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7 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
8 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them.
9
10 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
11 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List behind the scenes, but to use normal ctor
12 and dtors.
13
14 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
15
16 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
17 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
18 colour database.
19
20 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
21 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
22 access from non-GUI threads.
23
24 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
25 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
26
27 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
28
29 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
30 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
31
32 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
33 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
34
35 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
36 it gobs faster in certain situations.
37
38 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
39 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
40 converted to XPM format (with its transparency mask intact, if there
41 is one) which is essentially a list of strings containing info about
42 each pixel. It is then pickled and optionally compressed and written
43 to a Python source file along with functions to convert it to either a
44 wxBitmap or a wxImage. See wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and
45 wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for the implementation.
46
47 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
48 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
49 many refreshes.
50
51 A couple hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with the
52 distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
53
54 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
55
56 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
57
58
59
60 2.2.6
61 -----
62
63 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
64 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
65
66
67
68 2.2.5
69 -----
70
71 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
72 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
73 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
74 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
75
76 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
77
78 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
79
80 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
81 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
82
83 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
84 column in report mode.
85
86 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
87 bar after 2 seconds.
88
89 Added wxJoystick.
90
91 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
92 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
93 object, (usually a window.)
94
95 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
96
97 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
98
99 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
100 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
101 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
102 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
103 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
104 wxPython/src/export.h
105
106 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
107 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
108 utils. Will probably add more later.
109
110 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
111 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
112 wxPrinterDC2 name.
113
114 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
115 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
116
117 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
118
119 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
120 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
121
122 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
123 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
124 XML-RPC server.
125
126
127
128 New in 2.2.2
129 ------------
130
131 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
132 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
133 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
134 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
135 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
136 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
137 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
138 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
139 how things work.
140
141 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
142 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
143 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
144 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
145 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
146 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
147 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
148 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
149 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
150
151 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
152 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
153
154 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
155 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
156 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
157 stdin.
158
159 Removed the old python sizers.
160
161 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
162 and wxRealPoint.
163
164 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
165 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
166 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
167
168 Lots of little fixes here and there.
169
170 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
171 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
172 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
173
174
175
176
177 New in 2.2.1
178 ------------
179
180 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
181
182 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
183
184
185
186 New in 2.2.0
187 ------------
188
189 Added wxLog and friends.
190
191 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
192
193 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
194
195
196
197 New in 2.1.16
198 -------------
199
200 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
201 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
202 depressed state.
203
204 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
205
206 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
207
208 Added wxDragImage.
209
210 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
211
212 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
213
214 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
215
216 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
217 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
218 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
219 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
220 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
221 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
222 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
223 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
224
225 OnChar
226 OnSize
227 OnEraseBackground
228 OnSysColourChanged
229 OnInitDialog
230 OnPaint
231 OnIdle
232 OnActivate
233 OnMenuHighlight
234 OnCloseWindow
235 OnScroll
236
237 Added wxSpinCtrl.
238
239
240
241
242 New in 2.1.15
243 -------------
244
245 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
246 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
247
248 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
249 GetSelections.
250
251 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
252 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
253
254 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
255
256 Plugged a memory leak.
257
258 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
259 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
260 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
261 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
262 good...)
263
264 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
265 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
266 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
267
268 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
269 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
270 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
271 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
272 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
273 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
274 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
275 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
276 them.
277
278 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
279 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
280 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
281 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
282
283 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
284 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
285 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
286 but I've included a very readable source file in the
287 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
288 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
289 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
290 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
291 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
292
293
294
295
296 What's new in 2.1.13
297 --------------------
298 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
299
300 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
301 and some flicker problems.
302
303 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
304 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
305
306 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
307 "which" parameter.
308
309 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
310
311 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
312
313 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
314 with wxWindow.GetParent.
315
316 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
317 It is used like this:
318
319 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
320
321 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
322 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
323
324 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
325
326 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
327
328 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
329 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
330 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
331 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
332 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
333 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
334
335 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
336 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
337 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
338 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
339 methods look like this:
340
341 def AddTool(ID,
342 bitmap,
343 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
344 toggle = FALSE,
345 clientData = NULL,
346 shortHelpString = "",
347 longHelpString = "")
348
349 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
350 bitmap,
351 shortHelpString = "",
352 longHelpString = "",
353 toggle=FALSE)
354
355
356 There are also coresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
357 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
358
359 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
360
361 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
362
363 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
364 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
365 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
366
367 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
368
369 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
370 package.
371
372 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
373
374 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
375 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
376 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
377
378
379
380
381 What's new in 2.1.11
382 --------------------
383 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
384 syncronized.
385
386 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
387 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
388 itself.
389
390 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
391 being added. This should remove the need for our
392 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
393
394 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
395 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
396 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
397 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
398 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
399
400 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
401
402 Added new HTML printing classes.
403
404 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
405
406 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
407 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
408 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
409 wxPoint.)
410
411 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
412 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
413 thread from other threads.
414
415 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
416
417 Added wxFontEnumerator.
418
419 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
420
421 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
422 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
423
424 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
425
426 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
427 wxGTK...
428
429 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
430
431
432
433
434 What's new in 2.1.5
435 -------------------
436 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
437 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
438 major features.
439
440
441
442 What's new in 2.1.4
443 --------------------
444
445 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
446 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
447 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
448 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
449 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
450 the wxPy-2-1-4 tag.
451
452 Now back to what's new...
453
454 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
455
456 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
457
458 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
459 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
460 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
461 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
462 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
463 great!
464
465 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
466 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
467 default sort order.
468
469 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
470 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
471 example, the following are equivallent:
472
473 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
474 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
475
476 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
477 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
478 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
479 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
480 pages. See the demo for an example.
481
482 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
483 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
484
485 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
486
487 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
488 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
489 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
490 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
491 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
492 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
493 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
494 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
495 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
496 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
497 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
498 further details.
499
500 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
501 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
502 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
503 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
504 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
505 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
506 for more info and examples in future releases.
507
508 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
509 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
510 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
511 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
512 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
513 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
514 to use them.
515
516 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
517 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
518 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
519 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
520 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
521 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
522 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
523 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
524 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
525 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
526 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
527
528 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
529 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
530 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
531 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
532 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
533 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
534 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
535 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
536 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
537 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
538 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
539 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
540 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
541 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
542 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
543 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
544
545 class MyApp(wxApp):
546 outputWindowClass = MyClass
547
548 def OnInit(self):
549 frame = MyFrame()
550 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
551 return true
552
553 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
554 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
555 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
556 to really screw things up.
557
558 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
559 in the wxWindows docs...
560
561 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
562 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
563 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
564 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
565 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
566 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
567 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
568 problems...)
569
570
571
572
573 What's new in 2.1b3
574 --------------------
575
576 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
577
578 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
579 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
580 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
581 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
582 features:
583
584 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
585 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
586 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
587
588 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
589
590 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
591 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
592 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
593 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
594
595
596 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
597 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
598 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
599 see distrib/build.py for more details.
600
601 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
602 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
603 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
604 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
605
606
607
608
609
610 What's new in 2.1b2
611 --------------------
612
613 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
614
615 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
616 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
617 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
618 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
619 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
620
621 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
622 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
623 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
624 is being unloaded by Python.
625
626 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
627 make wxPython look bad.
628
629 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
630 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
631
632 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
633
634 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
635 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
636
637 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
638 code to show how to use it.
639
640 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
641 matches MSW's.
642
643 Added wxGrid.GetCells
644
645 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
646 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
647
648 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
649 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
650
651 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
652 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
653
654 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
655 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
656 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
657
658 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
659 data transfer.
660
661 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
662
663 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
664 for unix systems.
665
666 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
667
668 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
669 in wx.cpp.
670
671
672
673
674
675 What's new in 2.1b1
676 --------------------
677 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
678 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
679 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
680
681 Added the Printing Framework.
682
683 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
684 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
685 data after loading each extension module.
686
687 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
688 wxWindows classes.
689
690 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
691 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
692 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
693
694 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
695 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
696 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
697 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
698
699
700
701 What's new in 2.0b9
702 -------------------
703 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
704
705 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
706 wxPython application.
707
708 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
709
710 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
711 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
712 this feature off.
713
714 Added wxSafeYield function.
715
716 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
717
718 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
719 how it all works.
720
721 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
722 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
723
724 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
725
726 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
727 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
728
729 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
730
731 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
732 methods.
733
734
735
736 What's new in 2.0b8
737 -------------------
738 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
739
740 Several missing methods from various classes.
741
742 Various bug fixes.
743
744
745
746 What's new in 2.0b7
747 -------------------
748 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
749
750 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
751
752
753
754 What's new in 2.0b6
755 -------------------
756 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
757 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
758
759
760 What's new in 2.0b5
761 -------------------
762 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
763 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
764 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
765 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
766 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
767
768 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
769 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
770 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
771 diverges from wxWindows.
772
773 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
774 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
775 it should just work... More news on this later.
776
777 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
778
779 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
780 wxRegConfig class.
781
782 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
783
784
785
786 What's new in 0.5.3
787 -------------------
788 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
789
790 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
791 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
792
793
794
795 What's new in 0.5.0
796 -------------------
797 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
798 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
799 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
800 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
801
802 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
803
804 Made the events work for wxGrid.
805
806 Added wxConfig.
807
808 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
809
810 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
811 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
812
813 Other assorted fixes and additions.
814
815
816
817
818 What's new in 0.4.2
819 -------------------
820
821 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
822 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
823 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
824 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
825 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
826 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
827
828 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
829 must have been a different issue all along...
830
831
832
833 What's New in 0.4
834 -----------------
835
836 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
837 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
838 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
839 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
840 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
841 version segfault shortly after starting up.
842
843 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
844
845 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
846
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