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8 Added wxScrolledPanel from Wil Sadkin
14 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
17 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
18 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
19 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
21 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
24 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
27 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
30 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
32 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
33 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
34 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
40 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
42 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
43 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
44 think I am testing in the future...
48 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
50 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
52 Updated pycolourchooser.
54 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
60 Added missing wxRect methods
62 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
64 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
66 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
67 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
68 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
71 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
74 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
76 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
77 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
80 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
82 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
85 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
87 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
88 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
89 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
90 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
91 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
92 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
93 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
94 static stable in the C++ class.
96 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
97 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
98 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
99 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
102 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
103 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
104 always call them. The functions are:
106 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
107 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
108 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
109 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
110 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
111 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
112 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
113 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
114 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
115 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
116 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
117 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
119 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
120 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
122 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
123 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
124 doesn't have a standard place for them.
126 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
128 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
130 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
138 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
140 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
147 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
150 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
151 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
163 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
165 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
167 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
171 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
172 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
173 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
174 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
175 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
176 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
177 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
178 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
179 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
180 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
181 you can use to play with this new feature.
183 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
184 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
185 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
186 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
187 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
188 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
189 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
190 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
192 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
195 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
196 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
199 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
201 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
202 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
203 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
204 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
205 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
207 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
209 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
211 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
213 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
214 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
215 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
217 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
218 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
219 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
221 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
222 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
224 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
225 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
226 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
227 windows when desired.
229 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
230 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
231 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
238 Added wxSplashScreen.
240 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
242 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
244 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
245 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
246 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
248 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
249 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
250 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
252 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
253 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
254 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
256 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
257 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
258 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
259 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
260 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
263 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
267 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
268 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
271 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
272 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
273 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
274 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
275 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
276 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
277 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
279 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
280 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
281 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
282 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
283 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
284 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
285 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
286 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
287 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
288 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
289 unicode build on win95.
291 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
292 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
293 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
294 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
295 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
296 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
297 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
298 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
299 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
300 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
303 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
305 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
307 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
309 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
310 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
311 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
312 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
313 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
314 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
315 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
316 for any class that is OOR aware.
318 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
319 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
322 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
323 the image data. (Patch #546009)
325 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
328 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
329 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
330 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
343 TransferDataFromWindow
347 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
352 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
355 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
356 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
360 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
361 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
362 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
363 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
364 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
366 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
368 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
369 creating a ScrolledPanel.
371 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
374 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
375 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
376 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
377 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
379 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
380 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
381 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
382 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
383 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
385 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
386 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
387 respond to mouse events and etc.
389 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
390 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
392 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
393 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
394 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
395 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
396 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
397 started with just the "pycrust" command.
399 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
400 displays the details of the event.
402 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
404 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
405 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
408 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
410 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
416 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
417 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
418 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
420 Added some patches from library contributors.
426 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
427 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
428 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
429 and a demo to show them in action.
431 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
432 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
434 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
436 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
438 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
441 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
442 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
443 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
444 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
445 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
446 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
447 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
448 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
451 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
452 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
453 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
454 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
455 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
456 wxSTC flag accordingly.
458 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
459 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
460 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
462 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
464 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
466 Added pySketch to the samples.
468 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
469 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
470 multi-processor machine.
472 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
473 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
475 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
477 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
478 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
479 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
480 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
481 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
482 original C++ pointer.
484 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
487 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
489 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
490 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
492 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
493 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
494 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
495 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
496 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
501 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
503 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
504 will now Disconnect the event.
506 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
510 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
511 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
512 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
515 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
517 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
520 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
521 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
522 additional columns for each item. The classes are
523 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
524 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
525 also be useful by themselves.
527 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
528 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
529 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
530 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
531 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
532 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
540 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
541 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
542 on a custom event handler for example.)
544 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
545 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
547 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
548 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
550 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
552 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
554 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
556 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
562 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
563 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
565 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
566 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
569 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
571 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
572 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
575 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
576 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
577 access from non-GUI threads.
579 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
580 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
582 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
584 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
585 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
587 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
588 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
590 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
591 it gobs faster in certain situations.
593 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
594 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
595 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
596 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
597 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
598 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
599 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
600 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
601 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
604 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
605 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
608 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
609 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
611 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
613 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
615 Added wxToggleButton.
617 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
619 Added some methods to wxGrid:
620 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
621 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
622 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
623 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
625 GetGridRowLabelWindow
626 GetGridColLabelWindow
627 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
629 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
630 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
631 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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635 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
636 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
637 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
638 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
639 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
640 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
641 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
642 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
643 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
644 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
645 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
646 use weak references.)
648 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
649 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
650 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
651 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
652 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
653 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
654 object-type related oddities to me.
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657 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
658 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
659 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
662 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
663 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
665 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
669 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
670 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
671 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
672 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
673 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
674 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
676 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
677 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
686 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
687 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
694 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
695 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
696 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
697 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
699 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
701 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
703 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
704 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
706 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
707 column in report mode.
709 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
714 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
715 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
716 object, (usually a window.)
718 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
720 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
722 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
723 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
724 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
725 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
726 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
727 wxPython/src/export.h
729 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
730 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
731 utils. Will probably add more later.
733 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
734 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
737 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
738 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
740 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
742 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
743 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
745 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
746 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
754 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
755 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
756 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
757 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
758 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
759 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
760 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
761 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
764 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
765 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
766 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
767 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
768 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
769 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
770 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
771 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
772 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
774 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
775 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
777 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
778 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
779 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
782 Removed the old python sizers.
784 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
787 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
788 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
789 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
791 Lots of little fixes here and there.
793 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
794 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
795 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
803 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
805 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
812 Added wxLog and friends.
814 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
816 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
823 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
824 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
827 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
829 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
833 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
835 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
837 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
839 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
840 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
841 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
842 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
843 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
844 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
845 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
846 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
868 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
869 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
871 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
874 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
875 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
877 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
879 Plugged a memory leak.
881 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
882 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
883 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
884 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
887 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
888 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
889 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
891 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
892 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
893 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
894 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
895 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
896 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
897 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
898 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
901 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
902 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
903 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
904 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
906 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
907 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
908 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
909 but I've included a very readable source file in the
910 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
911 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
912 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
913 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
914 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
921 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
923 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
924 and some flicker problems.
926 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
927 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
929 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
932 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
934 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
936 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
937 with wxWindow.GetParent.
939 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
940 It is used like this:
942 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
944 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
945 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
947 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
949 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
951 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
952 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
953 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
954 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
955 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
956 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
958 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
959 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
960 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
961 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
962 methods look like this:
966 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
969 shortHelpString = "",
972 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
974 shortHelpString = "",
979 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
980 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
982 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
984 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
986 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
987 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
988 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
990 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
992 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
995 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
997 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
998 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
999 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1004 What's new in 2.1.11
1005 --------------------
1006 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1009 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1010 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1013 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1014 being added. This should remove the need for our
1015 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1017 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1018 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1019 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1020 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1021 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1023 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1025 Added new HTML printing classes.
1027 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1029 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1030 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1031 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1034 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1035 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1036 thread from other threads.
1038 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1040 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1042 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1044 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1045 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1047 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1049 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1052 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1059 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1060 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1066 --------------------
1068 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1069 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1070 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1071 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1072 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1075 Now back to what's new...
1077 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1079 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1081 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1082 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1083 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1084 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1085 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1088 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1089 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1092 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1093 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1094 example, the following are equivallent:
1096 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1097 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1099 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1100 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1101 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1102 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1103 pages. See the demo for an example.
1105 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1106 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1108 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1110 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1111 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1112 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1113 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1114 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1115 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1116 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1117 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1118 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1119 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1120 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1123 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1124 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1125 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1126 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1127 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1128 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1129 for more info and examples in future releases.
1131 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1132 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1133 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1134 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1135 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1136 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1139 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1140 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1141 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1142 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1143 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1144 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1145 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1146 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1147 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1148 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1149 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1151 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1152 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1153 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1154 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1155 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1156 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1157 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1158 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1159 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1160 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1161 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1162 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1163 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1164 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1165 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1166 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1169 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1173 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1176 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1177 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1178 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1179 to really screw things up.
1181 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1182 in the wxWindows docs...
1184 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1185 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1186 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1187 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1188 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1189 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1190 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1197 --------------------
1199 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1201 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1202 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1203 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1204 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1207 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1208 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1209 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1211 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1213 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1214 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1215 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1216 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1219 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1220 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1221 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1222 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1224 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1225 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1226 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1227 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1234 --------------------
1236 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1238 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1239 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1240 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1241 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1242 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1244 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1245 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1246 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1247 is being unloaded by Python.
1249 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1250 make wxPython look bad.
1252 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1253 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1255 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1257 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1258 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1260 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1261 code to show how to use it.
1263 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1266 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1268 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1269 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1271 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1272 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1274 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1275 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1277 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1278 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1279 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1281 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1284 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1286 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1289 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1291 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1299 --------------------
1300 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1301 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1302 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1304 Added the Printing Framework.
1306 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1307 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1308 data after loading each extension module.
1310 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1313 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1314 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1315 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1317 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1318 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1319 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1320 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1326 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1328 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1329 wxPython application.
1331 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1333 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1334 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1337 Added wxSafeYield function.
1339 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1341 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1344 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1345 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1347 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1349 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1350 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1352 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1354 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1361 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1363 Several missing methods from various classes.
1371 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1373 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1379 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1380 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1385 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1386 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1387 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1388 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1389 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1391 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1392 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1393 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1394 diverges from wxWindows.
1396 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1397 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1398 it should just work... More news on this later.
1400 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1402 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1405 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1411 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1413 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1414 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1420 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1421 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1422 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1423 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1425 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1427 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1431 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1433 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1434 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1436 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1444 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1445 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1446 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1447 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1448 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1449 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1451 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1452 must have been a different issue all along...
1459 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1460 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1461 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1462 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1463 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1464 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1466 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1468 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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