1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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7 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
8 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
9 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
10 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
11 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
12 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
13 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
14 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used.
16 Related to the above, when controls and some other window types are
17 created either the size passed to the constructor, or their "best
18 size" if an explicit size was not passed in, is set as the window's
19 minimal size. For non top-level windows that hasn't meant much in the
20 past, but now the sizers are sensitive to the window's minimal size.
21 The key point to understand here is that it is no longer the window's
22 size it has when added to the sizer that matters, but its minimal
23 size. So you might have some issues to iron out if you create a
24 control without a size and then set its size to something before
25 adding it to the sizer. Since it's minimal size is probably not the
26 size you set then the sizer will appear to be misbehaving. The fix is
27 to either set the size when calling the window's constructor, or to
28 reset the min size by calling SetSizeHints. You can call SetSizeHints
29 at anytime to change the minsize of a window, just call the sizer's
30 Layout method to redistribute the controls as needed.
33 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
34 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
36 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
37 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
38 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
39 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
42 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
43 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
45 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
47 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
48 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
50 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
51 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
52 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
53 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
54 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
55 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
58 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
59 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
60 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
61 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
62 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
65 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
66 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
67 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
69 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
70 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
72 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
73 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
75 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
76 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
77 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
78 remaining compatible with "C".
80 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
83 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
84 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
85 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
86 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
87 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
88 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
89 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
90 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
91 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
93 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
95 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
96 Scintilla for several releases now.
98 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
99 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
100 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
101 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
103 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
104 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
105 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
108 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
109 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
110 with a more modern reimplementation.
112 Added a new version (0.8.3)of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
113 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
121 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
122 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
125 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
128 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
129 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
130 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
131 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
132 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
133 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
134 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
137 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
138 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
144 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
145 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
147 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
150 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
153 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
154 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
155 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
157 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
158 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
159 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
160 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
161 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
162 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
163 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
164 distros please send me a patch.
166 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
167 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
169 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
170 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
171 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
172 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
173 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
174 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
177 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
180 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
182 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
184 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
186 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
187 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
188 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
189 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
190 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
191 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
192 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
195 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
198 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
200 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
201 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
203 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
204 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
205 MigrationGuide for more details.
207 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
208 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
209 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
210 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
211 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
212 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
213 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
214 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
215 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
216 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
217 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
218 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
219 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
220 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
221 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
222 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
223 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
225 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
227 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
235 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
237 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
239 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
240 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
242 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
244 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
246 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
253 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
255 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
257 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
258 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
259 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
262 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
263 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
266 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
267 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
268 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
269 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
270 to the new namespace.
272 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
273 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
274 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
275 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
277 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
278 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
279 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
280 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
281 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
282 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
283 package. These will be removed in a future release.
285 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
286 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
287 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
289 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
291 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
292 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
294 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
295 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
297 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
298 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
300 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
301 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
304 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
305 a call to any Python callable object.
307 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
308 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
309 to override the C++ virtual methods.
311 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
312 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
313 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
314 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
315 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
317 Added wxCursorFromBits.
326 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
329 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
330 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
331 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
333 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
336 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
339 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
342 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
344 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
345 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
346 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
352 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
353 ------------------------------------------
355 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
356 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
357 think I am testing in the future...
361 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
362 ----------------------------------------------
364 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
366 Updated pycolourchooser.
368 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
374 Added missing wxRect methods
376 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
378 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
380 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
381 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
382 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
385 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
388 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
390 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
391 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
394 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
396 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
399 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
401 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
402 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
403 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
404 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
405 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
406 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
407 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
408 static stable in the C++ class.
410 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
411 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
412 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
413 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
416 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
417 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
418 always call them. The functions are:
420 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
421 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
422 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
423 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
424 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
425 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
426 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
427 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
428 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
429 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
430 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
431 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
433 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
434 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
436 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
437 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
438 doesn't have a standard place for them.
440 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
442 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
444 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
452 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
454 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
461 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
464 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
465 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
477 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
479 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
481 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
485 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
486 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
487 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
488 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
489 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
490 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
491 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
492 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
493 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
494 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
495 you can use to play with this new feature.
497 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
498 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
499 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
500 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
501 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
502 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
503 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
504 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
506 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
509 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
510 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
513 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
515 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
516 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
517 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
518 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
519 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
521 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
523 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
525 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
527 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
528 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
529 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
531 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
532 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
533 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
535 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
536 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
538 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
539 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
540 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
541 windows when desired.
543 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
544 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
545 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
552 Added wxSplashScreen.
554 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
556 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
558 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
559 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
560 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
562 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
563 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
564 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
566 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
567 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
568 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
570 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
571 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
572 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
573 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
574 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
577 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
581 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
582 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
585 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
586 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
587 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
588 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
589 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
590 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
591 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
593 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
594 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
595 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
596 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
597 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
598 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
599 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
600 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
601 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
602 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
603 unicode build on win95.
605 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
606 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
607 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
608 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
609 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
610 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
611 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
612 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
613 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
614 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
617 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
619 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
621 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
623 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
624 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
625 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
626 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
627 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
628 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
629 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
630 for any class that is OOR aware.
632 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
633 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
636 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
637 the image data. (Patch #546009)
639 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
642 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
643 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
644 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
657 TransferDataFromWindow
661 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
666 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
669 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
670 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
674 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
675 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
676 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
677 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
678 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
680 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
682 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
683 creating a ScrolledPanel.
685 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
688 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
689 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
690 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
691 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
693 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
694 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
695 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
696 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
697 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
699 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
700 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
701 respond to mouse events and etc.
703 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
704 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
706 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
707 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
708 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
709 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
710 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
711 started with just the "pycrust" command.
713 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
714 displays the details of the event.
716 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
718 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
719 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
722 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
724 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
731 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
732 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
733 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
735 Added some patches from library contributors.
741 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
742 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
743 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
744 and a demo to show them in action.
746 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
747 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
749 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
751 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
753 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
756 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
757 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
758 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
759 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
760 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
761 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
762 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
763 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
766 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
767 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
768 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
769 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
770 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
771 wxSTC flag accordingly.
773 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
774 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
775 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
777 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
779 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
781 Added pySketch to the samples.
783 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
784 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
785 multi-processor machine.
787 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
788 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
790 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
792 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
793 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
794 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
795 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
796 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
797 original C++ pointer.
799 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
802 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
804 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
805 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
807 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
808 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
809 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
810 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
811 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
816 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
818 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
819 will now Disconnect the event.
821 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
825 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
826 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
827 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
830 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
832 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
835 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
836 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
837 additional columns for each item. The classes are
838 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
839 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
840 also be useful by themselves.
842 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
843 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
844 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
845 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
846 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
847 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
855 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
856 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
857 on a custom event handler for example.)
859 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
860 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
862 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
863 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
865 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
867 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
869 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
871 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
877 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
878 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
880 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
881 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
884 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
886 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
887 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
890 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
891 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
892 access from non-GUI threads.
894 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
895 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
897 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
899 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
900 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
902 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
903 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
905 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
906 it gobs faster in certain situations.
908 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
909 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
910 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
911 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
912 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
913 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
914 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
915 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
916 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
919 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
920 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
923 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
924 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
926 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
928 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
930 Added wxToggleButton.
932 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
934 Added some methods to wxGrid:
935 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
936 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
937 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
938 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
940 GetGridRowLabelWindow
941 GetGridColLabelWindow
942 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
944 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
945 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
946 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
949 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
950 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
951 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
952 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
953 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
954 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
955 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
956 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
957 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
958 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
959 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
960 use weak references.)
962 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
963 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
964 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
965 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
966 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
967 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
968 object-type related oddities to me.
971 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
972 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
973 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
976 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
977 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
979 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
983 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
984 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
985 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
986 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
987 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
988 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
990 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
991 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1000 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1001 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1008 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1009 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1010 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1011 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1013 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1015 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1017 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1018 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1020 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1021 column in report mode.
1023 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1024 bar after 2 seconds.
1028 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1029 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1030 object, (usually a window.)
1032 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1034 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1036 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1037 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1038 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1039 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1040 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1041 wxPython/src/export.h
1043 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1044 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1045 utils. Will probably add more later.
1047 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1048 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1051 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1052 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1054 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1056 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1057 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1059 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1060 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1068 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1069 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1070 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1071 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1072 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1073 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1074 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1075 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1078 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1079 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1080 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1081 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1082 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1083 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1084 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1085 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1086 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1088 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1089 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1091 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1092 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1093 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1096 Removed the old python sizers.
1098 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1101 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1102 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1103 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1105 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1107 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1108 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1109 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1117 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1119 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1126 Added wxLog and friends.
1128 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1130 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1137 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1138 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1141 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1143 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1147 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1149 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1151 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1153 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1154 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1155 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1156 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1157 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1158 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1159 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1160 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1182 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1183 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1185 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1188 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1189 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1191 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1193 Plugged a memory leak.
1195 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1196 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1197 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1198 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1201 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1202 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1203 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1205 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1206 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1207 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1208 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1209 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1210 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1211 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1212 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1215 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1216 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1217 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1218 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1220 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1221 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1222 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1223 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1224 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1225 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1226 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1227 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1228 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1233 What's new in 2.1.13
1234 --------------------
1235 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1237 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1238 and some flicker problems.
1240 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1241 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1243 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1246 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1248 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1250 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1251 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1253 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1254 It is used like this:
1256 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1258 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1259 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1261 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1263 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1265 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1266 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1267 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1268 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1269 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1270 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1272 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1273 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1274 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1275 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1276 methods look like this:
1280 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1283 shortHelpString = "",
1284 longHelpString = "")
1286 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1288 shortHelpString = "",
1289 longHelpString = "",
1293 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1294 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1296 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1298 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1300 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1301 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1302 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1304 Added some missing EVT functions.
1306 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1309 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1311 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1312 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1313 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1318 What's new in 2.1.11
1319 --------------------
1320 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1323 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1324 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1327 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1328 being added. This should remove the need for our
1329 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1331 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1332 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1333 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1334 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1335 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1337 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1339 Added new HTML printing classes.
1341 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1343 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1344 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1345 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1348 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1349 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1350 thread from other threads.
1352 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1354 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1356 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1358 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1359 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1361 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1363 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1366 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1373 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1374 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1380 --------------------
1382 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1383 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1384 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1385 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1386 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1389 Now back to what's new...
1391 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1393 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1395 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1396 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1397 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1398 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1399 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1402 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1403 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1406 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1407 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1408 example, the following are equivallent:
1410 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1411 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1413 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1414 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1415 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1416 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1417 pages. See the demo for an example.
1419 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1420 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1422 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1424 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1425 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1426 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1427 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1428 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1429 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1430 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1431 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1432 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1433 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1434 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1437 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1438 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1439 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1440 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1441 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1442 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1443 for more info and examples in future releases.
1445 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1446 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1447 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1448 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1449 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1450 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1453 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1454 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1455 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1456 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1457 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1458 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1459 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1460 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1461 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1462 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1463 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1465 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1466 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1467 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1468 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1469 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1470 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1471 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1472 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1473 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1474 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1475 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1476 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1477 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1478 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1479 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1480 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1483 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1487 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1490 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1491 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1492 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1493 to really screw things up.
1495 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1496 in the wxWindows docs...
1498 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1499 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1500 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1501 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1502 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1503 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1504 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1511 --------------------
1513 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1515 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1516 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1517 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1518 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1521 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1522 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1523 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1525 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1527 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1528 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1529 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1530 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1533 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1534 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1535 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1536 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1538 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1539 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1540 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1541 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1548 --------------------
1550 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1552 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1553 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1554 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1555 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1556 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1558 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1559 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1560 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1561 is being unloaded by Python.
1563 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1564 make wxPython look bad.
1566 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1567 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1569 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1571 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1572 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1574 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1575 code to show how to use it.
1577 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1580 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1582 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1583 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1585 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1586 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1588 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1589 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1591 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1592 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1593 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1595 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1598 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1600 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1603 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1605 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
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1614 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1615 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1616 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1618 Added the Printing Framework.
1620 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1621 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1622 data after loading each extension module.
1624 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1627 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1628 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1629 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1631 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1632 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1633 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1634 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1640 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1642 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1643 wxPython application.
1645 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1647 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1648 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1651 Added wxSafeYield function.
1653 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1655 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1658 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1659 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1661 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1663 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1664 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1666 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1668 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1675 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1677 Several missing methods from various classes.
1685 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1687 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1693 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1694 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1699 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1700 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1701 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1702 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1703 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1705 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1706 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1707 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1708 diverges from wxWindows.
1710 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1711 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1712 it should just work... More news on this later.
1714 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1716 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1719 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1725 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1727 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1728 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1734 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
1735 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
1736 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1737 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1739 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1741 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1745 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1747 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1748 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1750 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1758 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1759 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1760 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1761 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1762 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1763 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1765 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1766 must have been a different issue all along...
1773 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1774 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1775 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1776 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1777 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1778 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1780 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1782 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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