1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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8 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
9 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
11 Changed the import-startup-bootstrap process employed by wxPython such
12 that wxWindows and the underlying gui toolkit are not initialized
13 until the wxApp object is created (but before wxApp.OnInit is called.)
14 This was required because of changes made to the C++ wxApp class.
15 There are both benefits and potential problems with this change. The
16 benefits are that you can import wxPython without requiring access to
17 a GUI (for checking version numbers, etc.) and that in a
18 multi-threaded environment the thread that creates the app object will
19 now be the GUI thread instead of the one that imports wxPython. Some
20 potential problems are that the C++ side of the "stock-objects"
21 (wxBLUE_PEN, wxTheColourDatabase, etc.) are not initialized until the
22 wxApp object is created, so you should not use them until then. Also,
23 you will probably not be able to do any kind of GUI operation unless
24 you have an app object first, (even on Windows where most anything was
31 wxPython's setup.py script now expects to use existing libraries for
32 the contribs (gizmos, stc, xrc, etc.) rather than building local
35 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
36 wxHtmlListBox classes.
38 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
47 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
56 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
58 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
60 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
61 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
62 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
65 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
66 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
69 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
70 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
71 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
72 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
75 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
76 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
77 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
78 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
80 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
81 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
82 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
83 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
84 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
85 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
86 package. These will be removed in a future release.
88 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
89 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
90 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
92 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
94 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
95 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
97 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
98 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
100 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
101 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
103 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
104 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
107 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
108 a call to any Python callable object.
110 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
111 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
112 to override the C++ virtual methods.
114 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
115 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
116 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
117 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
118 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
120 Added wxCursorFromBits.
128 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
131 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
132 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
133 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
135 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
138 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
141 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
144 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
146 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
147 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
148 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
154 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
156 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
157 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
158 think I am testing in the future...
162 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
164 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
166 Updated pycolourchooser.
168 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
174 Added missing wxRect methods
176 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
178 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
180 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
181 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
182 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
185 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
188 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
190 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
191 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
194 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
196 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
199 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
201 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
202 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
203 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
204 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
205 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
206 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
207 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
208 static stable in the C++ class.
210 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
211 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
212 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
213 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
216 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
217 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
218 always call them. The functions are:
220 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
221 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
222 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
223 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
224 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
225 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
226 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
227 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
228 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
229 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
230 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
231 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
233 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
234 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
236 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
237 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
238 doesn't have a standard place for them.
240 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
242 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
244 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
252 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
254 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
261 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
264 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
265 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
277 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
279 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
281 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
285 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
286 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
287 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
288 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
289 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
290 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
291 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
292 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
293 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
294 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
295 you can use to play with this new feature.
297 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
298 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
299 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
300 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
301 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
302 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
303 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
304 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
306 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
309 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
310 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
313 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
315 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
316 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
317 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
318 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
319 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
321 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
323 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
325 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
327 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
328 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
329 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
331 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
332 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
333 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
335 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
336 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
338 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
339 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
340 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
341 windows when desired.
343 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
344 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
345 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
352 Added wxSplashScreen.
354 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
356 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
358 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
359 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
360 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
362 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
363 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
364 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
366 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
367 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
368 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
370 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
371 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
372 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
373 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
374 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
377 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
381 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
382 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
385 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
386 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
387 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
388 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
389 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
390 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
391 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
393 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
394 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
395 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
396 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
397 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
398 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
399 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
400 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
401 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
402 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
403 unicode build on win95.
405 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
406 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
407 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
408 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
409 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
410 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
411 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
412 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
413 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
414 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
417 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
419 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
421 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
423 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
424 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
425 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
426 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
427 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
428 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
429 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
430 for any class that is OOR aware.
432 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
433 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
436 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
437 the image data. (Patch #546009)
439 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
442 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
443 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
444 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
457 TransferDataFromWindow
461 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
466 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
469 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
470 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
474 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
475 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
476 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
477 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
478 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
480 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
482 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
483 creating a ScrolledPanel.
485 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
488 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
489 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
490 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
491 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
493 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
494 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
495 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
496 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
497 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
499 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
500 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
501 respond to mouse events and etc.
503 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
504 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
506 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
507 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
508 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
509 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
510 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
511 started with just the "pycrust" command.
513 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
514 displays the details of the event.
516 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
518 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
519 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
522 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
524 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
531 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
532 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
533 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
535 Added some patches from library contributors.
541 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
542 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
543 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
544 and a demo to show them in action.
546 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
547 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
549 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
551 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
553 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
556 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
557 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
558 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
559 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
560 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
561 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
562 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
563 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
566 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
567 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
568 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
569 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
570 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
571 wxSTC flag accordingly.
573 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
574 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
575 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
577 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
579 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
581 Added pySketch to the samples.
583 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
584 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
585 multi-processor machine.
587 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
588 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
590 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
592 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
593 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
594 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
595 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
596 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
597 original C++ pointer.
599 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
602 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
604 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
605 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
607 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
608 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
609 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
610 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
611 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
616 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
618 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
619 will now Disconnect the event.
621 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
625 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
626 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
627 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
630 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
632 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
635 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
636 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
637 additional columns for each item. The classes are
638 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
639 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
640 also be useful by themselves.
642 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
643 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
644 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
645 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
646 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
647 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
655 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
656 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
657 on a custom event handler for example.)
659 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
660 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
662 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
663 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
665 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
667 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
669 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
671 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
677 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
678 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
680 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
681 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
684 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
686 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
687 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
690 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
691 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
692 access from non-GUI threads.
694 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
695 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
697 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
699 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
700 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
702 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
703 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
705 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
706 it gobs faster in certain situations.
708 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
709 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
710 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
711 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
712 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
713 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
714 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
715 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
716 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
719 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
720 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
723 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
724 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
726 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
728 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
730 Added wxToggleButton.
732 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
734 Added some methods to wxGrid:
735 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
736 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
737 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
738 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
740 GetGridRowLabelWindow
741 GetGridColLabelWindow
742 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
744 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
745 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
746 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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750 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
751 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
752 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
753 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
754 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
755 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
756 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
757 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
758 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
759 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
760 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
761 use weak references.)
763 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
764 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
765 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
766 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
767 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
768 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
769 object-type related oddities to me.
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772 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
773 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
774 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
777 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
778 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
780 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
784 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
785 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
786 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
787 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
788 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
789 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
791 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
792 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
801 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
802 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
809 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
810 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
811 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
812 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
814 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
816 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
818 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
819 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
821 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
822 column in report mode.
824 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
829 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
830 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
831 object, (usually a window.)
833 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
835 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
837 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
838 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
839 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
840 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
841 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
842 wxPython/src/export.h
844 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
845 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
846 utils. Will probably add more later.
848 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
849 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
852 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
853 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
855 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
857 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
858 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
860 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
861 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
869 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
870 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
871 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
872 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
873 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
874 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
875 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
876 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
879 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
880 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
881 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
882 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
883 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
884 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
885 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
886 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
887 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
889 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
890 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
892 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
893 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
894 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
897 Removed the old python sizers.
899 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
902 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
903 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
904 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
906 Lots of little fixes here and there.
908 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
909 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
910 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
918 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
920 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
927 Added wxLog and friends.
929 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
931 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
938 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
939 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
942 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
944 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
948 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
950 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
952 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
954 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
955 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
956 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
957 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
958 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
959 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
960 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
961 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
983 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
984 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
986 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
989 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
990 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
992 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
994 Plugged a memory leak.
996 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
997 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
998 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
999 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1002 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1003 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1004 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1006 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1007 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1008 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1009 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1010 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1011 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1012 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1013 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1016 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1017 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1018 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1019 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1021 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1022 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1023 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1024 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1025 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1026 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1027 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1028 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1029 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1034 What's new in 2.1.13
1035 --------------------
1036 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1038 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1039 and some flicker problems.
1041 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1042 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1044 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1047 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1049 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1051 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1052 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1054 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1055 It is used like this:
1057 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1059 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1060 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1062 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1064 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1066 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1067 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1068 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1069 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1070 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1071 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1073 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1074 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1075 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1076 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1077 methods look like this:
1081 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1084 shortHelpString = "",
1085 longHelpString = "")
1087 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1089 shortHelpString = "",
1090 longHelpString = "",
1094 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1095 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1097 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1099 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1101 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1102 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1103 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1105 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1107 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1110 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1112 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1113 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1114 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1119 What's new in 2.1.11
1120 --------------------
1121 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1124 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1125 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1128 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1129 being added. This should remove the need for our
1130 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1132 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1133 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1134 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1135 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1136 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1138 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1140 Added new HTML printing classes.
1142 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1144 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1145 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1146 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1149 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1150 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1151 thread from other threads.
1153 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1155 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1157 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1159 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1160 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1162 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1164 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1167 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1174 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1175 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1181 --------------------
1183 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1184 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1185 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1186 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1187 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1190 Now back to what's new...
1192 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1194 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1196 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1197 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1198 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1199 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1200 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1203 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1204 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1207 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1208 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1209 example, the following are equivallent:
1211 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1212 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1214 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1215 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1216 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1217 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1218 pages. See the demo for an example.
1220 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1221 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1223 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1225 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1226 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1227 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1228 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1229 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1230 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1231 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1232 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1233 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1234 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1235 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1238 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1239 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1240 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1241 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1242 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1243 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1244 for more info and examples in future releases.
1246 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1247 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1248 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1249 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1250 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1251 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1254 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1255 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1256 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1257 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1258 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1259 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1260 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1261 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1262 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1263 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1264 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1266 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1267 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1268 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1269 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1270 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1271 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1272 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1273 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1274 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1275 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1276 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1277 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1278 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1279 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1280 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1281 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1284 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1288 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1291 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1292 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1293 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1294 to really screw things up.
1296 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1297 in the wxWindows docs...
1299 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1300 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1301 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1302 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1303 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1304 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1305 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1312 --------------------
1314 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1316 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1317 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1318 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1319 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1322 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1323 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1324 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1326 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1328 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1329 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1330 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1331 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1334 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1335 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1336 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1337 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1339 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1340 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1341 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1342 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1349 --------------------
1351 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1353 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1354 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1355 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1356 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1357 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1359 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1360 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1361 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1362 is being unloaded by Python.
1364 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1365 make wxPython look bad.
1367 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1368 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1370 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1372 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1373 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1375 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1376 code to show how to use it.
1378 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1381 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1383 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1384 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1386 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1387 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1389 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1390 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1392 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1393 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1394 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1396 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1399 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1401 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1404 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1406 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1414 --------------------
1415 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1416 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1417 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1419 Added the Printing Framework.
1421 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1422 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1423 data after loading each extension module.
1425 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1428 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1429 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1430 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1432 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1433 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1434 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1435 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1441 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1443 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1444 wxPython application.
1446 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1448 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1449 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1452 Added wxSafeYield function.
1454 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1456 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1459 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1460 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1462 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1464 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1465 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1467 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1469 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1476 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1478 Several missing methods from various classes.
1486 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1488 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1494 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1495 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1500 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1501 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1502 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1503 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1504 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1506 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1507 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1508 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1509 diverges from wxWindows.
1511 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1512 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1513 it should just work... More news on this later.
1515 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1517 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1520 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1526 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1528 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1529 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1535 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1536 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1537 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1538 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1540 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1542 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1546 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1548 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1549 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1551 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1559 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1560 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1561 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1562 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1563 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1564 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1566 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1567 must have been a different issue all along...
1574 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1575 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1576 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1577 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1578 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1579 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1581 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1583 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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