1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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7 (See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
8 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
11 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
12 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
18 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
19 wxHtmlListBox classes.
21 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
24 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
27 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
28 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
29 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
31 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake in
32 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. They are also
33 installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and GNOME
34 locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu items on
35 non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my RH-9 build
36 box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas for how to
37 improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more distros please
40 The RPMs are now built on a RH-9 box, and I have tested installing
41 them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
43 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
44 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
45 extension modules and pacakges, and also the command-line tool
46 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
47 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
48 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
51 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
59 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
61 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
63 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
64 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
66 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
68 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
70 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
77 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
79 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
81 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
82 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
83 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
86 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
87 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
90 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
91 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
92 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
93 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
96 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
97 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
98 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
99 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
101 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
102 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
103 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
104 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
105 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
106 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
107 package. These will be removed in a future release.
109 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
110 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
111 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
113 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
115 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
116 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
118 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
119 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
121 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
122 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
124 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
125 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
128 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
129 a call to any Python callable object.
131 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
132 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
133 to override the C++ virtual methods.
135 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
136 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
137 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
138 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
139 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
141 Added wxCursorFromBits.
150 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
153 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
154 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
155 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
157 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
160 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
163 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
166 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
168 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
169 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
170 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
176 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
177 ------------------------------------------
179 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
180 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
181 think I am testing in the future...
185 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
186 ----------------------------------------------
188 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
190 Updated pycolourchooser.
192 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
198 Added missing wxRect methods
200 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
202 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
204 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
205 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
206 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
209 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
212 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
214 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
215 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
218 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
220 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
223 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
225 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
226 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
227 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
228 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
229 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
230 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
231 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
232 static stable in the C++ class.
234 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
235 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
236 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
237 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
240 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
241 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
242 always call them. The functions are:
244 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
245 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
246 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
247 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
248 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
249 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
250 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
251 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
252 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
253 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
254 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
255 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
257 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
258 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
260 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
261 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
262 doesn't have a standard place for them.
264 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
266 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
268 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
276 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
278 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
285 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
288 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
289 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
301 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
303 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
305 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
309 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
310 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
311 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
312 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
313 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
314 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
315 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
316 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
317 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
318 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
319 you can use to play with this new feature.
321 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
322 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
323 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
324 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
325 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
326 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
327 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
328 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
330 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
333 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
334 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
337 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
339 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
340 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
341 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
342 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
343 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
345 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
347 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
349 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
351 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
352 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
353 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
355 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
356 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
357 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
359 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
360 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
362 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
363 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
364 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
365 windows when desired.
367 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
368 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
369 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
376 Added wxSplashScreen.
378 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
380 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
382 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
383 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
384 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
386 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
387 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
388 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
390 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
391 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
392 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
394 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
395 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
396 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
397 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
398 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
401 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
405 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
406 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
409 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
410 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
411 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
412 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
413 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
414 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
415 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
417 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
418 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
419 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
420 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
421 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
422 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
423 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
424 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
425 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
426 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
427 unicode build on win95.
429 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
430 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
431 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
432 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
433 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
434 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
435 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
436 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
437 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
438 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
441 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
443 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
445 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
447 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
448 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
449 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
450 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
451 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
452 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
453 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
454 for any class that is OOR aware.
456 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
457 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
460 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
461 the image data. (Patch #546009)
463 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
466 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
467 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
468 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
481 TransferDataFromWindow
485 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
490 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
493 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
494 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
498 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
499 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
500 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
501 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
502 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
504 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
506 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
507 creating a ScrolledPanel.
509 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
512 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
513 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
514 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
515 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
517 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
518 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
519 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
520 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
521 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
523 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
524 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
525 respond to mouse events and etc.
527 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
528 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
530 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
531 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
532 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
533 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
534 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
535 started with just the "pycrust" command.
537 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
538 displays the details of the event.
540 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
542 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
543 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
546 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
548 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
555 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
556 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
557 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
559 Added some patches from library contributors.
565 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
566 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
567 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
568 and a demo to show them in action.
570 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
571 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
573 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
575 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
577 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
580 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
581 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
582 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
583 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
584 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
585 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
586 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
587 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
590 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
591 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
592 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
593 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
594 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
595 wxSTC flag accordingly.
597 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
598 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
599 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
601 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
603 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
605 Added pySketch to the samples.
607 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
608 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
609 multi-processor machine.
611 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
612 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
614 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
616 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
617 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
618 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
619 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
620 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
621 original C++ pointer.
623 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
626 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
628 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
629 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
631 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
632 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
633 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
634 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
635 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
640 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
642 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
643 will now Disconnect the event.
645 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
649 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
650 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
651 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
654 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
656 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
659 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
660 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
661 additional columns for each item. The classes are
662 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
663 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
664 also be useful by themselves.
666 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
667 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
668 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
669 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
670 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
671 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
679 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
680 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
681 on a custom event handler for example.)
683 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
684 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
686 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
687 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
689 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
691 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
693 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
695 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
701 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
702 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
704 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
705 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
708 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
710 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
711 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
714 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
715 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
716 access from non-GUI threads.
718 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
719 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
721 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
723 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
724 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
726 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
727 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
729 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
730 it gobs faster in certain situations.
732 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
733 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
734 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
735 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
736 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
737 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
738 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
739 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
740 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
743 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
744 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
747 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
748 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
750 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
752 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
754 Added wxToggleButton.
756 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
758 Added some methods to wxGrid:
759 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
760 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
761 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
762 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
764 GetGridRowLabelWindow
765 GetGridColLabelWindow
766 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
768 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
769 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
770 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
773 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
774 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
775 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
776 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
777 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
778 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
779 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
780 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
781 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
782 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
783 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
784 use weak references.)
786 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
787 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
788 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
789 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
790 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
791 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
792 object-type related oddities to me.
795 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
796 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
797 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
800 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
801 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
803 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
807 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
808 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
809 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
810 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
811 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
812 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
814 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
815 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
824 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
825 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
832 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
833 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
834 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
835 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
837 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
839 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
841 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
842 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
844 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
845 column in report mode.
847 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
852 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
853 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
854 object, (usually a window.)
856 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
858 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
860 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
861 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
862 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
863 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
864 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
865 wxPython/src/export.h
867 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
868 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
869 utils. Will probably add more later.
871 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
872 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
875 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
876 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
878 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
880 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
881 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
883 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
884 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
892 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
893 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
894 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
895 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
896 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
897 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
898 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
899 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
902 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
903 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
904 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
905 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
906 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
907 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
908 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
909 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
910 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
912 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
913 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
915 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
916 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
917 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
920 Removed the old python sizers.
922 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
925 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
926 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
927 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
929 Lots of little fixes here and there.
931 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
932 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
933 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
941 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
943 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
950 Added wxLog and friends.
952 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
954 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
961 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
962 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
965 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
967 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
971 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
973 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
975 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
977 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
978 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
979 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
980 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
981 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
982 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
983 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
984 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1006 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1007 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1009 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1012 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1013 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1015 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1017 Plugged a memory leak.
1019 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1020 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1021 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1022 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1025 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1026 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1027 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1029 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1030 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1031 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1032 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1033 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1034 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1035 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1036 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1039 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1040 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1041 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1042 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1044 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1045 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1046 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1047 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1048 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1049 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1050 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1051 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1052 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1057 What's new in 2.1.13
1058 --------------------
1059 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1061 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1062 and some flicker problems.
1064 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1065 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1067 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1070 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1072 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1074 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1075 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1077 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1078 It is used like this:
1080 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1082 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1083 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1085 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1087 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1089 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1090 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1091 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1092 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1093 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1094 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1096 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1097 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1098 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1099 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1100 methods look like this:
1104 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1107 shortHelpString = "",
1108 longHelpString = "")
1110 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1112 shortHelpString = "",
1113 longHelpString = "",
1117 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1118 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1120 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1122 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1124 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1125 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1126 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1128 Added some missing EVT functions.
1130 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1133 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1135 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1136 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1137 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1142 What's new in 2.1.11
1143 --------------------
1144 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1147 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1148 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1151 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1152 being added. This should remove the need for our
1153 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1155 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1156 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1157 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1158 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1159 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1161 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1163 Added new HTML printing classes.
1165 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1167 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1168 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1169 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1172 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1173 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1174 thread from other threads.
1176 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1178 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1180 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1182 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1183 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1185 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1187 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1190 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1197 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1198 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1204 --------------------
1206 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1207 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1208 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1209 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1210 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1213 Now back to what's new...
1215 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1217 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1219 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1220 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1221 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1222 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1223 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1226 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1227 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1230 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1231 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1232 example, the following are equivallent:
1234 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1235 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1237 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1238 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1239 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1240 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1241 pages. See the demo for an example.
1243 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1244 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1246 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1248 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1249 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1250 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1251 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1252 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1253 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1254 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1255 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1256 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1257 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1258 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1261 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1262 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1263 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1264 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1265 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1266 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1267 for more info and examples in future releases.
1269 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1270 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1271 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1272 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1273 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1274 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1277 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1278 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1279 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1280 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1281 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1282 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1283 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1284 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1285 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1286 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1287 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1289 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1290 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1291 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1292 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1293 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1294 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1295 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1296 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1297 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1298 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1299 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1300 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1301 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1302 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1303 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1304 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1307 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1311 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1314 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1315 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1316 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1317 to really screw things up.
1319 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1320 in the wxWindows docs...
1322 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1323 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1324 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1325 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1326 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1327 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1328 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1335 --------------------
1337 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1339 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1340 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1341 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1342 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1345 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1346 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1347 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1349 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1351 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1352 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1353 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1354 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1357 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1358 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1359 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1360 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1362 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1363 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1364 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1365 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1372 --------------------
1374 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1376 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1377 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1378 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1379 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1380 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1382 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1383 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1384 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1385 is being unloaded by Python.
1387 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1388 make wxPython look bad.
1390 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1391 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1393 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1395 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1396 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1398 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1399 code to show how to use it.
1401 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1404 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1406 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1407 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1409 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1410 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1412 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1413 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1415 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1416 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1417 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1419 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1422 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1424 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1427 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1429 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1437 --------------------
1438 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1439 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1440 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1442 Added the Printing Framework.
1444 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1445 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1446 data after loading each extension module.
1448 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1451 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1452 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1453 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1455 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1456 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1457 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1458 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1464 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1466 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1467 wxPython application.
1469 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1471 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1472 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1475 Added wxSafeYield function.
1477 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1479 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1482 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1483 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1485 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1487 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1488 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1490 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1492 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1499 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1501 Several missing methods from various classes.
1509 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1511 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1517 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1518 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1523 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1524 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1525 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1526 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1527 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1529 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1530 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1531 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1532 diverges from wxWindows.
1534 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1535 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1536 it should just work... More news on this later.
1538 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1540 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1543 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1549 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1551 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1552 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1558 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
1559 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
1560 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1561 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1563 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1565 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1569 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1571 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1572 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1574 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1582 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1583 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1584 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1585 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1586 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1587 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1589 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1590 must have been a different issue all along...
1597 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1598 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1599 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1600 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1601 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1602 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1604 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1606 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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