1485 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1488 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1489 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1490 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1491 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1492 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1493 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1494 for more info and examples in future releases.
1496 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1497 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1498 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1499 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1500 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1501 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1504 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1505 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1506 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1507 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1508 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1509 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1510 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1511 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1512 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1513 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1514 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1516 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1517 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1518 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1519 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1520 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1521 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1522 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1523 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1524 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1525 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1526 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1527 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1528 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1529 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1530 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1531 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1534 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1538 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1541 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1542 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1543 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1544 to really screw things up.
1546 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1547 in the wxWindows docs...
1549 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1550 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1551 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1552 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1553 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1554 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1555 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1562 --------------------
1564 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1566 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1567 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1568 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1569 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1572 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1573 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1574 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1576 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1578 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1579 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1580 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1581 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1584 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1585 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1586 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1587 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1589 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1590 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1591 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1592 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1599 --------------------
1601 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1603 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1604 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1605 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1606 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1607 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1609 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1610 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1611 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1612 is being unloaded by Python.
1614 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1615 make wxPython look bad.
1617 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1618 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1620 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1622 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1623 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1625 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1626 code to show how to use it.
1628 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1631 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1633 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1634 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1636 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1637 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1639 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1640 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1642 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1643 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1644 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1646 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1649 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1651 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1654 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1656 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1664 --------------------
1665 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1666 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1667 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1669 Added the Printing Framework.
1671 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1672 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1673 data after loading each extension module.
1675 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1678 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1679 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1680 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1682 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1683 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1684 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1685 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1691 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1693 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1694 wxPython application.
1696 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1698 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1699 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1702 Added wxSafeYield function.
1704 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1706 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1709 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1710 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1712 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1714 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1715 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1717 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1719 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1726 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1728 Several missing methods from various classes.
1736 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1738 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1744 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1745 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1750 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1751 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1752 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1753 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1754 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1756 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1757 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1758 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1759 diverges from wxWindows.
1761 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1762 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1763 it should just work... More news on this later.
1765 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1767 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1770 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1776 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1778 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1779 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1785 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
1786 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
1787 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1788 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1790 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1792 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1796 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1798 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1799 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1801 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1809 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1810 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1811 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1812 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1813 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1814 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1816 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1817 must have been a different issue all along...
1824 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1825 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1826 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1827 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1828 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1829 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1831 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1833 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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