1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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7 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
9 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384. Moved the code that handles
10 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
11 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
12 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
13 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
15 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
17 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
20 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
28 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
29 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
30 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
32 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
33 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
35 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
36 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
37 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
38 then calling GetValue().
41 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
42 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
43 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
44 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
46 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
49 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
50 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
51 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
53 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
55 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
56 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
58 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
59 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
61 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
62 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
63 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
64 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
65 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
66 the origin of the canvas.
68 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
69 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
70 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
72 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
73 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
75 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
76 internal scrollbar visible.
78 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
79 system paths for each platform.
81 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
82 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
83 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
84 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
85 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
87 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
88 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
89 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
91 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
92 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
93 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
95 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
96 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
97 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
99 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
101 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
102 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
103 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
104 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
106 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
107 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
108 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
109 of how to use the control.
111 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
112 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
114 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
115 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
118 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
119 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
121 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
122 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
123 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
124 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
125 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
126 finished with the timer.
128 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
129 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
130 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
131 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
132 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
133 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
134 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
135 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
136 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
137 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
139 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
140 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
141 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
142 via the wxPython C API.
144 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
145 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
146 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
147 when docstrings are added for those items.
149 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
150 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
151 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
152 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
153 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
156 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
157 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
158 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
159 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
160 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
161 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
162 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
163 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
164 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
165 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
166 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
169 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
170 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
171 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
172 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
173 ID's. Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
175 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
176 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
178 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
179 lots of surplus events)
181 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
184 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
185 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
187 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
188 and GTK+'s context menu code.
190 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
191 (not all actions are allowed).
193 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
195 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
196 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
197 when GetString is called from an event handler.
199 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
200 and max ends of the slider.
202 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
203 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
204 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
207 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
208 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
209 not with labels/sizers.
210 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
211 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
214 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
215 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
217 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
218 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
221 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
222 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
223 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
224 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
227 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
228 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
230 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
232 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
233 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
234 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
235 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
237 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
240 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
241 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
243 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
245 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
247 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
248 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
250 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
253 wxMSW: "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
256 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
257 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
258 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
259 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
262 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
264 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
266 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
267 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
268 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
269 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
272 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
273 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
275 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
276 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
278 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
279 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
280 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
281 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
282 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
283 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
285 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
288 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
291 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
294 - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
295 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
296 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
297 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
305 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
307 Updated internal PNG library.
309 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
311 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
312 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
314 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
315 enabled (does an enable itself)
317 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
320 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
321 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
324 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
325 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
326 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
327 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
328 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
329 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
330 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
331 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
332 also be an image of a red X::
334 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
337 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
339 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
341 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
343 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
344 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
345 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
346 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
347 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
348 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
349 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
351 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
352 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
353 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
354 the wxPython modules.
356 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
357 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
358 user that they should look at that window.
360 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
361 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
363 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
365 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
366 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
367 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
368 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
369 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
370 and PyGetDate methods.
372 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
373 also set the colour of the dropdown.
375 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
377 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
379 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
381 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
382 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
383 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
385 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
387 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
389 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
391 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
394 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
397 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
399 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
400 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
403 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
405 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
406 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
409 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
410 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
411 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
413 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
414 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
415 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
416 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
417 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
418 should notice no difference.
420 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
421 when a new one is selected.
423 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
425 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
426 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
427 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
428 more details and a warning.
430 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
431 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
433 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
434 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
436 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
438 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
440 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
442 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
443 holding down the mouse button.
445 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
446 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
448 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
450 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
451 - Added bar graph demo
452 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
453 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
455 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
456 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
457 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
458 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
459 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
460 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
461 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
462 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
465 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
466 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
467 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
468 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
470 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
472 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
473 reflect package's public contents.
475 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
476 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
477 Migrarion Guide for more information.
479 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
480 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
481 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
482 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
484 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
486 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
487 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
490 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
491 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
500 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
502 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
504 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
506 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
507 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
509 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
510 flicker problems, and namespace use.
512 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
514 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
516 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
519 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
521 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
522 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
524 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
527 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
530 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
532 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
534 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
544 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
545 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
546 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
547 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
548 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
549 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
550 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
551 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
552 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
554 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
555 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
557 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
558 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
559 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
560 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
563 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
564 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
566 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
568 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
569 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
571 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
572 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
573 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
574 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
575 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
576 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
579 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
580 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
581 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
582 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
583 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
586 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
587 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
588 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
590 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
591 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
593 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
594 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
596 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
597 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
598 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
599 remaining compatible with "C".
601 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
604 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
605 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
606 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
607 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
608 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
609 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
610 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
611 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
612 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
614 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
616 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
617 Scintilla for several releases now.
619 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
620 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
621 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
622 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
624 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
625 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
626 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
629 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
630 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
631 with a more modern reimplementation.
633 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
634 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
636 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
637 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
638 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
640 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
641 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
642 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
643 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
644 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
646 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
647 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
648 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
649 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
652 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
653 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
656 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
659 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
667 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
668 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
671 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
674 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
675 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
676 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
677 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
678 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
679 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
680 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
683 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
684 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
690 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
691 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
693 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
696 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
699 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
700 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
701 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
703 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
704 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
705 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
706 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
707 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
708 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
709 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
710 distros please send me a patch.
712 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
713 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
715 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
716 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
717 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
718 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
719 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
720 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
723 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
726 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
728 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
730 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
732 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
733 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
734 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
735 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
736 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
737 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
738 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
741 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
744 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
746 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
747 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
749 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
750 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
751 MigrationGuide for more details.
753 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
754 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
755 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
756 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
757 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
758 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
759 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
760 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
761 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
762 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
763 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
764 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
765 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
766 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
767 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
768 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
769 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
771 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
773 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
781 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
783 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
785 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
786 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
788 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
790 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
792 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
799 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
801 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
803 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
804 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
805 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
808 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
809 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
812 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
813 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
814 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
815 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
816 to the new namespace.
818 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
819 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
820 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
821 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
823 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
824 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
825 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
826 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
827 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
828 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
829 package. These will be removed in a future release.
831 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
832 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
833 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
835 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
837 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
838 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
840 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
841 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
843 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
844 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
846 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
847 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
850 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
851 a call to any Python callable object.
853 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
854 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
855 to override the C++ virtual methods.
857 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
858 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
859 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
860 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
861 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
863 Added wxCursorFromBits.
872 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
875 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
876 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
877 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
879 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
882 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
885 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
888 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
890 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
891 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
892 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
898 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
899 ------------------------------------------
901 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
902 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
903 think I am testing in the future...
907 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
908 ----------------------------------------------
910 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
912 Updated pycolourchooser.
914 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
920 Added missing wxRect methods
922 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
924 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
926 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
927 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
928 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
931 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
934 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
936 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
937 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
940 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
942 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
945 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
947 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
948 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
949 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
950 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
951 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
952 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
953 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
954 static stable in the C++ class.
956 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
957 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
958 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
959 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
962 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
963 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
964 always call them. The functions are:
966 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
967 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
968 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
969 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
970 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
971 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
972 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
973 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
974 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
975 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
976 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
977 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
979 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
980 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
982 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
983 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
984 doesn't have a standard place for them.
986 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
988 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
990 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
998 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1000 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
1007 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
1010 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
1011 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
1023 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
1025 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
1027 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
1031 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
1032 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
1033 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
1034 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
1035 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
1036 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
1037 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
1038 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
1039 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
1040 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
1041 you can use to play with this new feature.
1043 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
1044 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
1045 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
1046 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
1047 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
1048 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
1049 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
1050 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
1052 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
1055 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
1056 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
1059 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
1061 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
1062 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
1063 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
1064 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
1065 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
1067 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
1069 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
1071 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
1073 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1074 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1075 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
1077 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1078 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1079 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
1081 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1082 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
1084 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1085 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1086 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1087 windows when desired.
1089 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1090 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1091 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
1098 Added wxSplashScreen.
1100 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
1102 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
1104 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1105 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1106 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
1108 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1109 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1110 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
1112 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1113 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1114 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
1116 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1117 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1118 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1119 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1120 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1123 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
1127 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
1128 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
1131 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1132 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1133 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1134 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1135 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1136 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1137 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
1139 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1140 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1141 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
1142 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1143 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1144 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1145 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1146 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1147 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1148 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1149 unicode build on win95.
1151 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1152 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
1153 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
1154 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
1155 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
1156 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
1157 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
1158 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
1159 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
1160 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
1163 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
1165 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
1167 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
1169 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
1170 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
1171 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
1172 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
1173 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
1174 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
1175 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
1176 for any class that is OOR aware.
1178 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
1179 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
1182 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
1183 the image data. (Patch #546009)
1185 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
1188 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
1189 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
1190 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
1203 TransferDataFromWindow
1204 TransferDataToWindow
1207 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
1212 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
1215 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
1216 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
1218 Added wxArtProvider.
1220 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
1221 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
1222 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1223 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1224 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
1226 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
1228 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1229 creating a ScrolledPanel.
1231 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1234 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1235 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1236 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1237 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
1239 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1240 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1241 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1242 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1243 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
1245 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1246 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1247 respond to mouse events and etc.
1249 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
1250 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
1252 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1253 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1254 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1255 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1256 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1257 started with just the "pycrust" command.
1259 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1260 displays the details of the event.
1262 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
1264 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1265 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1268 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
1270 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1277 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1278 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1279 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
1281 Added some patches from library contributors.
1287 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1288 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1289 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1290 and a demo to show them in action.
1292 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1293 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
1295 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
1297 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
1299 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1302 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
1303 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1304 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
1305 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1306 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1307 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1308 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
1309 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1312 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1313 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1314 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1315 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1316 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1317 wxSTC flag accordingly.
1319 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1320 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1321 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
1323 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
1325 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
1327 Added pySketch to the samples.
1329 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1330 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1331 multi-processor machine.
1333 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1334 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
1336 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
1338 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1339 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1340 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1341 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1342 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1343 original C++ pointer.
1345 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1348 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
1350 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1351 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
1353 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1354 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
1355 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1356 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
1357 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1362 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
1364 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1365 will now Disconnect the event.
1367 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
1369 Added wxFileHistory.
1371 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1372 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1373 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1376 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
1378 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1381 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
1382 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1383 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1384 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1385 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1386 also be useful by themselves.
1388 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1389 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1390 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1391 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1392 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1393 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1401 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1402 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1403 on a custom event handler for example.)
1405 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1406 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
1408 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1409 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
1411 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
1413 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
1415 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
1417 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
1423 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1424 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
1426 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1427 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1430 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
1432 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1433 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1436 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1437 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1438 access from non-GUI threads.
1440 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1441 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
1443 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
1445 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1446 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
1448 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1449 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
1451 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1452 it gobs faster in certain situations.
1454 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1455 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1456 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1457 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1458 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1459 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1460 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1461 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1462 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1465 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1466 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1469 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1470 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
1472 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
1474 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
1476 Added wxToggleButton.
1478 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
1480 Added some methods to wxGrid:
1481 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1482 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1483 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1484 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1486 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1487 GetGridColLabelWindow
1488 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
1490 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1491 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1492 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
1495 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1496 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1497 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1498 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1499 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1500 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1501 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1502 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1503 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1504 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1505 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
1506 use weak references.)
1508 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1509 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1510 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
1511 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1512 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1513 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1514 object-type related oddities to me.
1517 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1518 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1519 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1522 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1523 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
1525 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
1529 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1530 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1531 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1532 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1533 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1534 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
1536 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1537 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1546 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1547 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1554 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1555 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1556 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1557 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1559 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1561 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1563 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1564 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1566 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1567 column in report mode.
1569 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1570 bar after 2 seconds.
1574 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1575 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1576 object, (usually a window.)
1578 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1580 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1582 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1583 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1584 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1585 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1586 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1587 wxPython/src/export.h
1589 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1590 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1591 utils. Will probably add more later.
1593 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1594 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1597 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1598 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1600 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1602 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1603 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1605 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1606 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1614 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1615 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1616 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1617 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1618 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1619 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1620 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1621 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1624 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1625 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1626 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1627 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1628 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1629 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1630 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1631 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1632 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1634 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1635 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1637 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1638 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1639 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1642 Removed the old python sizers.
1644 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1647 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1648 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1649 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1651 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1653 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1654 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1655 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1663 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1665 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1672 Added wxLog and friends.
1674 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1676 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1683 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1684 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1687 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1689 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1693 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1695 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1697 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1699 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1700 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1701 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1702 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1703 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1704 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1705 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1706 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1728 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1729 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1731 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1734 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1735 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1737 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1739 Plugged a memory leak.
1741 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1742 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1743 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1744 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1747 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1748 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1749 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1751 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1752 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1753 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1754 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1755 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1756 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1757 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1758 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1761 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1762 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1763 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1764 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1766 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1767 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1768 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1769 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1770 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1771 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1772 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1773 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1774 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1779 What's new in 2.1.13
1780 --------------------
1781 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1783 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1784 and some flicker problems.
1786 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1787 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1789 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1792 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1794 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1796 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1797 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1799 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1800 It is used like this:
1802 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1804 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1805 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1807 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1809 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1811 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1812 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1813 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1814 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1815 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1816 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1818 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1819 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1820 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1821 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1822 methods look like this:
1826 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1829 shortHelpString = "",
1830 longHelpString = "")
1832 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1834 shortHelpString = "",
1835 longHelpString = "",
1839 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1840 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1842 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1844 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1846 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1847 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1848 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1850 Added some missing EVT functions.
1852 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1855 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1857 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1858 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1859 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1864 What's new in 2.1.11
1865 --------------------
1866 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1869 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1870 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1873 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1874 being added. This should remove the need for our
1875 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1877 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1878 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1879 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1880 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1881 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1883 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1885 Added new HTML printing classes.
1887 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1889 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
1890 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1891 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1894 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1895 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1896 thread from other threads.
1898 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1900 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1902 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1904 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1905 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1907 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1909 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1912 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1919 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1920 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1926 --------------------
1928 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1929 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1930 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1931 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1932 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1935 Now back to what's new...
1937 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1939 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1941 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1942 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1943 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1944 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1945 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1948 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1949 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1952 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1953 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1954 example, the following are equivallent:
1956 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1957 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1959 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1960 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1961 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1962 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1963 pages. See the demo for an example.
1965 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1966 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1968 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1970 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1971 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
1972 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1973 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1974 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1975 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1976 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1977 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1978 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1979 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1980 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1983 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1984 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1985 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1986 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1987 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1988 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1989 for more info and examples in future releases.
1991 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1992 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1993 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1994 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1995 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1996 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1999 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
2000 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
2001 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
2002 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
2003 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
2004 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
2005 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
2006 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
2007 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
2008 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
2009 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
2011 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
2012 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
2013 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
2014 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
2015 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
2016 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
2017 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
2018 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
2019 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
2020 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
2021 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
2022 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
2023 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
2024 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
2025 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
2026 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
2029 outputWindowClass = MyClass
2033 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
2036 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
2037 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
2038 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
2039 to really screw things up.
2041 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
2042 in the wxWindows docs...
2044 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
2045 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
2046 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
2047 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
2048 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
2049 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
2050 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
2057 --------------------
2059 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
2061 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
2062 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
2063 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
2064 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
2067 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
2068 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
2069 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
2071 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
2073 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
2074 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
2075 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
2076 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
2079 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
2080 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
2081 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
2082 see distrib/build.py for more details.
2084 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
2085 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
2086 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
2087 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
2094 --------------------
2096 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
2098 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
2099 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
2100 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
2101 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
2102 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
2104 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
2105 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
2106 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
2107 is being unloaded by Python.
2109 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
2110 make wxPython look bad.
2112 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
2113 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
2115 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
2117 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
2118 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
2120 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
2121 code to show how to use it.
2123 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
2126 Added wxGrid.GetCells
2128 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
2129 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
2131 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
2132 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
2134 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
2135 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
2137 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
2138 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
2139 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
2141 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
2144 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
2146 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
2149 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
2151 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
2159 --------------------
2160 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
2161 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
2162 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
2164 Added the Printing Framework.
2166 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
2167 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
2168 data after loading each extension module.
2170 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
2173 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
2174 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
2175 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
2177 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
2178 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
2179 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
2180 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
2186 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
2188 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
2189 wxPython application.
2191 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
2193 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
2194 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
2197 Added wxSafeYield function.
2199 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
2201 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
2204 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
2205 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
2207 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
2209 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
2210 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
2212 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
2214 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
2221 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
2223 Several missing methods from various classes.
2231 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
2233 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
2239 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
2240 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
2245 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
2246 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
2247 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
2248 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
2249 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
2251 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
2252 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
2253 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
2254 diverges from wxWindows.
2256 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
2257 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
2258 it should just work... More news on this later.
2260 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
2262 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
2265 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
2271 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
2273 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
2274 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
2280 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
2281 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
2282 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
2283 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
2285 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
2287 Made the events work for wxGrid.
2291 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
2293 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
2294 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
2296 Other assorted fixes and additions.
2304 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
2305 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
2306 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
2307 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
2308 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
2309 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
2311 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
2312 must have been a different issue all along...
2319 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
2320 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
2321 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
2322 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
2323 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
2324 version segfault shortly after starting up.
2326 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
2328 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.