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8 (See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
9 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
12 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
13 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
19 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
20 wxHtmlListBox classes.
22 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
25 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
28 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
29 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
30 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
32 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake in
33 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. They are also
34 installing icons and *.desktop items in the generic KDE and GNOME
35 locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu items on
36 non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my RH-9 build
37 box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas for how to
38 improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more distros please
41 The RPMs are now built on a RH-9 box, and I have tested installing
42 them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
44 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
45 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
46 extension modules and pacakges, and also the command-line tool
47 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
48 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
49 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
52 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
60 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
62 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
64 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
65 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
67 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
69 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
71 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
78 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
80 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
82 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
83 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
84 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
87 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
88 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
91 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
92 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
93 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
94 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
97 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
98 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
99 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
100 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
102 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
103 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
104 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
105 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
106 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
107 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
108 package. These will be removed in a future release.
110 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
111 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
112 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
114 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
116 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
117 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
119 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
120 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
122 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
123 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
125 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
126 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
129 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
130 a call to any Python callable object.
132 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
133 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
134 to override the C++ virtual methods.
136 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
137 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
138 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
139 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
140 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
142 Added wxCursorFromBits.
150 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
153 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
154 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
155 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
157 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
160 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
163 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
166 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
168 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
169 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
170 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
176 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
178 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
179 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
180 think I am testing in the future...
184 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
186 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
188 Updated pycolourchooser.
190 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
196 Added missing wxRect methods
198 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
200 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
202 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
203 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
204 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
207 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
210 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
212 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
213 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
216 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
218 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
221 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
223 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
224 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
225 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
226 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
227 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
228 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
229 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
230 static stable in the C++ class.
232 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
233 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
234 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
235 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
238 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
239 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
240 always call them. The functions are:
242 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
243 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
244 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
245 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
246 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
247 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
248 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
249 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
250 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
251 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
252 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
253 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
255 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
256 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
258 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
259 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
260 doesn't have a standard place for them.
262 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
264 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
266 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
274 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
276 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
283 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
286 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
287 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
299 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
301 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
303 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
307 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
308 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
309 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
310 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
311 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
312 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
313 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
314 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
315 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
316 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
317 you can use to play with this new feature.
319 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
320 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
321 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
322 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
323 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
324 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
325 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
326 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
328 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
331 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
332 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
335 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
337 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
338 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
339 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
340 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
341 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
343 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
345 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
347 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
349 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
350 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
351 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
353 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
354 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
355 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
357 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
358 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
360 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
361 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
362 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
363 windows when desired.
365 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
366 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
367 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
374 Added wxSplashScreen.
376 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
378 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
380 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
381 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
382 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
384 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
385 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
386 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
388 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
389 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
390 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
392 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
393 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
394 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
395 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
396 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
399 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
403 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
404 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
407 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
408 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
409 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
410 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
411 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
412 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
413 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
415 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
416 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
417 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
418 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
419 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
420 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
421 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
422 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
423 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
424 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
425 unicode build on win95.
427 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
428 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
429 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
430 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
431 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
432 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
433 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
434 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
435 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
436 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
439 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
441 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
443 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
445 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
446 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
447 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
448 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
449 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
450 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
451 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
452 for any class that is OOR aware.
454 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
455 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
458 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
459 the image data. (Patch #546009)
461 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
464 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
465 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
466 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
479 TransferDataFromWindow
483 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
488 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
491 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
492 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
496 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
497 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
498 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
499 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
500 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
502 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
504 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
505 creating a ScrolledPanel.
507 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
510 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
511 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
512 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
513 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
515 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
516 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
517 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
518 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
519 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
521 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
522 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
523 respond to mouse events and etc.
525 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
526 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
528 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
529 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
530 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
531 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
532 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
533 started with just the "pycrust" command.
535 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
536 displays the details of the event.
538 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
540 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
541 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
544 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
546 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
553 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
554 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
555 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
557 Added some patches from library contributors.
563 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
564 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
565 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
566 and a demo to show them in action.
568 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
569 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
571 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
573 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
575 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
578 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
579 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
580 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
581 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
582 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
583 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
584 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
585 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
588 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
589 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
590 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
591 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
592 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
593 wxSTC flag accordingly.
595 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
596 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
597 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
599 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
601 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
603 Added pySketch to the samples.
605 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
606 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
607 multi-processor machine.
609 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
610 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
612 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
614 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
615 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
616 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
617 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
618 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
619 original C++ pointer.
621 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
624 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
626 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
627 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
629 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
630 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
631 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
632 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
633 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
638 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
640 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
641 will now Disconnect the event.
643 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
647 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
648 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
649 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
652 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
654 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
657 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
658 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
659 additional columns for each item. The classes are
660 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
661 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
662 also be useful by themselves.
664 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
665 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
666 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
667 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
668 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
669 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
677 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
678 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
679 on a custom event handler for example.)
681 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
682 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
684 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
685 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
687 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
689 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
691 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
693 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
699 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
700 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
702 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
703 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
706 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
708 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
709 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
712 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
713 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
714 access from non-GUI threads.
716 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
717 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
719 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
721 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
722 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
724 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
725 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
727 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
728 it gobs faster in certain situations.
730 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
731 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
732 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
733 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
734 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
735 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
736 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
737 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
738 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
741 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
742 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
745 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
746 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
748 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
750 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
752 Added wxToggleButton.
754 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
756 Added some methods to wxGrid:
757 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
758 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
759 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
760 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
762 GetGridRowLabelWindow
763 GetGridColLabelWindow
764 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
766 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
767 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
768 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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772 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
773 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
774 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
775 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
776 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
777 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
778 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
779 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
780 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
781 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
782 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
783 use weak references.)
785 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
786 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
787 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
788 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
789 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
790 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
791 object-type related oddities to me.
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794 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
795 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
796 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
799 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
800 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
802 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
806 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
807 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
808 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
809 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
810 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
811 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
813 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
814 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
823 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
824 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
831 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
832 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
833 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
834 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
836 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
838 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
840 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
841 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
843 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
844 column in report mode.
846 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
851 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
852 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
853 object, (usually a window.)
855 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
857 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
859 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
860 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
861 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
862 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
863 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
864 wxPython/src/export.h
866 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
867 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
868 utils. Will probably add more later.
870 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
871 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
874 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
875 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
877 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
879 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
880 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
882 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
883 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
891 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
892 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
893 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
894 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
895 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
896 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
897 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
898 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
901 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
902 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
903 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
904 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
905 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
906 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
907 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
908 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
909 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
911 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
912 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
914 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
915 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
916 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
919 Removed the old python sizers.
921 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
924 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
925 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
926 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
928 Lots of little fixes here and there.
930 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
931 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
932 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
940 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
942 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
949 Added wxLog and friends.
951 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
953 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
960 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
961 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
964 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
966 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
970 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
972 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
974 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
976 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
977 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
978 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
979 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
980 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
981 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
982 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
983 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1005 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1006 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1008 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1011 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1012 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1014 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1016 Plugged a memory leak.
1018 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1019 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1020 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1021 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1024 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1025 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1026 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1028 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1029 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1030 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1031 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1032 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1033 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1034 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1035 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1038 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1039 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1040 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1041 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1043 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1044 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1045 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1046 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1047 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1048 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1049 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1050 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1051 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1056 What's new in 2.1.13
1057 --------------------
1058 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1060 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1061 and some flicker problems.
1063 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1064 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1066 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1069 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1071 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1073 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1074 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1076 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1077 It is used like this:
1079 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1081 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1082 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1084 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1086 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1088 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1089 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1090 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1091 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1092 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1093 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1095 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1096 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1097 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1098 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1099 methods look like this:
1103 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1106 shortHelpString = "",
1107 longHelpString = "")
1109 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1111 shortHelpString = "",
1112 longHelpString = "",
1116 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1117 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1119 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1121 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1123 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1124 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1125 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1127 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1129 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1132 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1134 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1135 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1136 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1141 What's new in 2.1.11
1142 --------------------
1143 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1146 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1147 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1150 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1151 being added. This should remove the need for our
1152 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1154 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1155 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1156 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1157 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1158 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1160 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1162 Added new HTML printing classes.
1164 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1166 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1167 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1168 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1171 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1172 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1173 thread from other threads.
1175 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1177 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1179 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1181 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1182 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1184 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1186 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1189 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1196 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1197 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1203 --------------------
1205 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1206 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1207 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1208 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1209 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1212 Now back to what's new...
1214 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1216 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1218 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1219 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1220 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1221 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1222 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1225 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1226 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1229 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1230 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1231 example, the following are equivallent:
1233 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1234 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1236 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1237 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1238 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1239 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1240 pages. See the demo for an example.
1242 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1243 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1245 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1247 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1248 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1249 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1250 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1251 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1252 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1253 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1254 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1255 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1256 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1257 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1260 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1261 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1262 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1263 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1264 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1265 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1266 for more info and examples in future releases.
1268 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1269 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1270 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1271 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1272 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1273 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1276 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1277 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1278 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1279 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1280 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1281 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1282 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1283 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1284 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1285 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1286 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1288 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1289 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1290 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1291 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1292 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1293 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1294 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1295 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1296 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1297 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1298 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1299 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1300 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1301 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1302 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1303 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1306 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1310 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1313 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1314 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1315 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1316 to really screw things up.
1318 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1319 in the wxWindows docs...
1321 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1322 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1323 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1324 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1325 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1326 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1327 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1334 --------------------
1336 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1338 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1339 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1340 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1341 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1344 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1345 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1346 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1348 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1350 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1351 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1352 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1353 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1356 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1357 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1358 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1359 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1361 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1362 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1363 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1364 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1371 --------------------
1373 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1375 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1376 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1377 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1378 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1379 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1381 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1382 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1383 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1384 is being unloaded by Python.
1386 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1387 make wxPython look bad.
1389 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1390 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1392 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1394 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1395 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1397 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1398 code to show how to use it.
1400 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1403 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1405 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1406 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1408 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1409 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1411 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1412 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1414 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1415 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1416 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1418 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1421 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1423 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1426 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1428 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1436 --------------------
1437 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1438 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1439 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1441 Added the Printing Framework.
1443 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1444 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1445 data after loading each extension module.
1447 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1450 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1451 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1452 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1454 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1455 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1456 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1457 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1463 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1465 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1466 wxPython application.
1468 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1470 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1471 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1474 Added wxSafeYield function.
1476 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1478 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1481 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1482 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1484 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1486 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1487 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1489 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1491 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1498 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1500 Several missing methods from various classes.
1508 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1510 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1516 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1517 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1522 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1523 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1524 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1525 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1526 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1528 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1529 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1530 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1531 diverges from wxWindows.
1533 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1534 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1535 it should just work... More news on this later.
1537 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1539 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1542 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1548 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1550 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1551 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1557 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1558 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1559 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1560 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1562 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1564 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1568 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1570 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1571 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1573 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1581 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1582 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1583 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1584 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1585 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1586 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1588 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1589 must have been a different issue all along...
1596 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1597 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1598 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1599 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1600 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1601 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1603 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1605 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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