1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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7 The following deprecated items have been removed:
9 * wx.Bitmap SetQuality and GetQuality methods
11 * The wx.GetNumberFromUser function
13 * wx.EVT_LIST_GET_INFO and wx.EVT_LIST_SET_INFO
15 * wx.BookCtrlSizer and wx.NotebookSizer
17 * The PostScript-specific methods of wx.PrintData
19 * wx.PrintDialogData SetSetupDialog and GetSetupDialog methods
21 * wx.FontMapper SetConfig method
23 * wx.html.HtmlSearchStatus.GetContentsItem method
25 * wx.html.HtmlHelpData.GetContents, GetContentsCnt, GetIndex, and
29 wx.EventLoop is now implemented for wxMac.
31 Added wxPython wrappers for the new wx.Treebook and wx.Toolbook
34 wx.DC.BeginDrawing and EndDrawing have been deprecated in the C++
35 code, so since they never really did anything before they are now just
36 empty stubs in wxPython.
38 Solved a problem that has been around for a very long time in how C++
39 methods are virtualized for overriding in derived Python classes.
40 Previously we couldn't do it for methods that needed to also exist in
41 the base class wrappers such that they could be called normally. (The
42 reasons are long and complex, but suffice it to say that it was due to
43 mixing C++'s dynamic dispatch, and Python's runtime lookup of the
44 method attributes resulting in endless recursion of function calls.)
45 Because of this problem I used a hack that I have always hated, and
46 that is renaming the base class methods with a "base_" prefix, for
47 example wx.Printout.base_OnBeginDocument. Now that the problem has
48 finally been solved I have replaced all the base_Whatever() methods
49 with the real Whatever() method as well as a simple wrapper named
50 base_Whatever that is marked as deprecated. So now instead of writing
51 your overridden methods like this::
53 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
55 return self.base_OnBeginDocument(start, end)
57 You can now call the base class method the normal way, like this::
59 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
61 return Printout.OnBeginDocument(self, start, end)
63 Or like this with super()::
65 def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
67 return super(MyPrintout, self).OnBeginDocument(start, end)
70 Note that the old way with the "base_" function still works, but you
71 will get a DeprecationWarning from calling base_OnBeginDocument. The
72 classes affected by this are:
78 * wx.PyLog (also added the ability to override Flush)
79 * wx.PyApp (also added the ability to override ExitMainLoop)
83 * wx.PreviewControlBar
90 * wx.grid.PyGridCellRenderer
91 * wx.grid.PyGridCellEditor
92 * wx.grid.PyGridCellAttrProvider
93 * wx.grid.PyGridTableBase
95 * wx.wizard.PyWizardPage
98 Added the wx.DC.GradientFillConcentric and wx.DC.GradientFillLinear
101 wxGTK: wx.ListBox and wx.CheckListBox are now using native GTK2
104 Added wx.ListBox.HitTest() from patch 1446207
106 Bumped up to SWIG 1.3.29. This provides some more runtime performance
107 boosts, gets rid of the dreaded Ptr classes, and some other nice new
110 Added wx.Window.GetScreenPosition and GetScreenRect which returns the
111 position of the window in screen coordinates, even if the window is
112 not a top-level window.
114 Added GetResourcesDir and GetLocalizedResourcesDir to
117 Added a GetReceivedFormat method to wx.DataObjectComposite. You can
118 use this to find out what format of data object was recieved from the
119 source of the clipboard or DnD operation, and then you'll know which
120 of the component data objects to use to access the data.
122 Changed how the stock objects (wx.RED, wx.RED_PEN, wx.RED_BRUSH, etc.)
123 are initialized. They are now created after the wx.App has been
124 created, but before OnInit is called, so if you use any of these
125 objects before the wx.App is created you will need to adjust your
126 code. This was needed because of some delayed initialization
127 functionality that was implemented in wxWidgets, but the end result is
128 cleaner for wxPython as well, and allowed me to remove some ugly code
129 previously hidden under the covers.
131 Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir.
133 Added wx.RendererNative.DrawCheckButton.
135 wx.ProgressDialog.Update now returns a tuple of two values. The first
136 is a continue flag (what was returned before) and the second is a skip
137 flag. If the dialog has the wx.PD_CAN_SKIP flag and if the Skip
138 button is clicked, then the skip flag is set to True the next time
141 A DeprecationWarning is now issued when the old wxPython package is
142 imported. If you are still using the old namespace please convert
143 your code to use the new wx package instead.
152 Fixed reference leak in wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl.GetSelections.
154 wxMSW: Fixed sizing issue with wx.Choice and wx.ComboBox. This change
155 was implemented by reverting a prior fix for a different problem
156 (contiuous painting/resizing when a combobox is used as a widget in a
157 wx.html.HtmlWindow) so a method to fix both problems is still being
160 wxGTK: Fixed potential buffer overrun when pasting from the
163 Fixed problem in wx.lib.splitter when used on 64-bit platforms. Used
164 the current length of the list for specifying an append instead of
167 wxMSW: Support added for XP themed owner drawn buttons and bitmap
168 buttons. For example, if you change the foreground color of a button
169 it will now be drawn with the XP themed style rather than an ugly
170 generic button style.
172 XRCed: Fix for Copy/Paste objects with international characters.
174 Fixed the equality and inequality operators for some of the basic
175 data types (wx.Point, wx.Size, wx.Colour, etc.) to no longer raise a
176 TypeError if the compared object is not compatible, but to just return
177 a boolean as expected. For example::
179 wx.Colour(64,0,64) == 123 ==> False
181 wxMSW: Fixed (again) sizing/positioning issues of calling Realize on
182 a wx.ToolBar that is not manaaged directly by a frame and that is
185 wxMSW: Fixed wx.Choice/wx.ComboBox so they send events when a new item
186 is selected only with the keyboard.
194 Change the wx.ListCtrl InsertStringItem wrapper to use the form that
195 takes an imageIndex, and set the default to -1. This ensures that on
196 wxMSW that if there is an image list but they don't specify an image,
197 the native control doesn't use one anyway.
199 wxMSW: wx.ListCtrl in report mode is now able to support images in
200 other columns besides the first one. Simply pass an image index to
201 SetStringItem. For virtual list controls you can specify the image to
202 use on the extra columns by overriding OnGetItemColumnImage in your
203 derived class. It is passed the item number and the column number as
204 parameters, and the default version simply calls OnGetItemImage for
205 column zero, or returns -1 for other columns.
207 Switched to using SWIG 1.3.27 for generating the wrapper code. There
208 are some small changes needed to SWIG to work around some bugs that
209 wxPython exposes, and to be able to generate code that matches that
210 which wxPython is using. If you are building wxPython yourself and
211 need to modify any of the \*.i files or to add your own, then you will
212 want to be sure to use a matching SWIG. See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
213 in the source tarball for details.
215 wx.Image.Copy, Mirror, and GetSubImage now also do the right thing
216 with the alpha channel.
218 wxMSW: Fixed problem in wx.TextCtrl where using SetValue and
219 wx.TE_RICH2 would cause the control to be shown if it was hidden.
221 wxMSW: Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys in
224 wxMSW: Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
225 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
227 wxMSW: On XP fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation
228 not available in the themed version.
230 Added wx.Toolbar.GetToolsCount.
232 Added wx.GridSizer.CalcRowsCols.
234 Added wx.OutputStream.LastWrite.
236 wxGTK: EVT_SET_CURSOR is now sent.
238 wxGTK: Fix RequestMore for idle events.
240 wxGTK: Implement user dashes for PS and GNOME printing.
242 wxGTK: Correct update region code. Don't always invalidate the whole
243 window upon resize. Reenable support for thewx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE
244 flag. Also disable refreshing custom controls when focusing in and out.
246 wx.lib.pubsub: Publisher is now able to parse a dotted notation string
247 into a topic tuple. For example: subscribing to "timer.clock.seconds"
248 is the same as subscribing to ("timer", "clock", "seconds").
250 Applied patch #1441370: lib.plot - allow passing in wx.Colour()
252 Added wx.CommandEvent.GetClientData.
254 Updated wxStyledTextCtrl to use version 1.67 of Scintilla.
255 NOTE: The STC_LEX_ASP and STC_LEX_PHP lexers have been deprecated,
256 you should use STC_LEX_HTML instead.
258 wxSTC: Implemented Fix for SF Bug #1436503. Delay the start of the
259 DnD operation in case the user just intended to click, not drag.
261 Updated the analogclock.py module to the new analogclock package from
264 Added the wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.CheckListCtrlMixin class from Bruce
265 Who, which makes it easy to put checkboxes on list control items.
267 Applied a patch from Christian Kristukat to wx.lib.plot that adds
268 scrollbars when the plot is zoomed in, and also the ability to grab a
269 zoomed plot and move it around with a mouse drag.
271 XRCed updated to allow wxMenuBar to be created inside a wxFrame.
273 Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir() (patch 1214360)
284 wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with
287 wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the
288 selections. This was done to make it consistent with the other
291 wxMSW: Always set flat toolbar style, even under XP with themes: this
292 is necessary or separators aren't shown at all.
294 Fixes for bug #1217872, pydocview.DocService not correctly initialized.
296 Fix for bug #1217874, Error in parameter name in DocManager.CreateView.
298 Added wrappers for the wx.RendererNative class.
300 Added the wx.lib.splitter module, which contains the
301 MultiSplitterWindow class. This class is much like the standard
302 wx.SplitterWindow class, except it allows more than one split, so it
303 can manage more than two child windows.
305 Docview and IDE patch from Morgan Hua with fix for bug #1217890
306 "Closing view crashes Python" plus some new features:
308 New feature added to the IDE is 'Extensions'. Under
309 Tools|Options|Extensions, you can add calls to external programs.
310 For example you can add a "Notepad" extension (under windows) that
311 will exec Notepad on the currently open file. A new "Notepad"
312 menu item will appear under the Tools menu.
314 Some fixes to XRCed to make encoding errors a bit more user friendly.
316 XRCed changes from Roman Rolinsky:
318 * Added new controls (Choicebook, Listbook, StatusBar,
319 DatePicker), and completed style flags. Test window is opened
320 for an available parent control if no specific view
321 defined. Better handling of exceptions (highlighting does not
324 * Use system clipboard for Copy/Paste.
326 * Improved some dialogs (window styles, growable cols). Changed
327 the range for wxSpinCtrl min/max to all integers (default 0/100
330 Updates for wx.lib.foldpanelbar and wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea
333 Fix for Bug #1283496: wxPython TheClipboard class causes problems for
334 pychecker. Ensure the app has been created before initializing
337 Fix for Bug #1352602: FileBrowseButtonWithHistory can't type in Value.
339 wxHTML: Added space after list item number.
341 wx.lib.printout: Applied patch #1384440.
343 wxMSW: Fix for Bug #1293225 Window_FromHWND crashes if parent is
346 Fix for Bug #1261669, use a wx.TE_RICH2 style for the Process demo so
347 it doesn't fill up too soon.
349 Applied Patch #1354389: wxPython MenuItem SetBitmaps fix.
351 Applied Patch #1239456: wxPython wx.DataObject.GetAllFormats fix.
353 Applied Patch # #1230107 which allows image handlers to be written in
354 Python by deriving from wx.PyImageHandler.
356 Applied patch #1072210: generalize printout.py to allow text printing.
358 Applied patch #1243907: Give Throbber much more flexibility by
359 allowing the user to set the rest image, the direction, the current
360 index, custom sequence. Allows user to manually step through the
361 sequence with Next(), Previous(), Increment(), Decrement() &
362 SetCurrent(). Very handy if you have multiple throbbers that you want
363 to synchronize with a single timer.
365 Fix for bug #1336711: wx.lib.calendar.CalenDlg can yield incorrect
368 Applied patch from Morgan Hua for updates to ActiveGrid code
369 (pydocview, ActiveGrid IDE, etc.)
371 Applied patch #1326241: Supporting "setup.py install --install-headers=path"
373 Applied patch from Morgan Hua to fix bug #1219423: CommandManager
374 should not repeat old commands after a branch.
376 Applied patch #1238825 adding search backward capabilities to the
377 demo. Modified to use the up/down options in the wx.FindReplaceDialog
378 instead of a separate menu item.
380 Fix for bug #1266745 and #1387725 in the wx.FindReplaceDialog on MSW.
381 Actually check we are using MSLU before doing the hack designed to
382 workaround a bug in MSLU!
384 wxMSW: wx.lib.iewin.IEHtmlWindow now properly handles tabbing, return
385 and other special keys properly.
387 Lots of PyCrust enhancments started by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker,
388 and Sebastian Haase, and which in turn were further enhanced, fixed
389 tweaked and finished up by me. The changes include the following:
391 * The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually
392 with Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space.
394 * In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings,
395 window size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the
398 * Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key
401 * Added a new text completion function that suggests words from
402 the history. Bound to Shift-Return.
404 * F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame.
406 * switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*().
408 * Display of line numbers can be toggled.
410 * F12 toggles a "free edit" mode of the shell buffer. This mode
411 is useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output
412 or errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste.
413 The free edit mode is designated by the use of a red,
416 * Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines.
418 * General code cleanup and fixes.
420 * Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config
423 * Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows.
425 * Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to
426 the PyShell app too. Additionally, other apps that embed a
427 PyCrust or a PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and
428 have the Py code save/restore its settings to/from there.
430 * All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to
431 save/load their own settings instead of putting all the
432 save/load code in one place that then has to reach all over the
433 place to do anything.
435 * Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be
436 the file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir
437 if PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment.
439 * Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when
440 PyShell or PyCrust starts.
442 * PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that
443 pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook.
444 Added code to raise that tab when pp() is called.
446 * Added an option for whether to insert text for function
447 parameters when popping up the call tip.
449 * Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the
450 wx.FindReplaceDialog.
453 Applied patches from Will Sadkin for wx.lib.masked modules:
455 * Now ignores kill focus events when being destroyed.
457 * Added missing call to set insertion point on changing fields.
459 * Modified SetKeyHandler() to accept None as means of removing
462 * Fixed keyhandler processing for group and decimal character
465 * Fixed a problem that prevented input into the integer digit of a
466 integerwidth=1 numctrl, if the current value was 0.
468 * Fixed logic involving processing of "_signOk" flag, to remove
469 default sign key handlers if false, so that
470 SetAllowNegative(False) in the NumCtrl works properly.
472 * Fixed selection logic for numeric controls so that if
473 selectOnFieldEntry is true, and the integer portion of an
474 integer format control is selected and the sign position is
475 selected, the sign keys will always result in a negative value,
476 rather than toggling the previous sign.
478 wx.FontMapper.SetConfig is deprecated. You should instead just set an
479 application-wide config object with wx.Config.Set, which wx.FontMapper
482 Added wx.GetMouseState which returns the current state of the mouse.
483 It returns an instance of a wx.MouseState object that contains the
484 current position of the mouse pointer in screen coordinants, as well
485 as boolean values indicating the up/down status of the mouse buttons
486 and the modifier keys.
488 Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData
490 A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added
491 DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and
492 Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects.
494 WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather
495 than individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and
496 ellipses to take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should
497 be easy to accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis
498 pair: (...x, y, ...) ---> (...(x,y), ...)
507 wx.ListCtrl: patch #1210352, fixes editing in generic wx.ListCtrl with
510 Applied patch #208286, MediaCtrl DirectShow rewrite.
512 DocView patches from Morgan Hua: bug fixes, and additional SVN
513 commands, also added a default template that uses the text editor for
514 any unknown file type.
516 wxMSW: Use the system IDC_HAND cursor for wx.CURSOR_HAND and only fallback
517 to the strange wxWidgets version if the system one is not available.
519 wx.grid.Grid: Merge the cell size attribute the same way that other
520 attributes are merged, e.g., if it is already set to a non-default
521 value in the current GridCellAttr object then don't merge from the
524 wx.lib.evtmgr: Fixed to use wx._core._wxPyDeadObject
526 wx.lib.gridmovers: Don't scroll when the mouse is dragged outside of
527 the grid, unless the mouse is kept in motion.
529 wxMSW: Applied patch #1213290 incorrect logic in
530 wx.TopLevelWindow.ShowFullScreen.
532 Applied patch #1213066 correct device names for Joystick in Linux.
534 wxGTK: Applied patch #1207162 wx.TextCtrl.SetStyle fix for overlapping
537 wx.FileConfig: fixed DeleteEntry to set the dirty flag properly so the
538 change will get written at the next flush.
548 Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
549 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
550 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
552 wxMSW: Fix for default control colours when the system text fg colour
555 wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
556 both has an icon and is a submenu.
558 wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
561 wxMSW: Patch #1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
562 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
563 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
564 instead of current values.
566 Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
567 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
569 Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
571 wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
572 extra null character at the end.
574 Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
575 Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
577 wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
580 Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
582 wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
585 wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
587 Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
588 locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
589 as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
592 Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
593 wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize. See the docstrings or new api docs
596 Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. It is a control like
597 static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
598 default browser in response to the clicks.
600 Added an optional parameter to wxversion.select that allows you to
601 specify that the extra components specified in the version string are
602 required. For example, if you ask for "2.6-unicode" but only the ansi
603 version is installed then by default the ansi version will be selected
604 as it considered close enough since the version numbers match. If you
605 want to force the options to be required then you can just add a True
606 parameter, like this::
609 wxversion.select("2.6-unicode", True)
612 Tweaked wx.lib.buttons such that flat buttons (e.g. have no bevel and
613 a wx.BORDER_NONE style flag) paint themed backgrounds if there are
614 transparent areas and the parent is displaying a theme.
616 wxMSW: Fix for wrong sash colour of wx.SplitterWindow in the silver
619 Added a wx.xrc.XmlResourceHandler for the Ticker class. See
622 wxSTC: Fixed CmdKeyAssign key bindings for Ctrl-Backspace.
624 wxMSW: Fixed a bug in wx.TextCtrl where all the lines were being used
625 to calculate the best size, instead of using a reasonable limit.
627 XRCed: Use wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding/wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding for
628 changing active encoding. Fixed pasting siblings (Ctrl key pressed
631 wx.lib.filebrowsebutton: Bug fix from Chad Netzer for when
632 self.history is None.
634 wx.ogl: Patch from Davide Salomoni that adds an optional point
635 parameter to LineShape.InsertLineControlPoint allowing one to
636 optionally specify where the new control point has to be drawn.
638 wxMSW: setting foreground colour for wx.CheckBox now works when using
641 More updates to the docview library modules and sample apps from the
642 ActiveGrid folks. Their sample IDE is now able to integrate with
645 wx.grid.Grid: Ensure that the grid gets the focus when it is
646 left-clicked. Note that if you have custom widgets that handle the
647 EVT_LEFT_DOWN event but do not call event.Skip() then you will
648 probably want to add a call to self.SetFocus in the event handler.
650 wxGTK: Add wxSTAY_ON_TOP support [Patch 1206023]
652 wx.TreeCtrl: wx.EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU event made consistent on all
653 platforms. The location of the click or the item is included in the
656 wxGTK: Setting background colour of a window now only affects the
657 window itself, not the borders, scrollbars, etc. (Bug #1204069)
659 Print framework: Add more paper sizes and code to fallback to an
660 explicit paper size if a known paper size is not found for the
663 wxMac: Applied patch for bug #1206181 Option-key decodes are wrong,
664 also applied patch for bug #1205691 Modified Fn keys don't work.
666 wx.Image: Fixed to preserve alpha channel in Rotate90 method.
668 wxMSW: Fixed incorrect background colour on wx.CheckListBox.
670 wxMSW: Fixed drawing of owner drawn buttons with multiline labels
672 Removed a bunch of unnecessary files, and removed or replaced images
673 that we're not sure of their origin or license.
675 The default DoGetBestSize is updated to not always return the current
676 size if the window has no sizer, children, or minsize set. Instead
677 the current size is set as the minsize. This solves the occasional
678 problem where a sizer may cause a childless panel to grow but never
681 wxMSW: When converting a wx.Icon to a bitmap check if the icon has an
682 alpha channel and set the bitmap to use it.
684 Fixed the wrong class name used in wx.PyScrolledWindow's call to
687 wxMSW: patch #1207202, Fixes GDI leak when using stock cursors.
689 wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl: Patch #1207531, Keeps the CalendarCtrl wide
690 enough even when the weekday names for the locale are shorter than
693 Made GridCellNumberEditor.StartingKey also insert the typed char when
694 there is a range of allowed values (so a wx.SpinCtrl is used instead
705 wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
706 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
709 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
711 wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
713 wxGTK: The configure flags for selecting GTK+ 1.2.x or 2.x has
714 changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
715 either '1', '2' or 'any'. The default is '2'.
717 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
718 to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
719 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
720 through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions. The "Raw"
721 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
722 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
723 build no assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions
724 will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
725 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
726 the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
727 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
729 =================== ====================
730 AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
731 InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
732 GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
733 GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
734 GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
735 GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
736 SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
737 GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
738 AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
739 =================== ====================
742 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
743 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
746 wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
747 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
749 wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
751 XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
752 * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
753 * Hide command for test window.
754 * Replacing classes works better.
764 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
766 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384. Moved the code that handles
767 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
768 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
769 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
770 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
772 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
774 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
777 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
780 wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
781 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
782 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
783 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
784 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
787 wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
788 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
791 wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
792 crash when using nVidia cards (patch 1155132)
794 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
795 * Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
796 * Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
797 the width of any column.
799 wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
802 wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a 2nd time.
804 wxMSW: Applied patch #1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
806 Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
807 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
809 wxGTK: Applied patch #1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
810 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
811 used on GTK2 >= 2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
812 older generic file dialog is used.
814 wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
817 wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
818 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
819 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
820 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
822 Added MDI support to XRC
824 Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
825 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
827 wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
828 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
830 wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
831 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
833 wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
836 wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
837 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
839 Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
840 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
842 Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
845 Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
854 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
855 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
856 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
858 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
859 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
861 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
862 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
863 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
864 then calling GetValue().
867 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
868 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
869 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
870 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
872 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
875 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
876 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
877 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
879 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
881 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
882 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
884 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
885 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
887 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
888 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
889 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
890 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
891 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
892 the origin of the canvas.
894 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
895 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
896 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
898 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
899 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
901 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
902 internal scrollbar visible.
904 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
905 system paths for each platform.
907 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
908 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
909 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
910 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
911 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
913 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
914 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
915 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
917 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
918 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
919 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
921 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
922 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
923 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
925 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
927 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
928 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
929 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
930 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
932 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
933 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
934 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
935 of how to use the control.
937 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
938 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
940 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
941 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
944 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
945 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
947 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
948 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
949 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
950 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
951 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
952 finished with the timer.
954 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
955 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
956 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
957 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
958 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
959 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
960 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
961 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
962 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
963 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
965 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
966 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
967 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
968 via the wxPython C API.
970 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
971 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
972 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
973 when docstrings are added for those items.
975 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
976 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
977 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
978 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
979 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
982 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
983 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
984 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
985 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
986 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
987 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
988 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
989 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
990 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
991 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
992 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
995 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
996 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
997 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
998 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
999 ID's. Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
1001 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
1002 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
1004 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
1005 lots of surplus events)
1007 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
1010 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
1011 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
1013 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
1014 and GTK+'s context menu code.
1016 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
1017 (not all actions are allowed).
1019 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
1021 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
1022 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
1023 when GetString is called from an event handler.
1025 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
1026 and max ends of the slider.
1028 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
1029 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
1030 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
1033 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
1034 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
1035 not with labels/sizers.
1036 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
1037 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
1040 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
1041 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
1043 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
1044 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
1047 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
1048 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
1049 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
1050 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
1053 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
1054 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
1056 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
1058 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
1059 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
1060 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
1061 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
1063 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
1066 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
1067 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
1069 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
1071 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
1073 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
1074 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
1076 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
1079 wxMSW: "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
1082 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
1083 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
1084 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
1085 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
1088 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
1090 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
1092 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
1093 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
1094 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
1095 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
1098 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
1099 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
1101 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
1102 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
1104 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
1105 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
1106 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
1107 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
1108 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
1109 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
1111 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
1114 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
1117 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
1120 - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
1121 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
1122 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
1123 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
1132 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
1134 Updated internal PNG library.
1136 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
1138 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
1139 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
1141 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
1142 enabled (does an enable itself)
1144 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
1147 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
1148 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
1151 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
1152 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
1153 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
1154 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
1155 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
1156 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
1157 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
1158 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
1159 also be an image of a red X::
1161 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
1164 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
1166 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
1168 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
1170 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
1171 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
1172 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
1173 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
1174 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
1175 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
1176 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
1178 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
1179 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
1180 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
1181 the wxPython modules.
1183 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
1184 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
1185 user that they should look at that window.
1187 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
1188 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
1190 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
1192 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
1193 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
1194 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
1195 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
1196 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
1197 and PyGetDate methods.
1199 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
1200 also set the colour of the dropdown.
1202 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
1204 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
1206 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
1208 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
1209 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
1210 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
1212 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
1214 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
1216 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
1218 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
1221 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
1224 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
1226 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
1227 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
1230 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
1232 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
1233 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
1236 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
1237 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
1238 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
1240 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
1241 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
1242 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
1243 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
1244 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
1245 should notice no difference.
1247 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
1248 when a new one is selected.
1250 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
1252 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
1253 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
1254 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
1255 more details and a warning.
1257 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
1258 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
1260 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
1261 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
1263 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
1265 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
1267 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
1269 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
1270 holding down the mouse button.
1272 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
1273 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
1275 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
1277 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
1278 - Added bar graph demo
1279 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
1280 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
1282 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
1283 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
1284 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
1285 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
1286 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
1287 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
1288 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
1289 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
1292 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
1293 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
1294 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
1295 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
1297 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
1299 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
1300 reflect package's public contents.
1302 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
1303 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
1304 Migrarion Guide for more information.
1306 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
1307 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
1308 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
1309 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
1311 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
1313 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
1314 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
1317 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
1318 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
1328 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
1330 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
1332 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
1334 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
1335 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
1337 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
1338 flicker problems, and namespace use.
1340 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
1342 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
1344 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
1347 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
1349 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
1350 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
1352 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
1355 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
1358 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
1360 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
1362 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
1373 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
1374 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
1375 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
1376 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
1377 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
1378 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
1379 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
1380 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
1381 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
1383 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
1384 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
1386 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
1387 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
1388 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
1389 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
1392 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
1393 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
1395 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
1397 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
1398 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
1400 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
1401 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
1402 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
1403 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
1404 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
1405 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
1408 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
1409 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
1410 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
1411 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
1412 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
1415 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
1416 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
1417 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
1419 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
1420 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
1422 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
1423 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
1425 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
1426 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
1427 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
1428 remaining compatible with "C".
1430 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
1433 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
1434 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
1435 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
1436 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
1437 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
1438 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
1439 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
1440 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
1441 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
1443 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
1445 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
1446 Scintilla for several releases now.
1448 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
1449 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
1450 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
1451 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
1453 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
1454 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
1455 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
1458 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
1459 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
1460 with a more modern reimplementation.
1462 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
1463 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
1465 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
1466 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
1467 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
1469 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
1470 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
1471 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
1472 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
1473 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
1475 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
1476 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
1477 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
1478 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
1481 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
1482 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
1485 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
1488 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
1493 2.5.1.5 (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
1494 -----------------------------------------------
1497 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
1498 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
1501 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
1504 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
1505 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
1506 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
1507 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
1508 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
1509 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
1510 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
1513 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
1514 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
1518 Added wxIconLocation
1520 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
1521 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
1523 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
1526 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
1529 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
1530 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
1531 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
1533 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
1534 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
1535 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
1536 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
1537 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
1538 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
1539 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
1540 distros please send me a patch.
1542 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
1543 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
1545 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
1546 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
1547 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
1548 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
1549 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
1550 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
1553 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
1556 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
1558 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
1560 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
1562 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
1563 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
1564 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
1565 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
1566 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
1567 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
1568 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
1571 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
1574 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
1576 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
1577 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
1579 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
1580 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
1581 MigrationGuide for more details.
1583 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
1584 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
1585 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
1586 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
1587 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
1588 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
1589 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
1590 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
1591 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
1592 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
1593 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
1594 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
1595 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
1596 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
1597 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
1598 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
1599 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
1601 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
1603 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
1612 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
1614 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
1616 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
1617 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
1619 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
1621 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
1623 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
1631 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
1633 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
1635 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
1636 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
1637 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
1640 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
1641 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
1642 and wxWindows match.
1644 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
1645 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
1646 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
1647 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
1648 to the new namespace.
1650 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
1651 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
1652 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
1653 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
1655 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
1656 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
1657 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
1658 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
1659 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
1660 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
1661 package. These will be removed in a future release.
1663 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
1664 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
1665 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
1667 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
1669 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
1670 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
1672 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
1673 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
1675 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
1676 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
1678 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
1679 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
1682 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
1683 a call to any Python callable object.
1685 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
1686 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
1687 to override the C++ virtual methods.
1689 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
1690 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
1691 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
1692 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
1693 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
1695 Added wxCursorFromBits.
1705 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
1708 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
1709 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
1710 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
1712 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
1715 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
1718 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
1721 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
1723 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
1724 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
1725 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
1731 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
1732 ------------------------------------------
1735 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
1736 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
1737 think I am testing in the future...
1741 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
1742 ----------------------------------------------
1745 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
1747 Updated pycolourchooser.
1749 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
1757 Added missing wxRect methods
1759 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
1761 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
1763 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
1764 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
1765 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
1768 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
1771 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
1773 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
1774 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
1777 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
1779 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
1782 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
1784 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
1785 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
1786 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
1787 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
1788 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
1789 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
1790 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
1791 static stable in the C++ class.
1793 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
1794 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
1795 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
1796 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
1799 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
1800 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
1801 always call them. The functions are::
1803 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1804 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1805 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
1806 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1807 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
1808 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1809 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1810 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1811 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
1812 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1813 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
1814 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1816 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
1817 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
1819 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
1820 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
1821 doesn't have a standard place for them.
1823 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
1825 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
1827 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
1837 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1839 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
1848 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
1851 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
1852 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
1868 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
1870 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
1872 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
1876 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
1877 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
1878 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
1879 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
1880 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
1881 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
1882 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
1883 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
1884 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
1885 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
1886 you can use to play with this new feature.
1888 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
1889 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
1890 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
1891 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
1892 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
1893 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
1894 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
1895 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
1897 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
1900 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
1901 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
1904 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
1906 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
1907 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
1908 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
1909 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
1910 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
1912 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
1914 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
1916 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
1918 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1919 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1920 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
1922 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1923 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1924 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
1926 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1927 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
1929 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1930 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1931 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1932 windows when desired.
1934 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1935 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1936 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
1945 Added wxSplashScreen.
1947 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
1949 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
1951 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1952 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1953 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
1955 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1956 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1957 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
1959 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1960 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1961 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
1963 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1964 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1965 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1966 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1967 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1970 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
1974 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
1975 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
1978 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1979 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1980 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1981 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1982 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1983 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1984 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
1986 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1987 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1988 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
1989 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1990 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1991 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1992 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1993 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1994 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1995 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1996 unicode build on win95.
1998 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1999 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
2000 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
2001 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
2002 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
2003 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
2004 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
2005 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
2006 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
2007 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
2010 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
2012 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
2014 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
2016 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
2017 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
2018 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
2019 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
2020 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
2021 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
2022 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
2023 for any class that is OOR aware.
2025 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
2026 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
2029 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
2030 the image data. (Patch #546009)
2032 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
2035 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
2036 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
2037 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
2050 TransferDataFromWindow
2051 TransferDataToWindow
2054 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
2059 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
2062 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
2063 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
2065 Added wxArtProvider.
2067 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
2068 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
2069 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
2070 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
2071 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
2073 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
2075 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
2076 creating a ScrolledPanel.
2078 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
2081 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
2082 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
2083 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
2084 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
2086 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
2087 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
2088 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
2089 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
2090 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
2092 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
2093 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
2094 respond to mouse events and etc.
2096 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
2097 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
2099 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
2100 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
2101 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
2102 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
2103 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
2104 started with just the "pycrust" command.
2106 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
2107 displays the details of the event.
2109 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
2111 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
2112 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
2115 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
2117 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
2126 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
2127 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
2128 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
2130 Added some patches from library contributors.
2138 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
2139 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
2140 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
2141 and a demo to show them in action.
2143 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
2144 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
2146 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
2148 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
2150 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
2153 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
2154 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
2155 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
2156 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
2157 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
2158 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
2159 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
2160 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
2163 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
2164 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
2165 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
2166 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
2167 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
2168 wxSTC flag accordingly.
2170 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
2171 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
2172 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
2174 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
2176 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
2178 Added pySketch to the samples.
2180 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
2181 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
2182 multi-processor machine.
2184 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
2185 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
2187 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
2189 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
2190 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
2191 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
2192 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
2193 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
2194 original C++ pointer.
2196 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
2199 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
2201 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
2202 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
2204 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
2205 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
2206 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
2207 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
2208 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
2213 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
2215 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
2216 will now Disconnect the event.
2218 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
2220 Added wxFileHistory.
2222 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
2223 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
2224 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
2227 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
2229 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
2232 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
2233 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
2234 additional columns for each item. The classes are
2235 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
2236 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
2237 also be useful by themselves.
2239 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
2240 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
2241 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
2242 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
2243 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
2244 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
2254 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
2255 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
2256 on a custom event handler for example.)
2258 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2259 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
2261 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
2262 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
2264 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
2266 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
2268 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
2270 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
2278 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
2279 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
2281 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
2282 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
2285 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
2287 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
2288 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
2291 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
2292 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
2293 access from non-GUI threads.
2295 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
2296 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
2298 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
2300 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
2301 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
2303 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
2304 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
2306 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
2307 it gobs faster in certain situations.
2309 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
2310 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
2311 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
2312 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
2313 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
2314 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
2315 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
2316 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
2317 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
2320 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
2321 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
2324 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
2325 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
2327 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
2329 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
2331 Added wxToggleButton.
2333 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
2335 Added some methods to wxGrid:
2336 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
2337 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
2338 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
2339 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
2341 GetGridRowLabelWindow
2342 GetGridColLabelWindow
2343 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
2345 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
2346 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
2347 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
2350 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
2351 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
2352 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
2353 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
2354 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
2355 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
2356 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
2357 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
2358 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
2359 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
2360 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
2361 use weak references.)
2363 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
2364 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
2365 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
2366 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
2367 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
2368 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
2369 object-type related oddities to me.
2372 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
2373 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
2374 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
2377 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
2378 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
2380 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
2384 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
2385 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
2386 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
2387 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
2388 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
2389 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
2391 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
2392 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
2402 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
2403 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
2411 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
2412 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
2413 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
2414 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
2416 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
2418 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
2420 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
2421 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
2423 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
2424 column in report mode.
2426 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
2427 bar after 2 seconds.
2431 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
2432 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
2433 object, (usually a window.)
2435 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
2437 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
2439 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
2440 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
2441 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
2442 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
2443 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
2444 wxPython/src/export.h
2446 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
2447 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
2448 utils. Will probably add more later.
2450 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
2451 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
2454 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
2455 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
2457 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
2459 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
2460 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
2462 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
2463 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
2472 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
2473 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
2474 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
2475 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
2476 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
2477 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
2478 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
2479 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
2482 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
2483 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
2484 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
2485 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
2486 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
2487 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
2488 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
2489 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
2490 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
2492 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
2493 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
2495 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
2496 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
2497 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
2500 Removed the old python sizers.
2502 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
2505 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
2506 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
2507 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
2509 Lots of little fixes here and there.
2511 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
2512 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
2513 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
2522 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
2524 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
2532 Added wxLog and friends.
2534 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
2536 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
2544 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
2545 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
2548 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
2550 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
2554 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
2556 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
2558 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
2560 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
2561 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
2562 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
2563 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
2564 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
2565 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
2566 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
2567 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
2590 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
2591 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
2593 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
2596 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
2597 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
2599 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
2601 Plugged a memory leak.
2603 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
2604 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
2605 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
2606 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
2609 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
2610 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
2611 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
2613 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
2614 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
2615 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
2616 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
2617 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
2618 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
2619 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
2620 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
2623 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
2624 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
2625 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
2626 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
2628 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
2629 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
2630 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
2631 but I've included a very readable source file in the
2632 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
2633 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
2634 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
2635 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
2636 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
2641 What's new in 2.1.13
2642 --------------------
2645 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
2647 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
2648 and some flicker problems.
2650 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
2651 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
2653 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
2656 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
2658 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
2660 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
2661 with wxWindow.GetParent.
2663 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
2664 It is used like this:
2666 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
2668 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
2669 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
2671 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
2673 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
2675 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
2676 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
2677 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
2678 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
2679 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
2680 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
2682 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
2683 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
2684 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
2685 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
2686 methods look like this:
2690 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
2693 shortHelpString = "",
2694 longHelpString = "")
2696 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
2698 shortHelpString = "",
2699 longHelpString = "",
2703 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
2704 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
2706 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
2708 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
2710 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
2711 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
2712 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
2714 Added some missing EVT functions.
2716 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
2719 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
2721 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
2722 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
2723 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
2728 What's new in 2.1.11
2729 --------------------
2732 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
2735 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
2736 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
2739 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
2740 being added. This should remove the need for our
2741 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
2743 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
2744 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
2745 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
2746 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
2747 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
2749 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
2751 Added new HTML printing classes.
2753 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
2755 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
2756 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
2757 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
2760 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
2761 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
2762 thread from other threads.
2764 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
2766 Added wxFontEnumerator.
2768 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
2770 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
2771 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
2773 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
2775 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
2778 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
2787 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
2788 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
2797 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
2798 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
2799 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
2800 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
2801 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
2804 Now back to what's new...
2806 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
2808 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
2810 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
2811 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
2812 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
2813 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
2814 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
2817 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
2818 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
2821 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
2822 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
2823 example, the following are equivallent::
2825 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
2826 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
2828 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
2829 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
2830 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
2831 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
2832 pages. See the demo for an example.
2834 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
2835 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
2837 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
2839 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
2840 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
2841 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
2842 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
2843 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
2844 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
2845 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
2846 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
2847 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
2848 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
2849 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
2852 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
2853 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
2854 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
2855 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
2856 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
2857 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
2858 for more info and examples in future releases.
2860 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
2861 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
2862 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
2863 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
2864 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
2865 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
2868 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
2869 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
2870 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
2871 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
2872 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
2873 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
2874 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
2875 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
2876 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
2877 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
2878 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
2880 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
2881 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
2882 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
2883 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
2884 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
2885 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
2886 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
2887 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
2888 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
2889 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
2890 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
2891 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
2892 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
2893 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
2894 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
2895 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
2898 outputWindowClass = MyClass
2902 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
2905 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
2906 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
2907 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
2908 to really screw things up.
2910 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
2911 in the wxWindows docs...
2913 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
2914 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
2915 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
2916 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
2917 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
2918 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
2919 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
2926 --------------------
2929 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
2931 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
2932 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
2933 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
2934 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
2937 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
2938 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
2939 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
2941 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
2943 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
2944 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
2945 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
2946 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
2949 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
2950 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
2951 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
2952 see distrib/build.py for more details.
2954 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
2955 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
2956 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
2957 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
2967 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
2969 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
2970 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
2971 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
2972 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
2973 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
2975 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
2976 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
2977 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
2978 is being unloaded by Python.
2980 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
2981 make wxPython look bad.
2983 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
2984 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
2986 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
2988 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
2989 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
2991 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
2992 code to show how to use it.
2994 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
2997 Added wxGrid.GetCells
2999 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
3000 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
3002 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
3003 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
3005 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
3006 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
3008 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
3009 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
3010 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
3012 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
3015 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
3017 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
3020 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
3022 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
3033 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
3034 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
3035 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
3037 Added the Printing Framework.
3039 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
3040 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
3041 data after loading each extension module.
3043 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
3046 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
3047 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
3048 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
3050 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
3051 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
3052 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
3053 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
3061 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
3063 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
3064 wxPython application.
3066 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
3068 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
3069 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
3072 Added wxSafeYield function.
3074 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
3076 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
3079 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
3080 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
3082 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
3084 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
3085 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
3087 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
3089 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
3098 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
3100 Several missing methods from various classes.
3110 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
3112 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
3120 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
3121 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
3128 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
3129 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
3130 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
3131 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
3132 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
3134 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
3135 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
3136 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
3137 diverges from wxWindows.
3139 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
3140 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
3141 it should just work... More news on this later.
3143 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
3145 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
3148 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
3156 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
3158 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
3159 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
3165 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
3166 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
3167 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
3168 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
3170 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
3172 Made the events work for wxGrid.
3176 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
3178 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
3179 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
3181 Other assorted fixes and additions.
3190 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
3191 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
3192 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
3193 bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
3194 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
3195 behavior was so different on different platforms.
3197 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
3198 must have been a different issue all along...
3206 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
3207 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
3208 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
3209 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
3210 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
3211 version segfault shortly after starting up.
3213 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
3215 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
3224 The first "modern" version of wxPython. See
3225 http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory