1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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8 Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
9 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
10 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
12 wxMSW: Fix for controls when the system text fg colour is not black.
14 wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
15 both has an icon and is a submenu.
17 wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
20 wxMSW: Patch #1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
21 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
22 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
23 instead of current values.
25 Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
26 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
28 Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
30 wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
31 extra null character at the end.
33 Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
34 Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
36 wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
39 Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
41 wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
44 wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
46 Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
47 locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
48 as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
51 Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
52 wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize. See the docstrings or new api docs
55 Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. It is a control like
56 static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
57 default browser in response to the clicks.
67 wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
68 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
71 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
73 wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
75 wxGTK: The configure flags for selecting GTK+ 1.2.x or 2.x has
76 changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
77 either '1', '2' or 'any'. The default is '2'.
79 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
80 to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
81 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
82 through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions. The "Raw"
83 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
84 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
85 build no assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions
86 will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
87 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
88 the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
89 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
91 =================== ====================
92 AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
93 InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
94 GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
95 GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
96 GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
97 GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
98 SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
99 GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
100 AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
101 =================== ====================
104 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
105 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
108 wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
109 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
111 wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
113 XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
114 * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
115 * Hide command for test window.
116 * Replacing classes works better.
126 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
128 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384. Moved the code that handles
129 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
130 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
131 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
132 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
134 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
136 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
139 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
142 wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
143 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
144 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
145 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
146 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
149 wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
150 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
153 wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
154 crash when using nVidia cards (patch 1155132)
156 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
157 * Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
158 * Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
159 the width of any column.
161 wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
164 wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a 2nd time.
166 wxMSW: Applied patch #1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
168 Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
169 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
171 wxGTK: Applied patch #1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
172 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
173 used on GTK2 >= 2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
174 older generic file dialog is used.
176 wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
179 wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
180 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
181 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
182 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
184 Added MDI support to XRC
186 Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
187 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
189 wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
190 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
192 wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
193 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
195 wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
198 wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
199 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
201 Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
202 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
204 Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
207 Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
216 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
217 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
218 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
220 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
221 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
223 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
224 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
225 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
226 then calling GetValue().
229 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
230 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
231 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
232 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
234 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
237 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
238 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
239 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
241 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
243 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
244 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
246 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
247 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
249 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
250 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
251 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
252 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
253 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
254 the origin of the canvas.
256 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
257 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
258 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
260 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
261 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
263 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
264 internal scrollbar visible.
266 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
267 system paths for each platform.
269 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
270 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
271 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
272 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
273 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
275 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
276 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
277 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
279 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
280 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
281 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
283 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
284 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
285 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
287 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
289 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
290 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
291 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
292 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
294 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
295 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
296 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
297 of how to use the control.
299 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
300 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
302 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
303 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
306 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
307 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
309 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
310 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
311 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
312 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
313 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
314 finished with the timer.
316 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
317 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
318 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
319 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
320 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
321 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
322 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
323 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
324 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
325 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
327 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
328 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
329 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
330 via the wxPython C API.
332 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
333 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
334 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
335 when docstrings are added for those items.
337 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
338 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
339 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
340 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
341 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
344 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
345 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
346 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
347 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
348 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
349 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
350 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
351 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
352 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
353 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
354 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
357 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
358 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
359 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
360 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
361 ID's. Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
363 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
364 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
366 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
367 lots of surplus events)
369 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
372 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
373 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
375 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
376 and GTK+'s context menu code.
378 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
379 (not all actions are allowed).
381 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
383 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
384 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
385 when GetString is called from an event handler.
387 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
388 and max ends of the slider.
390 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
391 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
392 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
395 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
396 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
397 not with labels/sizers.
398 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
399 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
402 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
403 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
405 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
406 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
409 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
410 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
411 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
412 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
415 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
416 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
418 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
420 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
421 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
422 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
423 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
425 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
428 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
429 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
431 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
433 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
435 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
436 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
438 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
441 wxMSW: "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
444 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
445 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
446 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
447 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
450 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
452 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
454 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
455 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
456 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
457 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
460 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
461 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
463 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
464 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
466 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
467 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
468 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
469 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
470 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
471 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
473 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
476 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
479 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
482 - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
483 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
484 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
485 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
494 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
496 Updated internal PNG library.
498 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
500 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
501 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
503 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
504 enabled (does an enable itself)
506 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
509 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
510 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
513 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
514 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
515 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
516 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
517 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
518 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
519 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
520 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
521 also be an image of a red X::
523 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
526 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
528 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
530 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
532 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
533 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
534 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
535 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
536 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
537 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
538 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
540 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
541 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
542 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
543 the wxPython modules.
545 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
546 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
547 user that they should look at that window.
549 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
550 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
552 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
554 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
555 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
556 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
557 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
558 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
559 and PyGetDate methods.
561 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
562 also set the colour of the dropdown.
564 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
566 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
568 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
570 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
571 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
572 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
574 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
576 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
578 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
580 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
583 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
586 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
588 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
589 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
592 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
594 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
595 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
598 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
599 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
600 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
602 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
603 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
604 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
605 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
606 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
607 should notice no difference.
609 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
610 when a new one is selected.
612 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
614 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
615 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
616 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
617 more details and a warning.
619 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
620 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
622 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
623 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
625 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
627 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
629 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
631 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
632 holding down the mouse button.
634 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
635 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
637 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
639 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
640 - Added bar graph demo
641 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
642 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
644 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
645 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
646 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
647 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
648 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
649 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
650 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
651 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
654 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
655 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
656 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
657 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
659 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
661 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
662 reflect package's public contents.
664 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
665 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
666 Migrarion Guide for more information.
668 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
669 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
670 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
671 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
673 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
675 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
676 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
679 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
680 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
690 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
692 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
694 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
696 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
697 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
699 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
700 flicker problems, and namespace use.
702 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
704 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
706 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
709 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
711 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
712 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
714 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
717 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
720 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
722 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
724 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
735 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
736 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
737 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
738 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
739 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
740 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
741 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
742 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
743 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
745 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
746 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
748 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
749 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
750 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
751 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
754 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
755 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
757 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
759 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
760 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
762 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
763 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
764 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
765 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
766 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
767 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
770 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
771 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
772 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
773 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
774 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
777 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
778 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
779 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
781 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
782 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
784 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
785 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
787 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
788 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
789 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
790 remaining compatible with "C".
792 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
795 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
796 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
797 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
798 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
799 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
800 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
801 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
802 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
803 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
805 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
807 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
808 Scintilla for several releases now.
810 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
811 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
812 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
813 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
815 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
816 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
817 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
820 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
821 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
822 with a more modern reimplementation.
824 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
825 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
827 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
828 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
829 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
831 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
832 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
833 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
834 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
835 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
837 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
838 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
839 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
840 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
843 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
844 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
847 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
850 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
855 2.5.1.5 (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
856 -----------------------------------------------
859 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
860 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
863 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
866 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
867 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
868 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
869 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
870 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
871 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
872 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
875 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
876 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
882 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
883 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
885 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
888 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
891 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
892 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
893 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
895 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
896 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
897 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
898 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
899 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
900 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
901 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
902 distros please send me a patch.
904 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
905 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
907 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
908 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
909 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
910 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
911 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
912 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
915 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
918 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
920 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
922 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
924 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
925 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
926 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
927 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
928 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
929 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
930 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
933 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
936 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
938 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
939 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
941 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
942 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
943 MigrationGuide for more details.
945 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
946 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
947 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
948 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
949 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
950 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
951 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
952 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
953 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
954 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
955 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
956 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
957 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
958 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
959 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
960 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
961 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
963 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
965 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
974 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
976 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
978 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
979 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
981 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
983 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
985 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
993 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
995 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
997 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
998 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
999 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
1002 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
1003 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
1004 and wxWindows match.
1006 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
1007 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
1008 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
1009 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
1010 to the new namespace.
1012 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
1013 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
1014 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
1015 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
1017 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
1018 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
1019 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
1020 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
1021 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
1022 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
1023 package. These will be removed in a future release.
1025 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
1026 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
1027 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
1029 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
1031 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
1032 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
1034 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
1035 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
1037 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
1038 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
1040 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
1041 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
1044 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
1045 a call to any Python callable object.
1047 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
1048 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
1049 to override the C++ virtual methods.
1051 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
1052 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
1053 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
1054 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
1055 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
1057 Added wxCursorFromBits.
1067 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
1070 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
1071 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
1072 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
1074 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
1077 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
1080 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
1083 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
1085 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
1086 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
1087 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
1093 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
1094 ------------------------------------------
1097 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
1098 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
1099 think I am testing in the future...
1103 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
1104 ----------------------------------------------
1107 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
1109 Updated pycolourchooser.
1111 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
1119 Added missing wxRect methods
1121 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
1123 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
1125 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
1126 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
1127 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
1130 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
1133 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
1135 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
1136 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
1139 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
1141 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
1144 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
1146 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
1147 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
1148 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
1149 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
1150 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
1151 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
1152 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
1153 static stable in the C++ class.
1155 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
1156 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
1157 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
1158 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
1161 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
1162 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
1163 always call them. The functions are::
1165 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1166 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1167 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
1168 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1169 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
1170 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1171 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1172 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1173 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
1174 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1175 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
1176 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1178 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
1179 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
1181 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
1182 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
1183 doesn't have a standard place for them.
1185 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
1187 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
1189 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
1199 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1201 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
1210 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
1213 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
1214 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
1230 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
1232 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
1234 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
1238 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
1239 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
1240 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
1241 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
1242 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
1243 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
1244 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
1245 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
1246 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
1247 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
1248 you can use to play with this new feature.
1250 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
1251 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
1252 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
1253 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
1254 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
1255 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
1256 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
1257 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
1259 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
1262 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
1263 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
1266 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
1268 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
1269 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
1270 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
1271 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
1272 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
1274 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
1276 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
1278 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
1280 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1281 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1282 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
1284 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1285 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1286 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
1288 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1289 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
1291 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1292 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1293 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1294 windows when desired.
1296 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1297 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1298 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
1307 Added wxSplashScreen.
1309 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
1311 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
1313 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1314 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1315 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
1317 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1318 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1319 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
1321 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1322 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1323 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
1325 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1326 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1327 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1328 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1329 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1332 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
1336 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
1337 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
1340 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1341 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1342 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1343 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1344 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1345 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1346 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
1348 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1349 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1350 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
1351 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1352 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1353 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1354 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1355 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1356 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1357 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1358 unicode build on win95.
1360 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1361 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
1362 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
1363 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
1364 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
1365 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
1366 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
1367 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
1368 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
1369 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
1372 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
1374 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
1376 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
1378 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
1379 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
1380 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
1381 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
1382 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
1383 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
1384 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
1385 for any class that is OOR aware.
1387 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
1388 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
1391 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
1392 the image data. (Patch #546009)
1394 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
1397 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
1398 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
1399 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
1412 TransferDataFromWindow
1413 TransferDataToWindow
1416 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
1421 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
1424 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
1425 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
1427 Added wxArtProvider.
1429 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
1430 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
1431 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1432 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1433 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
1435 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
1437 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1438 creating a ScrolledPanel.
1440 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1443 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1444 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1445 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1446 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
1448 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1449 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1450 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1451 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1452 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
1454 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1455 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1456 respond to mouse events and etc.
1458 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
1459 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
1461 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1462 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1463 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1464 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1465 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1466 started with just the "pycrust" command.
1468 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1469 displays the details of the event.
1471 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
1473 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1474 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1477 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
1479 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1488 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1489 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1490 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
1492 Added some patches from library contributors.
1500 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1501 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1502 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1503 and a demo to show them in action.
1505 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1506 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
1508 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
1510 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
1512 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1515 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
1516 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1517 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
1518 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1519 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1520 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1521 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
1522 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1525 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1526 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1527 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1528 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1529 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1530 wxSTC flag accordingly.
1532 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1533 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1534 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
1536 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
1538 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
1540 Added pySketch to the samples.
1542 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1543 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1544 multi-processor machine.
1546 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1547 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
1549 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
1551 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1552 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1553 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1554 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1555 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1556 original C++ pointer.
1558 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1561 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
1563 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1564 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
1566 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1567 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
1568 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1569 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
1570 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1575 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
1577 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1578 will now Disconnect the event.
1580 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
1582 Added wxFileHistory.
1584 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1585 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1586 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1589 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
1591 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1594 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
1595 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1596 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1597 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1598 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1599 also be useful by themselves.
1601 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1602 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1603 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1604 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1605 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1606 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1616 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1617 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1618 on a custom event handler for example.)
1620 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1621 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
1623 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1624 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
1626 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
1628 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
1630 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
1632 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
1640 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1641 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
1643 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1644 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1647 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
1649 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1650 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1653 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1654 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1655 access from non-GUI threads.
1657 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1658 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
1660 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
1662 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1663 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
1665 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1666 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
1668 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1669 it gobs faster in certain situations.
1671 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1672 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1673 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1674 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1675 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1676 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1677 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1678 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1679 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1682 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1683 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1686 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1687 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
1689 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
1691 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
1693 Added wxToggleButton.
1695 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
1697 Added some methods to wxGrid:
1698 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1699 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1700 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1701 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1703 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1704 GetGridColLabelWindow
1705 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
1707 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1708 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1709 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
1712 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1713 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1714 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1715 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1716 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1717 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1718 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1719 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1720 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1721 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1722 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
1723 use weak references.)
1725 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1726 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1727 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
1728 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1729 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1730 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1731 object-type related oddities to me.
1734 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1735 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1736 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1739 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1740 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
1742 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
1746 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1747 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1748 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1749 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1750 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1751 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
1753 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1754 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1764 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1765 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1773 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1774 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1775 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1776 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1778 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1780 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1782 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1783 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1785 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1786 column in report mode.
1788 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1789 bar after 2 seconds.
1793 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1794 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1795 object, (usually a window.)
1797 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1799 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1801 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1802 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1803 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1804 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1805 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1806 wxPython/src/export.h
1808 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1809 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1810 utils. Will probably add more later.
1812 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1813 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1816 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1817 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1819 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1821 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1822 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1824 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1825 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1834 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1835 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1836 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1837 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1838 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1839 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1840 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1841 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1844 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1845 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1846 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1847 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1848 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1849 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1850 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1851 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1852 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1854 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1855 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1857 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1858 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1859 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1862 Removed the old python sizers.
1864 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1867 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1868 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1869 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1871 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1873 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1874 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1875 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1884 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1886 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1894 Added wxLog and friends.
1896 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1898 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1906 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1907 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1910 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1912 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1916 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1918 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1920 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1922 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1923 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1924 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1925 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1926 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1927 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1928 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1929 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1952 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1953 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1955 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1958 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1959 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1961 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1963 Plugged a memory leak.
1965 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1966 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1967 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1968 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1971 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1972 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1973 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1975 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1976 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1977 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1978 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1979 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1980 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1981 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1982 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1985 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1986 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1987 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1988 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1990 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1991 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1992 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1993 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1994 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1995 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1996 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1997 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1998 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
2003 What's new in 2.1.13
2004 --------------------
2007 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
2009 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
2010 and some flicker problems.
2012 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
2013 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
2015 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
2018 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
2020 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
2022 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
2023 with wxWindow.GetParent.
2025 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
2026 It is used like this:
2028 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
2030 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
2031 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
2033 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
2035 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
2037 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
2038 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
2039 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
2040 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
2041 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
2042 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
2044 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
2045 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
2046 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
2047 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
2048 methods look like this:
2052 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
2055 shortHelpString = "",
2056 longHelpString = "")
2058 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
2060 shortHelpString = "",
2061 longHelpString = "",
2065 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
2066 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
2068 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
2070 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
2072 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
2073 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
2074 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
2076 Added some missing EVT functions.
2078 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
2081 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
2083 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
2084 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
2085 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
2090 What's new in 2.1.11
2091 --------------------
2094 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
2097 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
2098 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
2101 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
2102 being added. This should remove the need for our
2103 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
2105 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
2106 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
2107 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
2108 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
2109 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
2111 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
2113 Added new HTML printing classes.
2115 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
2117 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
2118 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
2119 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
2122 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
2123 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
2124 thread from other threads.
2126 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
2128 Added wxFontEnumerator.
2130 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
2132 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
2133 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
2135 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
2137 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
2140 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
2149 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
2150 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
2159 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
2160 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
2161 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
2162 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
2163 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
2166 Now back to what's new...
2168 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
2170 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
2172 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
2173 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
2174 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
2175 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
2176 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
2179 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
2180 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
2183 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
2184 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
2185 example, the following are equivallent::
2187 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
2188 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
2190 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
2191 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
2192 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
2193 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
2194 pages. See the demo for an example.
2196 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
2197 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
2199 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
2201 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
2202 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
2203 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
2204 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
2205 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
2206 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
2207 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
2208 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
2209 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
2210 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
2211 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
2214 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
2215 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
2216 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
2217 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
2218 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
2219 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
2220 for more info and examples in future releases.
2222 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
2223 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
2224 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
2225 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
2226 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
2227 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
2230 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
2231 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
2232 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
2233 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
2234 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
2235 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
2236 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
2237 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
2238 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
2239 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
2240 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
2242 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
2243 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
2244 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
2245 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
2246 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
2247 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
2248 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
2249 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
2250 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
2251 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
2252 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
2253 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
2254 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
2255 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
2256 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
2257 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
2260 outputWindowClass = MyClass
2264 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
2267 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
2268 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
2269 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
2270 to really screw things up.
2272 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
2273 in the wxWindows docs...
2275 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
2276 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
2277 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
2278 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
2279 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
2280 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
2281 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
2288 --------------------
2291 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
2293 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
2294 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
2295 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
2296 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
2299 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
2300 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
2301 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
2303 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
2305 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
2306 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
2307 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
2308 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
2311 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
2312 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
2313 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
2314 see distrib/build.py for more details.
2316 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
2317 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
2318 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
2319 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
2329 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
2331 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
2332 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
2333 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
2334 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
2335 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
2337 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
2338 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
2339 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
2340 is being unloaded by Python.
2342 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
2343 make wxPython look bad.
2345 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
2346 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
2348 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
2350 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
2351 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
2353 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
2354 code to show how to use it.
2356 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
2359 Added wxGrid.GetCells
2361 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
2362 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
2364 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
2365 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
2367 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
2368 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
2370 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
2371 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
2372 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
2374 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
2377 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
2379 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
2382 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
2384 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
2395 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
2396 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
2397 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
2399 Added the Printing Framework.
2401 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
2402 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
2403 data after loading each extension module.
2405 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
2408 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
2409 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
2410 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
2412 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
2413 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
2414 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
2415 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
2423 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
2425 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
2426 wxPython application.
2428 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
2430 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
2431 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
2434 Added wxSafeYield function.
2436 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
2438 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
2441 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
2442 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
2444 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
2446 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
2447 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
2449 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
2451 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
2460 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
2462 Several missing methods from various classes.
2472 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
2474 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
2482 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
2483 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
2490 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
2491 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
2492 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
2493 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
2494 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
2496 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
2497 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
2498 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
2499 diverges from wxWindows.
2501 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
2502 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
2503 it should just work... More news on this later.
2505 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
2507 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
2510 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
2518 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
2520 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
2521 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
2527 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
2528 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
2529 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
2530 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
2532 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
2534 Made the events work for wxGrid.
2538 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
2540 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
2541 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
2543 Other assorted fixes and additions.
2552 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
2553 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
2554 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
2555 bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
2556 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
2557 behavior was so different on different platforms.
2559 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
2560 must have been a different issue all along...
2568 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
2569 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
2570 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
2571 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
2572 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
2573 version segfault shortly after starting up.
2575 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
2577 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
2586 The first "modern" version of wxPython. See
2587 http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory