1 Recent Changes for wxPython
 
   2 =====================================================================
 
   7 The following deprecated items have been removed:
 
   9     * wx.Bitmap SetQuality and GetQuality methods
 
  11     * The wx.GetNumberFromUser function
 
  13     * wx.EVT_LIST_GET_INFO and wx.EVT_LIST_SET_INFO
 
  15     * wx.BookCtrlSizer and wx.NotebookSizer
 
  17     * The PostScript-specific methods of wx.PrintData
 
  19     * wx.PrintDialogData SetSetupDialog and GetSetupDialog methods
 
  21     * wx.FontMapper SetConfig method
 
  23 wx.EventLoop is now implemented for wxMac.
 
  31 Change the wx.ListCtrl InsertStringItem wrapper to use the form that
 
  32 takes an imageIndex, and set the default to -1.  This ensures that on
 
  33 wxMSW that if there is an image list but they don't specify an image,
 
  34 the native control doesn't use one anyway.
 
  36 wxMSW: wx.ListCtrl in report mode is now able to support images in
 
  37 other columns besides the first one.  Simply pass an image index to
 
  38 SetStringItem.  For virtual list controls you can specify the image to
 
  39 use on the extra columns by overriding OnGetItemColumnImage in your
 
  40 derived class.  It is passed the item number and the column number as
 
  41 parameters, and the default version simply calls OnGetItemImage for
 
  42 column zero, or returns -1 for other columns.
 
  51 wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with
 
  54 wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the
 
  55 selections.  This was done to make it consistent with the other
 
  58 wxMSW: Always set flat toolbar style, even under XP with themes: this
 
  59 is necessary or separators aren't shown at all.
 
  61 Fixes for bug #1217872, pydocview.DocService not correctly initialized.
 
  63 Fix for bug #1217874, Error in parameter name in DocManager.CreateView.
 
  65 Added wrappers for the wx.RendererNative class.
 
  67 Added the wx.lib.splitter module, which contains the
 
  68 MultiSplitterWindow class.  This class is much like the standard
 
  69 wx.SplitterWindow class, except it allows more than one split, so it
 
  70 can manage more than two child windows.
 
  72 Docview and IDE patch from Morgan Hua with fix for bug #1217890
 
  73 "Closing view crashes Python" plus some new features::
 
  75     New feature added to the IDE is 'Extensions'.  Under
 
  76     Tools|Options|Extensions, you can add calls to external programs.
 
  77     For example you can add a "Notepad" extension (under windows) that
 
  78     will exec Notepad on the currently open file.  A new "Notepad"
 
  79     menu item will appear under the Tools menu.
 
  81 Some fixes to XRCed to make encoding errors a bit more user friendly.
 
  83 XRCed changes from Roman Rolinsky:
 
  85     * Added new controls (Choicebook, Listbook, StatusBar,
 
  86       DatePicker), and completed style flags. Test window is opened
 
  87       for an available parent control if no specific view
 
  88       defined. Better handling of exceptions (highlighting does not
 
  91     * Use system clipboard for Copy/Paste.
 
  93     * Improved some dialogs (window styles, growable cols). Changed
 
  94       the range for wxSpinCtrl min/max to all integers (default 0/100
 
  97 Updates for wx.lib.foldpanelbar and wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea
 
 100 Fix for Bug #1283496: wxPython TheClipboard class causes problems for
 
 101 pychecker.  Ensure the app has been created before initializing
 
 104 Fix for Bug #1352602: FileBrowseButtonWithHistory can't type in Value.
 
 106 wxHTML: Added space after list item number.
 
 108 wx.lib.printout:  Applied patch #1384440.
 
 110 wxMSW:  Fix for Bug #1293225 Window_FromHWND crashes if parent is
 
 113 Fix for Bug #1261669, use a wx.TE_RICH2 style for the Process demo so
 
 114 it doesn't fill up too soon.
 
 116 Applied Patch #1354389: wxPython MenuItem SetBitmaps fix.
 
 118 Applied Patch #1239456: wxPython wx.DataObject.GetAllFormats fix.
 
 120 Applied Patch # #1230107 which allows image handlers to be written in
 
 121 Python by deriving from wx.PyImageHandler.
 
 123 Applied patch #1072210: generalize printout.py to allow text printing.
 
 125 Applied patch #1243907: Give Throbber much more flexibility by
 
 126 allowing the user to set the rest image, the direction, the current
 
 127 index, custom sequence.  Allows user to manually step through the
 
 128 sequence with Next(), Previous(), Increment(), Decrement() &
 
 129 SetCurrent(). Very handy if you have multiple throbbers that you want
 
 130 to synchronize with a single timer.
 
 132 Fix for bug #1336711: wx.lib.calendar.CalenDlg can yield incorrect
 
 135 Applied patch from Morgan Hua for updates to ActiveGrid code
 
 136 (pydocview, ActiveGrid IDE, etc.)
 
 138 Applied patch #1326241: Supporting "setup.py install --install-headers=path"
 
 140 Applied patch from Morgan Hua to fix bug #1219423: CommandManager
 
 141 should not repeat old commands after a branch.
 
 143 Applied patch #1238825 adding search backward capabilities to the
 
 144 demo.  Modified to use the up/down options in the wx.FindReplaceDialog
 
 145 instead of a separate menu item.
 
 147 Fix for bug #1266745 and #1387725 in the wx.FindReplaceDialog on MSW.
 
 148 Actually check we are using MSLU before doing the hack designed to
 
 149 workaround a bug in MSLU!
 
 151 wxMSW: wx.lib.iewin.IEHtmlWindow now properly handles tabbing, return
 
 152 and other special keys properly.
 
 154 Lots of PyCrust enhancments started by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker,
 
 155 and Sebastian Haase, and which in turn were further enhanced, fixed
 
 156 tweaked and finished up by me.  The changes include the following:
 
 158     * The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually
 
 159       with Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space.
 
 161     * In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings,
 
 162       window size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the
 
 165     * Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key
 
 168     * Added a new text completion function that suggests words from
 
 169       the history.  Bound to Shift-Return.
 
 171     * F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame.
 
 173     * switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*().
 
 175     * Display of line numbers can be toggled.
 
 177     * F12 toggles a "free edit" mode of the shell buffer.  This mode
 
 178       is useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output
 
 179       or errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste.
 
 180       The free edit mode is designated by the use of a red,
 
 183     * Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines.
 
 185     * General code cleanup and fixes.
 
 187     * Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config
 
 190     * Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows.
 
 192     * Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to
 
 193       the PyShell app too.  Additionally, other apps that embed a
 
 194       PyCrust or a PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and
 
 195       have the Py code save/restore its settings to/from there.
 
 197     * All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to
 
 198       save/load their own settings instead of putting all the
 
 199       save/load code in one place that then has to reach all over the
 
 200       place to do anything.
 
 202     * Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be
 
 203       the file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir
 
 204       if PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment.
 
 206     * Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when
 
 207       PyShell or PyCrust starts.
 
 209     * PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that
 
 210       pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook.
 
 211       Added code to raise that tab when pp() is called.
 
 213     * Added an option for whether to insert text for function
 
 214       parameters when popping up the call tip.
 
 216     * Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the
 
 217       wx.FindReplaceDialog.
 
 220 Applied patches from Will Sadkin for wx.lib.masked modules:
 
 222     * Now ignores kill focus events when being destroyed.
 
 224     * Added missing call to set insertion point on changing fields.
 
 226     * Modified SetKeyHandler() to accept None as means of removing
 
 229     * Fixed keyhandler processing for group and decimal character
 
 232     * Fixed a problem that prevented input into the integer digit of a
 
 233       integerwidth=1 numctrl, if the current value was 0.
 
 235     * Fixed logic involving processing of "_signOk" flag, to remove
 
 236       default sign key handlers if false, so that
 
 237       SetAllowNegative(False) in the NumCtrl works properly.
 
 239     * Fixed selection logic for numeric controls so that if
 
 240       selectOnFieldEntry is true, and the integer portion of an
 
 241       integer format control is selected and the sign position is
 
 242       selected, the sign keys will always result in a negative value,
 
 243       rather than toggling the previous sign.
 
 245 wx.FontMapper.SetConfig is deprecated.  You should instead just set an
 
 246 application-wide config object with wx.Config.Set, which wx.FontMapper
 
 249 Added wx.GetMouseState which returns the current state of the mouse.
 
 250 It returns an instance of a wx.MouseState object that contains the
 
 251 current position of the mouse pointer in screen coordinants, as well
 
 252 as boolean values indicating the up/down status of the mouse buttons
 
 253 and the modifier keys.
 
 255 Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData
 
 257 A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added
 
 258 DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and
 
 259 Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects.
 
 261        WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather
 
 262        than individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and
 
 263        ellipses to take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should
 
 264        be easy to accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis
 
 265        pair:  (...x, y, ...) --->  (...(x,y), ...) 
 
 274 wx.ListCtrl: patch #1210352, fixes editing in generic wx.ListCtrl with
 
 277 Applied patch #208286, MediaCtrl DirectShow rewrite.
 
 279 DocView patches from Morgan Hua: bug fixes, and additional SVN
 
 280 commands, also added a default template that uses the text editor for
 
 281 any unknown file type.
 
 283 wxMSW: Use the system IDC_HAND cursor for wx.CURSOR_HAND and only fallback
 
 284 to the strange wxWidgets version if the system one is not available.
 
 286 wx.grid.Grid: Merge the cell size attribute the same way that other
 
 287 attributes are merged, e.g., if it is already set to a non-default
 
 288 value in the current GridCellAttr object then don't merge from the
 
 291 wx.lib.evtmgr: Fixed to use wx._core._wxPyDeadObject
 
 293 wx.lib.gridmovers: Don't scroll when the mouse is dragged outside of
 
 294 the grid, unless the mouse is kept in motion.
 
 296 wxMSW:  Applied patch #1213290 incorrect logic in
 
 297 wx.TopLevelWindow.ShowFullScreen.
 
 299 Applied patch #1213066 correct device names for Joystick in Linux.
 
 301 wxGTK: Applied patch #1207162 wx.TextCtrl.SetStyle fix for overlapping
 
 304 wx.FileConfig: fixed DeleteEntry to set the dirty flag properly so the
 
 305 change will get written at the next flush.
 
 315 Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
 
 316 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
 
 317 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
 
 319 wxMSW: Fix for default control colours when the system text fg colour
 
 322 wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
 
 323 both has an icon and is a submenu.
 
 325 wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
 
 328 wxMSW: Patch #1197468.  Keeps track of pending size/position changes
 
 329 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
 
 330 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
 
 331 instead of current values.
 
 333 Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
 
 334 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
 
 336 Several docstrings added and updated.  Lots more to go.
 
 338 wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
 
 339 extra null character at the end.
 
 341 Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
 
 342 Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
 
 344 wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
 
 347 Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
 
 349 wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
 
 352 wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
 
 354 Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
 
 355 locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
 
 356 as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
 
 359 Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
 
 360 wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize.  See the docstrings or new api docs
 
 363 Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana.  It is a control like
 
 364 static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
 
 365 default browser in response to the clicks.
 
 367 Added an optional parameter to wxversion.select that allows you to
 
 368 specify that the extra components specified in the version string are
 
 369 required.  For example, if you ask for "2.6-unicode" but only the ansi
 
 370 version is installed then by default the ansi version will be selected
 
 371 as it considered close enough since the version numbers match.  If you
 
 372 want to force the options to be required then you can just add a True
 
 373 parameter, like this::
 
 376          wxversion.select("2.6-unicode", True)
 
 379 Tweaked wx.lib.buttons such that flat buttons (e.g. have no bevel and
 
 380 a wx.BORDER_NONE style flag) paint themed backgrounds if there are
 
 381 transparent areas and the parent is displaying a theme.
 
 383 wxMSW:  Fix for wrong sash colour of wx.SplitterWindow in the silver
 
 386 Added a wx.xrc.XmlResourceHandler for the Ticker class.  See
 
 389 wxSTC: Fixed CmdKeyAssign key bindings for Ctrl-Backspace.
 
 391 wxMSW: Fixed a bug in wx.TextCtrl where all the lines were being used
 
 392 to calculate the best size, instead of using a reasonable limit.
 
 394 XRCed: Use wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding/wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding for
 
 395 changing active encoding.  Fixed pasting siblings (Ctrl key pressed
 
 398 wx.lib.filebrowsebutton: Bug fix from Chad Netzer for when
 
 399 self.history is None.
 
 401 wx.ogl: Patch from Davide Salomoni that adds an optional point
 
 402 parameter to LineShape.InsertLineControlPoint allowing one to
 
 403 optionally specify where the new control point has to be drawn.
 
 405 wxMSW: setting foreground colour for wx.CheckBox now works when using
 
 408 More updates to the docview library modules and sample apps from the
 
 409 ActiveGrid folks.  Their sample IDE is now able to integrate with
 
 412 wx.grid.Grid:  Ensure that the grid gets the focus when it is
 
 413 left-clicked.  Note that if you have custom widgets that handle the
 
 414 EVT_LEFT_DOWN event but do not call event.Skip() then you will
 
 415 probably want to add a call to self.SetFocus in the event handler.
 
 417 wxGTK:  Add wxSTAY_ON_TOP support [Patch 1206023]
 
 419 wx.TreeCtrl:  wx.EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU event made consistent on all
 
 420 platforms.  The location of the click or the item is included in the
 
 423 wxGTK: Setting background colour of a window now only affects the
 
 424 window itself, not the borders, scrollbars, etc.  (Bug #1204069)
 
 426 Print framework:  Add more paper sizes and code to fallback to an
 
 427 explicit paper size if a known paper size is not found for the
 
 430 wxMac: Applied patch for bug #1206181 Option-key decodes are wrong,
 
 431 also applied patch for bug #1205691 Modified Fn keys don't work.
 
 433 wx.Image: Fixed to preserve alpha channel in Rotate90 method.
 
 435 wxMSW: Fixed incorrect background colour on wx.CheckListBox.
 
 437 wxMSW: Fixed drawing of owner drawn buttons with multiline labels
 
 439 Removed a bunch of unnecessary files, and removed or replaced images
 
 440 that we're not sure of their origin or license.
 
 442 The default DoGetBestSize is updated to not always return the current
 
 443 size if the window has no sizer, children, or minsize set.  Instead
 
 444 the current size is set as the minsize.  This solves the occasional
 
 445 problem where a sizer may cause a childless panel to grow but never
 
 448 wxMSW: When converting a wx.Icon to a bitmap check if the icon has an
 
 449 alpha channel and set the bitmap to use it.
 
 451 Fixed the wrong class name used in wx.PyScrolledWindow's call to
 
 454 wxMSW: patch #1207202, Fixes GDI leak when using stock cursors.
 
 456 wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl: Patch #1207531, Keeps the CalendarCtrl wide
 
 457 enough even when the weekday names for the locale are shorter than
 
 460 Made GridCellNumberEditor.StartingKey also insert the typed char when
 
 461 there is a range of allowed values (so a wx.SpinCtrl is used instead
 
 472 wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
 
 473 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
 
 476 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
 
 478 wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
 
 480 wxGTK:  The configure flags for selecting GTK+ 1.2.x or 2.x has
 
 481 changed slightly.  It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
 
 482 either '1', '2' or 'any'.  The default is '2'.
 
 484 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
 
 485 to set and fetch text from the document buffer.  They work similarly
 
 486 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
 
 487 through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions.  The "Raw"
 
 488 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
 
 489 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
 
 490 build no assumption is made about the encoding.  The "UTF8" functions
 
 491 will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
 
 492 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
 
 493 the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
 
 494 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
 
 496       ===================  ====================
 
 497       AddTextRaw           AddTextUTF8
 
 498       InsertTextRaw        InsertTextUTF8
 
 499       GetCurLineRaw        GetCurLineUTF8
 
 500       GetLineRaw           GetLineUTF8
 
 501       GetSelectedTextRaw   GetSelectedTextUTF8
 
 502       GetTextRangeRaw      GetTextRangeUTF8
 
 503       SetTextRaw           SetTextUTF8
 
 504       GetTextRaw           GetTextUTF8
 
 505       AppendTextRaw        AppendTextUTF8
 
 506       ===================  ====================
 
 509 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl:  Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
 
 510 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
 
 513 wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
 
 514 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
 
 516 wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
 
 518 XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
 
 519     * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
 
 520     * Hide command for test window.
 
 521     * Replacing classes works better.
 
 531 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
 
 533 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384.  Moved the code that handles
 
 534 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler.  This is done
 
 535 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
 
 536 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
 
 537 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
 
 539 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
 
 541 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
 
 544 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
 
 547 wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
 
 548 well as the parent.  Previously it was implicitly done because parents
 
 549 did not clip their children by default.  Now that they always clip
 
 550 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
 
 551 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
 
 554 wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
 
 555 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
 
 558 wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
 
 559 crash when using nVidia cards (patch 1155132)
 
 561 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
 
 562    * Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
 
 563    * Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
 
 564      the width of any column.
 
 566 wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
 
 569 wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a 2nd time.
 
 571 wxMSW: Applied patch #1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
 
 573 Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
 
 574 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
 
 576 wxGTK: Applied patch #1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
 
 577 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp.  Note that this new file dialog is only
 
 578 used on GTK2 >= 2.4.  For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
 
 579 older generic file dialog is used.
 
 581 wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
 
 584 wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
 
 585 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors.  They all
 
 586 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
 
 587 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
 
 589 Added MDI support to XRC
 
 591 Added wx.animate module and a demo.  The wx.animate module provides a
 
 592 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
 
 594 wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
 
 595 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
 
 597 wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
 
 598 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
 
 600 wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
 
 603 wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
 
 604 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
 
 606 Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
 
 607 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
 
 609 Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
 
 612 Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
 
 621 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
 
 622 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
 
 623 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
 
 625 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
 
 626 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
 
 628 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
 
 629 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
 
 630 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
 
 631 then calling GetValue().
 
 634     - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
 
 635     - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
 
 636     - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
 
 637     - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
 
 639 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
 
 642 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
 
 643 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
 
 644 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
 
 646 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
 
 648     Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code.  First is
 
 649     the patch for _canvas.py.  Essentially::
 
 651         dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
 
 652         dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
 
 654     was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
 
 655     self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
 
 656     Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
 
 657     coordinates, and the conversion call is an error.  This bug
 
 658     surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
 
 659     the origin of the canvas.
 
 661     The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
 
 662     that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
 
 663     Causes many problems when it's not.  ;)
 
 665 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
 
 666 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
 
 668 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
 
 669 internal scrollbar visible.
 
 671 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
 
 672 system paths for each platform.
 
 674 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
 
 675 background colour or background mode has been changed.  This better
 
 676 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
 
 677 uncustomized windows.  Explicit support added for using the correct
 
 678 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
 
 680 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
 
 681 non-interpolated image rotation.  Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
 
 682 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
 
 684 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
 
 685 alpha blended text bitmap.  It would be better if Pango could draw
 
 686 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
 
 688 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
 
 689 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
 
 690 system.  So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
 
 692 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
 
 694 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
 
 695 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
 
 696 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow.  The gravity specifies
 
 697 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
 
 699 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
 
 700 maintainable and hopefully less buggy.  The position of the labels has
 
 701 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
 
 702 of how to use the control.
 
 704 wxMSW:  Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
 
 705 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
 
 707 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
 
 708 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
 
 711 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
 
 712 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
 
 714 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer.  It will now
 
 715 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
 
 716 is removed.  If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
 
 717 your timers it will no longer work.  Instead you should hold a
 
 718 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
 
 719 finished with the timer.
 
 721 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG.  All of my big patches have been applied to
 
 722 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
 
 723 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
 
 724 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
 
 725 patches.  A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
 
 726 directory of the wxPython source tree.  SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
 
 727 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
 
 728 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
 
 729 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types.  For the
 
 730 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
 
 732     * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
 
 733       tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
 
 734       runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
 
 735       via the wxPython C API.
 
 737     * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
 
 738       it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
 
 739       These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
 
 740       when docstrings are added for those items.
 
 742     * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
 
 743       string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
 
 744       built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
 
 745       the type info.  It can be converted to a string like the old
 
 746       value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
 
 749 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
 
 750 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
 
 751 unicode objects to/from wxString objects.  Previously the default
 
 752 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
 
 753 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
 
 754 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
 
 755 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
 
 756 be used to do those conversions.  The default encoding is set to the
 
 757 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
 
 758 imported.  Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
 
 759 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
 
 762 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
 
 763 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
 
 764 current platform's standards.  You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
 
 765 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
 
 766 ID's.  Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
 
 768 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
 
 769 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
 
 771 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
 
 772 lots of surplus events)
 
 774 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
 
 777 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
 
 778 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
 
 780 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
 
 781 and GTK+'s context menu code.
 
 783 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
 
 784 (not all actions are allowed).
 
 786 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
 
 788 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
 
 789 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
 
 790 when GetString is called from an event handler.
 
 792 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
 
 793 and max ends of the slider.
 
 795 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
 
 796 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
 
 797 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
 
 800     * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
 
 801       Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
 
 802       not with labels/sizers.
 
 803     * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
 
 804       line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
 
 807 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
 
 808 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
 
 810 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
 
 811 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
 
 814 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
 
 815 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
 
 816 borders.)  Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
 
 817 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
 
 820 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
 
 821 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
 
 823 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
 
 825 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
 
 826 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
 
 827 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
 
 828 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
 
 830 wxMac:  Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
 
 833 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
 
 834 internally.  This results in faster display and better alpha support.
 
 836 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
 
 838 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
 
 840 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
 
 841 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
 
 843 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
 
 846 wxMSW:  "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
 
 849 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
 
 850 Doc/View framework in pure Python code.  See wx.lib.docview for the
 
 851 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
 
 852 extensions.  There are also a couple sample applications located in
 
 855 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
 
 857 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
 
 859 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
 
 860 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
 
 861 lead.  Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
 
 862 managed by the sizer.  They are now just simple compatibility aliases
 
 865 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default.  Use
 
 866 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
 
 868 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default.  You can use the
 
 869 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
 
 871 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
 
 872 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
 
 873 the scrolled window.  By default it will assume that only the client
 
 874 area is covered.  This is different than the old behavior so to
 
 875 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
 
 876 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
 
 878 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl:  Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
 
 881 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
 
 884 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
 
 887     - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
 
 888     - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
 
 889     - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
 
 890     - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
 
 899 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
 
 901 Updated internal PNG library.
 
 903 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
 
 905 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
 
 906 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
 
 908 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
 
 909 enabled (does an enable itself)
 
 911 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
 
 914 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
 
 915 for wx.ToggleButton.  Updated the generic window styles supported by
 
 918 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons.  Basically this means
 
 919 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
 
 920 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
 
 921 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
 
 922 automatically.  Additionally on the platforms that have a native
 
 923 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
 
 924 button will be used.  For example, the following will result in a
 
 925 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
 
 926 also be an image of a red X::
 
 928        b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
 
 931 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
 
 933 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
 
 935 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
 
 937 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree.  Now that
 
 938 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
 
 939 longer needed.  (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
 
 940 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
 
 941 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
 
 942 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
 
 943 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
 
 945 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.)  See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
 
 946 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
 
 947 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
 
 948 the wxPython modules.
 
 950 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
 
 951 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
 
 952 user that they should look at that window.
 
 954 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
 
 955 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
 
 957 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
 
 959 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
 
 960 a Python datetime or date object.  (These will only work with Python
 
 961 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
 
 962 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
 
 963 PyGetUpperDateLimit.  Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
 
 964 and PyGetDate methods.
 
 966 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
 
 967 also set the colour of the dropdown.
 
 969 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
 
 971 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
 
 973 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
 
 975 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
 
 976 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
 
 977 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
 
 979 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
 
 981 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
 
 983 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
 
 985 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
 
 988 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
 
 991 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
 
 993 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
 
 994 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
 
 997 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
 
 999 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
 
1000 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
 
1003 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
 
1004 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...)  Updated and moved the sample showing
 
1005 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
 
1007 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
 
1008 is always built by default.  wxPython's build has also changed
 
1009 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
 
1010 modules built by default.  If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
 
1011 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
 
1012 should notice no difference.
 
1014 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
 
1015 when a new one is selected.
 
1017 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
 
1019 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
 
1020 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
 
1021 merged with the normal dock popup menu.  See the MigrationGuide for
 
1022 more details and a warning.
 
1024 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
 
1025 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
 
1027 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
 
1028 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
 
1030 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
 
1032 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
 
1034 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
 
1036 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
 
1037 holding down the mouse button.
 
1039 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
 
1040 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
 
1042 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
 
1044 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
 
1045    - Added bar graph demo
 
1046    - Modified line end shape from round to square.
 
1047    - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
 
1049    - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
 
1050    - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
 
1051    - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
 
1052    - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
 
1053    - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
 
1054      PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
 
1055    - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
 
1056      (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
 
1059 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
 
1060     - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
 
1061     - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
 
1062     - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
 
1064     - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
 
1066     - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
 
1067       reflect package's public contents.
 
1069 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
 
1070 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time.  See the
 
1071 Migrarion Guide for more information.
 
1073 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
 
1074     - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
 
1075     - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
 
1076     - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
 
1078     - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
 
1080 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
 
1081 OSX build.  Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
 
1084 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
 
1085 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
 
1095 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
 
1097   * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
 
1099   * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
 
1101   * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
 
1102     nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
 
1104   * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
 
1105     flicker problems, and namespace use.
 
1107   * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
 
1109   * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
 
1111   * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
 
1114   * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
 
1116   * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
 
1117     of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
 
1119   * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
 
1122   * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
 
1125   * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
 
1127   * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
 
1129   * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
 
1140 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
 
1141 sizers.  This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
 
1142 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
 
1143 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer.  The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
 
1144 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
 
1145 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
 
1146 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
 
1147 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used.  Please
 
1148 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
 
1150 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin.  The modules are
 
1151 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked.  Demos updated.
 
1153 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
 
1154 have been reverted.  The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
 
1155 implemetation.  In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
 
1156 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
 
1159 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
 
1160 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
 
1162 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
 
1164 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
 
1165 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
 
1167 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
 
1168 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
 
1169 all platforms like normal windows.  Also updated stattext.py and
 
1170 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
 
1171 inheritance the new way.  If you have custom controls of your own you
 
1172 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
 
1175 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
 
1176 exist for backwards compatibility.  The C++ version is now called
 
1177 automatically when wxPython is initialized.  Since all the handlers
 
1178 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
 
1179 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
 
1182 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
 
1183 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions.  Thanks go to
 
1184 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
 
1186 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
 
1187 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
 
1189 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
 
1190 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
 
1192 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
 
1193 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
 
1194 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
 
1195 remaining compatible with "C".
 
1197 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
 
1200 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL!  (Oops, sorry.  A bit of my dramatic side
 
1201 leaked out there...)  The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
 
1202 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
 
1203 contributed by Pierre Hjälm.  This will hopefully greatly extend the
 
1204 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
 
1205 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
 
1206 interest in maintaining the C++ version.  At this point there are just
 
1207 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
 
1208 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
 
1210 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
 
1212 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
 
1213 Scintilla for several releases now.
 
1215 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
 
1216 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
 
1217 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
 
1218 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
 
1220 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
 
1221 constructed with only the parent window arg.  In some cases other args
 
1222 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
 
1225 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules.  If you
 
1226 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
 
1227 with a more modern reimplementation.
 
1229 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker.  It's now
 
1230 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
 
1232 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
 
1233 panel or dialog.  For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
 
1234 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
 
1236 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
 
1237 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
 
1238 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo.  You can switch back
 
1239 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
 
1240 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
 
1242 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
 
1243 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace.  This is another
 
1244 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
 
1245 sample.  For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
 
1248         >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
 
1249         >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
 
1252         ...     wx.MilliSleep(10)
 
1255 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
 
1260 2.5.1.5    (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
 
1261 -----------------------------------------------
 
1264 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
 
1265 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
 
1268 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
 
1271 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets.  Please
 
1272 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details.  This won't
 
1273 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
 
1274 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
 
1275 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing.  We're going to try
 
1276 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
 
1277 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
 
1280 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
 
1281 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
 
1285 Added wxIconLocation
 
1287 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
 
1288 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
 
1290 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook.  wxNotebook now derives
 
1293 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
 
1296 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
 
1297 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
 
1298 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
 
1300 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
 
1301 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc.  The RPMs are
 
1302 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
 
1303 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
 
1304 items on non-Mandrake systems.  (It didn't automatically do it on my
 
1305 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...)  If you have ideas
 
1306 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
 
1307 distros please send me a patch.
 
1309 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
 
1310 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
 
1312 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image.  The actual
 
1313 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
 
1314 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
 
1315 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
 
1316 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
 
1317 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
 
1320 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
 
1323 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
 
1325 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
 
1327 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
 
1329 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
 
1330 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
 
1331 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
 
1332 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
 
1333 simple one instead.  By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
 
1334 only.)  When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
 
1335 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
 
1338 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
 
1341 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
 
1343 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
 
1344 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
 
1346 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
 
1347 describe the platform and build options of wxPython.  See the
 
1348 MigrationGuide for more details.
 
1350 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
 
1351 newest wxActiveX_ class.  (The existing iewin module used an older
 
1352 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.)  This
 
1353 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
 
1354 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
 
1355 and other PyWin32 modules!  This should eliminate the cronic problems
 
1356 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
 
1357 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc.  The older iewin module
 
1358 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
 
1359 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
 
1360 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
 
1361 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
 
1362 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
 
1363 couldn't figure out anything better.  Well now we have something that,
 
1364 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better.  So consider
 
1365 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well.  Please see the
 
1366 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
 
1368 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
 
1370 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
 
1379 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
 
1381 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
 
1383 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka.  Its usage is
 
1384 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
 
1386 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
 
1388 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
 
1390 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
 
1398 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
 
1400 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
 
1402 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
 
1403 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
 
1404 instead.  Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
 
1407 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
 
1408 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
 
1409 and wxWindows match.
 
1411 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
 
1412 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar.  That means that
 
1413 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
 
1414 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame.  This is phase 1 of a full transition
 
1415 to the new namespace.
 
1417 Updated Scintilla to 1.52.  I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
 
1418 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
 
1419 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
 
1420 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
 
1422 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
 
1423 includes several new tools.  As part of the change the location of the
 
1424 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
 
1425 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.)  There
 
1426 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
 
1427 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
 
1428 package.  These will be removed in a future release.
 
1430 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
 
1431 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method.  This allows
 
1432 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
 
1434 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
 
1436 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
 
1437 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
 
1439 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
 
1440 and Will Sadkin.  Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
 
1442 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
 
1443 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
 
1445 Added wxTreeListCtrl.  (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
 
1446 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
 
1449 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
 
1450 a call to any Python callable object.
 
1452 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
 
1453 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
 
1454 to override the C++ virtual methods.
 
1456 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
 
1457 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
 
1458 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
 
1459 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
 
1460 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
 
1462 Added wxCursorFromBits.
 
1472 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
 
1475 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
 
1476 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
 
1477 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
 
1479 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
 
1482 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
 
1485 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
 
1488 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
 
1490 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
 
1491 flag to turn it on.  In most cases turning it into an exception (the
 
1492 default behavior) is enough.  See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
 
1498 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
 
1499 ------------------------------------------
 
1502 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
 
1503 returned from OnInit.  And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
 
1504 think I am testing in the future...
 
1508 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
 
1509 ----------------------------------------------
 
1512 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
 
1514 Updated pycolourchooser.
 
1516 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
 
1524 Added missing wxRect methods
 
1526 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
 
1528 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
 
1530 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW.  Be warned that at the time
 
1531 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
 
1532 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
 
1535 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
 
1538 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
 
1540 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
 
1541 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
 
1544 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
 
1546 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
 
1549 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
 
1551 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
 
1552 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
 
1553 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
 
1554 in C++.  Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
 
1555 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
 
1556 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
 
1557 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
 
1558 static stable in the C++ class.
 
1560 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
 
1561 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
 
1562 constants being added to Python.  Added code to wx.py to test for the
 
1563 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
 
1566 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
 
1567 Mac UI.  They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
 
1568 always call them.  The functions are::
 
1570        wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
 
1571        wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
 
1572        wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
 
1573        wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
 
1574        wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
 
1575        wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
 
1576        wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
 
1577        wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
 
1578        wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
 
1579        wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
 
1580        wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
 
1581        wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
 
1583 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
 
1584 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
 
1586 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
 
1587 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
 
1588 doesn't have a standard place for them.
 
1590 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
 
1592 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
 
1594 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
 
1604 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
 
1606 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
 
1615 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
 
1618 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis.  See
 
1619 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
 
1635 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
 
1637 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
 
1639 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
 
1643 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
 
1644 Python exceptions.  When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
 
1645 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
 
1646 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
 
1647 will be raised.  The same exception restrictions are in place as
 
1648 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
 
1649 through C++ to another Python layer.  That simply means that if you
 
1650 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
 
1651 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
 
1652 handler or callback code.  There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
 
1653 you can use to play with this new feature.
 
1655 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
 
1656 you control how C++ assertions are processed.  Valid modes are:
 
1657 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
 
1658 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG.  Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
 
1659 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
 
1660 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
 
1661 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds.  You can also combine _EXCEPTION
 
1662 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
 
1664 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
 
1667 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
 
1668 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
 
1671 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
 
1673 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
 
1674 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK.  They now work more or less as
 
1675 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
 
1676 removed.  There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
 
1677 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
 
1679 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
 
1681 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
 
1683 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
 
1685 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
 
1686 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
 
1687 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
 
1689 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
 
1690 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls.  It is currently using
 
1691 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
 
1693 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
 
1694 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
 
1696 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
 
1697 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
 
1698 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
 
1699 windows when desired.
 
1701 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
 
1702 HTMLHelp viewer does.  Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
 
1703 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
 
1712 Added wxSplashScreen.
 
1714 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
 
1716 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
 
1718 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
 
1719 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
 
1720 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
 
1722 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
 
1723 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
 
1724 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
 
1726 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
 
1727 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
 
1728 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
 
1730 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
 
1731 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
 
1732 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
 
1733 spanning.  Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
 
1734 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
 
1737 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
 
1741 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
 
1742 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
 
1745     wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
 
1746     disabled.  Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
 
1747     used.  Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
 
1748     it is also available in wxWindows on the platform.  Currently
 
1749     wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
 
1750     the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
 
1751     it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
 
1753     Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
 
1754     family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
 
1755     same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well!  This is
 
1756     done by using a special library and DLL with the application
 
1757     called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode).  It simply gets out of
 
1758     the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
 
1759     win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
 
1760     versions of the windows API.  So far I have not been able to get
 
1761     this to work perfectly on win9x.  Most things work fine but
 
1762     wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
 
1763     unicode build on win95.
 
1765     So how do you use it?  It's very simple.  When unicode is enabled,
 
1766     then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
 
1767     from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
 
1768     parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
 
1769     accept either a Python string or unicode object.  If a string
 
1770     object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
 
1771     converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
 
1772     system encoding.  If you need to use a string in some other
 
1773     encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
 
1774     codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
 
1777 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
 
1779 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
 
1781 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
 
1783 A little black magic...  When the C++ object (for a window or
 
1784 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
 
1785 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it.  This leads to
 
1786 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
 
1787 pointer.  The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
 
1788 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
 
1789 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted.  This works
 
1790 for any class that is OOR aware.
 
1792 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
 
1793 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
 
1796 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
 
1797 the image data.  (Patch #546009)
 
1799 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
 
1802 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
 
1803 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
 
1804 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes.  The methods
 
1817     TransferDataFromWindow
 
1818     TransferDataToWindow
 
1821     AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
 
1826     If there are other methods that you think should be supported
 
1829 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
 
1830 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
 
1832 Added wxArtProvider.
 
1834 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
 
1835 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
 
1836 are no pending events.  This is useful for when you need to do
 
1837 something but it can't be done during the current event handler.  The
 
1838 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
 
1840 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
 
1842 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
 
1843 creating a ScrolledPanel.
 
1845 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
 
1848 Added wxIEHtmlWin.  This is essentially the same as using IE with the
 
1849 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
 
1850 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
 
1851 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
 
1853 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem.  Looks like when the win32com
 
1854 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
 
1855 transient thread state structure.  Since wxPython is now saving
 
1856 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
 
1857 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
 
1859 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext.  This is
 
1860 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
 
1861 respond to mouse events and etc.
 
1863 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
 
1864 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
 
1866 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
 
1867 import and launch each tool.  This will let you import and use the
 
1868 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed.  On Linux and OS X the
 
1869 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
 
1870 easily launch them from the command line.  For example, PyCrust can be
 
1871 started with just the "pycrust" command.
 
1873 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
 
1874 displays the details of the event.
 
1876 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
 
1878 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
 
1879 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources.  See the demo for an
 
1882 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
 
1884 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
 
1893 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
 
1894 well as the Python thread state.  This time it works on SMP machines
 
1895 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
 
1897 Added some patches from library contributors.
 
1905 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
 
1906 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
 
1907 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
 
1908 and a demo to show them in action.
 
1910 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
 
1911 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
 
1913 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
 
1915 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
 
1917 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
 
1920 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
 
1921 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
 
1922 corresponding  Create(...) method.  This allows you to do a 2-step
 
1923 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
 
1924 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
 
1925 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
 
1926 resource.  The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
 
1927 the class with a "Pre" in it.  For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
 
1930 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
 
1931 accordingly.  While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
 
1932 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality.  This
 
1933 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
 
1934 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
 
1935 wxSTC flag accordingly.
 
1937 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
 
1938 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
 
1939 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
 
1941 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
 
1943 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
 
1945 Added pySketch to the samples.
 
1947 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
 
1948 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
 
1949 multi-processor machine.
 
1951 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
 
1952 messages however is wished.  See demo/Main.py for an example.
 
1954 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
 
1956 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
 
1957 wxShape and derived classes.  This means that functions and methods
 
1958 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
 
1959 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
 
1960 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
 
1961 original C++ pointer.
 
1963 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
 
1966 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
 
1968 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
 
1969 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
 
1971 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
 
1972 and from web browsers.  It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
 
1973 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
 
1974 browsers on Windows.  On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
 
1975 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
 
1980 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
 
1982 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
 
1983 will now Disconnect the event.
 
1985 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
 
1987 Added wxFileHistory.
 
1989 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
 
1990 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars.  Added a demo to show
 
1991 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
 
1994 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
 
1996 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
 
1999 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
 
2000 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
 
2001 additional columns for each item.  The classes are
 
2002 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
 
2003 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
 
2004 also be useful by themselves.
 
2006 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
 
2007 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
 
2008 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first.  The
 
2009 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
 
2010 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful.  See
 
2011 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
 
2021 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
 
2022 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
 
2023 on a custom event handler for example.)
 
2025 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
 
2026 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
 
2028 Added ability to use xml resource files.  Still need to add ability to
 
2029 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
 
2031 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
 
2033 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
 
2035 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
 
2037 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
 
2045 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
 
2046 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
 
2048 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
 
2049 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
 
2052 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
 
2054 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
 
2055 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
 
2058 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
 
2059 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
 
2060 access from non-GUI threads.
 
2062 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
 
2063 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
 
2065 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
 
2067 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama.  It contains a class
 
2068 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
 
2070 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
 
2071 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
 
2073 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
 
2074 it gobs faster in certain situations.
 
2076 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
 
2077 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file.  The image is
 
2078 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
 
2079 containing info about each pixel.  The image's transparency mask is
 
2080 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
 
2081 specified on the command line.  It is then pickled and optionally
 
2082 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
 
2083 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage.  See
 
2084 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
 
2087 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK.  There was some
 
2088 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
 
2091 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
 
2092 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
 
2094 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
 
2096 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
 
2098 Added wxToggleButton.
 
2100 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
 
2102 Added some methods to wxGrid:
 
2103       GetCellHighlightPenWidth
 
2104       GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
 
2105       SetCellHighlightPenWidth
 
2106       SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
 
2108       GetGridRowLabelWindow
 
2109       GetGridColLabelWindow
 
2110       GetGridCornerLabelWindow
 
2112 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
 
2113 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
 
2114 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
 
2117    Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return).  See
 
2118    the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
 
2119    nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
 
2120    now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can.  By
 
2121    "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
 
2122    FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
 
2123    constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
 
2124    as before.  This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
 
2125    wxPyTypeCast.  (Woo Hoo!)  The objects returned are still not the
 
2126    original Python object, but that is the next step.  (Although it
 
2127    will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
 
2128    use weak references.)
 
2130    This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
 
2131    required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
 
2132    be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
 
2133    introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
 
2134    stomped on during my testing.  So please be sure to test everything
 
2135    thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
 
2136    object-type related oddities to me.
 
2139 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
 
2140 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
 
2141 specific.  It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
 
2144 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
 
2145 list for a while.  The above OOR modification made this easier.
 
2147 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
 
2151 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
 
2152 useful mix-in classes can be placed.  Currently there is one to help
 
2153 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
 
2154 Mike Fletcher.  If you have any custom code that can be factored out
 
2155 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
 
2156 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
 
2158 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
 
2159 by having smaller functional apps to play with.  They can be found in
 
2169 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
 
2170 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
 
2178 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
 
2179 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects.  If
 
2180 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
 
2181 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
 
2183 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
 
2185 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
 
2187 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
 
2188 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
 
2190 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
 
2191 column in report mode.
 
2193 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
 
2194 bar after 2 seconds.
 
2198 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
 
2199 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
 
2200 object, (usually a window.)
 
2202 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
 
2204 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
 
2206 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
 
2207 multiple extension modules again.  A Python CObject is used to allow
 
2208 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
 
2209 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
 
2210 libraries.  Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
 
2211 wxPython/src/export.h
 
2213 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
 
2214 extension modules:  calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
 
2215 utils.  Will probably add more later.
 
2217 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
 
2218 wxPrintData object.  The old ctor is still there using the
 
2221 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen.  It contains a class
 
2222 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
 
2224 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
 
2226 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
 
2227 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
 
2229 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
 
2230 integrated with the demo yet.  It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
 
2239 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
 
2240 Scintilla is implemented.  Most of it is now automatically generated
 
2241 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla.  This means
 
2242 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
 
2243 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
 
2244 have changed.  See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
 
2245 interface from which the Python interface is generated.  There is now
 
2246 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
 
2249 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
 
2250 of the distribution files.  (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
 
2251 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
 
2252 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
 
2253 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
 
2254 platforms where there have been troubles before.  If you are building
 
2255 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
 
2256 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above.  If you are
 
2257 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
 
2259 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
 
2260 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
 
2262 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute.  wxProcess lets you
 
2263 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
 
2264 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
 
2267 Removed the old python sizers.
 
2269 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
 
2272 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
 
2273 the core and each contrib.  This allowed me to do away with the
 
2274 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
 
2276 Lots of little fixes here and there.
 
2278 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
 
2279 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better.  It's still not as nice as on
 
2280 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
 
2289 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
 
2291 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
 
2299 Added wxLog and friends.
 
2301 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
 
2303 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
 
2311 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
 
2312 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
 
2315 Added wxTipProvider and friends.  See the demo for an example.
 
2317 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
 
2321 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
 
2323 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
 
2325 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
 
2327 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
 
2328 Method Names.  (Methods that are automatically turned into event
 
2329 handlers by virtue of their name.)  The consensus was that it is more
 
2330 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
 
2331 coverage.  I am finally getting around to removing the code that
 
2332 generates the event binding.  This means that if you are using any of
 
2333 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
 
2334 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
 
2357 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
 
2358 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
 
2360 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
 
2363 Fixed some problems in OGL.  Also wxShape.SetClientData and
 
2364 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
 
2366 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
 
2368 Plugged a memory leak.
 
2370 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends.  The old wxGrid class is no longer
 
2371 available.  There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
 
2372 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
 
2373 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
 
2376 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
 
2377 authors.  There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
 
2378 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
 
2380 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
 
2381 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
 
2382 in a window and calling its methods.  It actually creates a new class
 
2383 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
 
2384 needed to make it all work.  The resulting class can be instantiated
 
2385 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc.  It also responds to all COM
 
2386 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
 
2387 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
 
2390 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
 
2391 expecting a wxColour type.  The string is either a colour name as
 
2392 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
 
2393 "#RRGGBB".  See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
 
2395 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl!  Yes, the
 
2396 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!!  (And the crowd goes
 
2397 wild...)   There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
 
2398 but I've included a very readable source file in the
 
2399 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
 
2400 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
 
2401 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
 
2402 until the docs are done.  (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
 
2403 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
 
2408 What's new in 2.1.13
 
2409 --------------------
 
2412 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
 
2414 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
 
2415 and some flicker problems.
 
2417 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
 
2418 wxPython.lib.vtk module.  (http://www.kitware.com/)
 
2420 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
 
2423 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
 
2425 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
 
2427 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
 
2428 with wxWindow.GetParent.
 
2430 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
 
2431 It is used like this:
 
2433    intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
 
2435 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
 
2436 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
 
2438 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
 
2440 Rotated text!!!  WooHoo!  (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
 
2442 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library.  These are simple
 
2443 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
 
2444 a bit more control over them.  The bezel width can be set in addition
 
2445 to colours, fonts, etc.  There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
 
2446 versions too.  They should also serve as a good example of how to
 
2447 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
 
2449 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
 
2450 wrappers.  There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
 
2451 but shouldn't impact anybody too much.  I took the opportunity to add
 
2452 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool.  The new AddTool
 
2453 methods look like this:
 
2457                     pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
 
2460                     shortHelpString = "",
 
2461                     longHelpString = "")
 
2463         def AddSimpleTool(ID,
 
2465                           shortHelpString = "",
 
2466                           longHelpString = "",
 
2470 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
 
2471 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
 
2473 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
 
2475 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
 
2477 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
 
2478 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas.  You can get it at
 
2479 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
 
2481 Added some missing EVT functions.
 
2483 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
 
2486 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
 
2488 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
 
2489 than wxMSW!  (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
 
2490 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
 
2495 What's new in 2.1.11
 
2496 --------------------
 
2499 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
 
2502 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
 
2503 wxImage.  I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
 
2506 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
 
2507 being added.  This should remove the need for our
 
2508 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
 
2510 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
 
2511 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves.  This will
 
2512 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
 
2513 a notebook or splitter.  If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
 
2514 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
 
2516 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
 
2518 Added new HTML printing classes.
 
2520 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
 
2522 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
 
2523 it is no longer available by default.  You can use GetPositionTuple
 
2524 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
 
2527 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
 
2528 processed later.  This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
 
2529 thread from other threads.
 
2531 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
 
2533 Added wxFontEnumerator.
 
2535 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
 
2537 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
 
2538 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
 
2540 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
 
2542 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar.  It still has some troubles on
 
2545 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
 
2554 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
 
2555 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done.  No new
 
2564 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
 
2565 wxMSW.  For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
 
2566 binaries from the web site.  For other platforms you'll have to build
 
2567 wxGTK from CVS.  (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
 
2568 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
 
2571 Now back to what's new...
 
2573 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
 
2575 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
 
2577 Added wxWindow.GetChildren().  Be careful of this.  It returns a *copy*
 
2578 of the list of the window's children.  While you are using the list if
 
2579 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
 
2580 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
 
2581 memory and your app will likely crash.  But if you are careful it works
 
2584 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl.  The
 
2585 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
 
2588 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
 
2589 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used.  For
 
2590 example, the following are equivallent::
 
2592     win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
 
2593     win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
 
2595 Super-charged the wxHtml module.  You can now create your own tag
 
2596 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes.  There
 
2597 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
 
2598 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
 
2599 pages.  See the demo for an example.
 
2601 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
 
2602 wxGTK.  Added them back in since the methods exist now.
 
2604 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
 
2606 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends.  The Python-only
 
2607 versions are still in the library, but deprecated.  (You will get a
 
2608 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
 
2609 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
 
2610 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer.  I have
 
2611 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
 
2612 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
 
2613 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc.  One step I did
 
2614 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
 
2615 wxGROW.  This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
 
2616 portable to and from wxWin C++ code.  Please see the docs and demo for
 
2619 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
 
2620 wxCommandEvent.  Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
 
2621 accept or return a single Python object.  You can use these classes
 
2622 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
 
2623 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
 
2624 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.)  Stay tuned
 
2625 for more info and examples in future releases.
 
2627 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
 
2628 from the C++ sizers.  In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
 
2629 wxFlexGridSizer.  wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
 
2630 all the widths and heights are the same.  wxFlexgridSizer allows
 
2631 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
 
2632 columns that are growable.  See the demo for a couple examples for how
 
2635 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
 
2636 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators.  See
 
2637 the demo for an example.  Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
 
2638 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
 
2639 in the underlying C++ library.  I did not add wxTextValidator because
 
2640 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
 
2641 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
 
2642 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
 
2643 enough for the validator to do its job.  On the other hand, it should
 
2644 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
 
2645 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
 
2647 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
 
2648 years!  Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
 
2649 object?  Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
 
2650 value.  This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
 
2651 sys.stderr.  A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
 
2652 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.  (On windows the
 
2653 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.)  This class
 
2654 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
 
2655 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr.  If you close the window it will come
 
2656 back again the next time something is written.  (You can call
 
2657 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.)  If you would rather that the stdio be
 
2658 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
 
2659 object's constructor that is a filename.  If you want to use your own
 
2660 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
 
2661 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
 
2662 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
 
2665         outputWindowClass = MyClass
 
2669             self.SetTopWindow(frame)
 
2672 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
 
2673 wx.py for more details.  A few words of caution:  if you are running
 
2674 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
 
2675 to really screw things up.
 
2677 Added wxCaret.  Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
 
2678 in the wxWindows docs...
 
2680 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib.  PyShell, in
 
2681 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
 
2682 shell in wxWindows.  floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
 
2683 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
 
2684 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
 
2685 bar back into the original parent.  (Unfortunately there is currently
 
2686 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
 
2693 --------------------
 
2696 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
 
2698 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
 
2699 for some of the new features and such.  Also they have encorporated my
 
2700 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
 
2701 old) release...  This version of SWIG gives the following new
 
2704     1. Keyword arguments.  You no longer have to specify all the
 
2705        parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
 
2706        non-default value on the end.  You can now do this instead:
 
2708           win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
 
2710     2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
 
2711        NULL.  This means that any methods that might return NULL will
 
2712        now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
 
2713        expecting NULL.  This makes things much more snake-ish.
 
2716 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
 
2717 raw makefiles.  Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
 
2718 Unix systems.  See the end of this file for new build instructions and
 
2719 see distrib/build.py for more details.
 
2721 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
 
2722 two different versions.  wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
 
2723 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
 
2724 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
 
2734 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
 
2736 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
 
2737 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
 
2738 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
 
2739 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
 
2740 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
 
2742 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
 
2743 process.  The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
 
2744 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
 
2745 is being unloaded by Python.
 
2747 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
 
2748 make wxPython look bad.
 
2750 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of  x,y.  Added
 
2751 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
 
2753 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
 
2755 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method.  See
 
2756 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
 
2758 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
 
2759 code to show how to use it.
 
2761 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
 
2764 Added wxGrid.GetCells
 
2766 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
 
2767 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
 
2769 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
 
2770 wxWindows.  Use wxMenu and events instead.
 
2772 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
 
2773       wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
 
2775 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
 
2776 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type.  (Like doing
 
2777 a down-cast.)  See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
 
2779 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
 
2782 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
 
2784 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
 
2787 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
 
2789 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
 
2800 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
 
2801 item.  (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
 
2802 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
 
2804 Added the Printing Framework.
 
2806 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
 
2807 version.  The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
 
2808 data after loading each extension module.
 
2810 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
 
2813 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items.  Actually was a
 
2814 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
 
2815 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
 
2817 wxSizer and friends.  Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
 
2818 of windows and sizers.  Different types of sizers apply different
 
2819 types of layout algorithms.  You saw it here first!  These classes are
 
2820 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
 
2828 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file...  DSM!)
 
2830 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
 
2831 wxPython application.
 
2833 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
 
2835 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
 
2836 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl.  Added test pytree.py to show
 
2839 Added wxSafeYield function.
 
2841 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
 
2843 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
 
2846 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
 
2847 DLL.  It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
 
2849 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
 
2851 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
 
2852 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
 
2854 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
 
2856 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
 
2865 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
 
2867 Several missing methods from various classes.
 
2877 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
 
2879 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
 
2887 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
 
2888 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
 
2895 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed.  I did this to
 
2896 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
 
2897 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
 
2898 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
 
2899 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
 
2901 I have finally started documenting wxPython.  There are several pages
 
2902 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
 
2903 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
 
2904 diverges from wxWindows.
 
2906 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
 
2907 window handle.  If you can get the window handle into the python code,
 
2908 it should just work...  More news on this later.
 
2910 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
 
2912 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
 
2915 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
 
2923 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
 
2925 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
 
2926 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
 
2932 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
 
2933 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"``  This is for people who are worried about
 
2934 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
 
2935 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
 
2937 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
 
2939 Made the events work for wxGrid.
 
2943 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
 
2945 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
 
2946 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
 
2948 Other assorted fixes and additions.
 
2957 wxPython on wxGTK works!!!  Both dynamic and static on Linux and
 
2958 static on Solaris have been tested.  Many thanks go to Harm van der
 
2959 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
 
2960 bug.  Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
 
2961 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
 
2962 behavior was so different on different platforms.
 
2964 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
 
2965 must have been a different issue all along...
 
2973 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility.  It is partially working.  On a
 
2974 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
 
2975 linked with the Python interpreter.  When built as a dyamically loaded
 
2976 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
 
2977 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
 
2978 version segfault shortly after starting up.
 
2980 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
 
2982 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
 
2991 The first "modern" version of wxPython.  See
 
2992 http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory