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14 <h1><a name=
"id1">2.5.1.4</a></h1>
15 <p>(See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
16 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
18 <p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
19 see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm
</a> for more details. This won't
20 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
21 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
22 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
23 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
24 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
</p>
25 <p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
26 to wxWidgets
2.5 that I have forgotten about.
</p>
27 <p>Added wxMirrorDC.
</p>
28 <p>Added wxIconLocation
</p>
29 <p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
30 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
</p>
31 <p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
33 <p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
34 wx.lib.plot module.
</p>
35 <p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
36 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
37 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
</p>
38 <p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
39 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
40 also installing icons and
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">*.desktop
</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
41 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
42 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
43 RH-
9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
44 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
45 distros please send me a patch.
</p>
46 <p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-
9 box, and I have tested
47 installing them also on my main Mandrake
9.2 box.
</p>
48 <p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
49 Installer package now
<em>only
</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
50 extension modules and Python pacakges, and also the command-line tool
51 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
52 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
53 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
55 <p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
57 <p>Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
</p>
58 <p>wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
</p>
59 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version
1.58 of Scintilla.
</p>
60 <p>To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
61 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
62 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
63 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
64 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
65 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
66 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
68 <p>Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
69 "Adi
" Sieker.
</p>
70 <p>Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
</p>
71 <p>AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
72 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
</p>
73 <p>Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
74 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
75 MigrationGuide for more details.
</p>
76 <p>Created a new extension module
"activex
" from Lindsay Mathieson's
77 newest
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html">wxActiveX
</a> class. (The existing iewin module used an older
78 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
79 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
80 controls in a wx.Window,
<strong>without
</strong> requiring the use of the win32com
81 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
82 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
83 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
84 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
85 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
86 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
87 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
88 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
89 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
90 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
91 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
92 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
</p>
93 <p>Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
</p>
95 <div class=
"section" id=
"id2">
96 <h1><a name=
"id2">2.4.2.4</a></h1>
97 <p>Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
</p>
98 <p>Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
</p>
99 <p>Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
100 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
</p>
101 <p>Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
</p>
102 <p>Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
</p>
103 <p>Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
</p>
105 <div class=
"section" id=
"id3">
106 <h1><a name=
"id3">2.4.1.2</a></h1>
107 <p>Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
</p>
108 <p>Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
</p>
109 <p>Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
110 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">spam(*args,
</span> <span class=
"pre">**kw)
</span></tt> syntax
111 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
113 <p>Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
114 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
115 and wxWindows match.
</p>
116 <p>Added the new wx
"renamer
" package that will dynamically import from
117 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --
> FooBar. That means that
118 people can do imports without
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> and can use names like
119 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase
1 of a full transition
120 to the new namespace.
</p>
121 <p>Updated Scintilla to
1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
122 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
123 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
124 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
</p>
125 <p>Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
126 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
127 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as
"from wxPython
128 import py
" (or
"from wx import py
" using the new namespace.) There
129 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
130 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
131 package. These will be removed in a future release.
</p>
132 <p>Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
133 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
134 code like
"if obj: ...
" to be the same as
"if obj.IsOk(): ...
"</p>
135 <p>Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
</p>
136 <p>Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
137 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
</p>
138 <p>Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
139 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
</p>
140 <p>When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
141 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
</p>
142 <p>Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
143 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
145 <p>Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
146 a call to any Python callable object.
</p>
147 <p>Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
148 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
149 to override the C++ virtual methods.
</p>
150 <p>Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
151 the
"option
" parameter to
"proportion
" to match the docs (
"option
" is
152 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
153 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter,
154 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter
</p>
155 <p>Added wxCursorFromBits.
</p>
157 <div class=
"section" id=
"id4">
158 <h1><a name=
"id4">2.4.0.7</a></h1>
159 <p>Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
160 TRUE/FALSE values.
</p>
161 <p>Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
162 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
163 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a
16-bit value.
</p>
164 <p>Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
166 <p>Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
168 <p>Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
170 <p>Updated PyCrust to version
0.9</p>
171 <p>Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
172 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
173 default behavior) is enough. See below in the
2.3.4.1 notes for more
176 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">
177 <h1><a name=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
</a></h1>
178 <p>The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
179 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
180 think I am testing in the future...
</p>
182 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">
183 <h1><a name=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
</a></h1>
184 <p>A few little but annoying bug fixes.
</p>
185 <p>Updated pycolourchooser.
</p>
186 <p>Updated to
0.9b of PyCrust.
</p>
188 <div class=
"section" id=
"id5">
189 <h1><a name=
"id5">2.4.0.4</a></h1>
190 <p>Added missing wxRect methods
</p>
191 <p>Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
</p>
192 <p>Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
</p>
193 <p>All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
194 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
195 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
197 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
199 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
</p>
200 <p>Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
201 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
202 the parent window.
</p>
203 <p>Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
</p>
204 <p>Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
206 <p>Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
</p>
207 <p>Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
208 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
209 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
210 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
211 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
212 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
213 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
214 static stable in the C++ class.
</p>
215 <p>Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
216 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
217 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
218 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
220 <p>Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
221 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
222 always call them. The functions are:
</p>
224 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
225 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
226 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
227 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
228 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
229 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
230 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
231 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
232 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
233 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
234 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
235 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
</blockquote>
236 <p>Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
237 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
</p>
238 <p>The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
239 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
240 doesn't have a standard place for them.
</p>
241 <p>Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
</p>
242 <p>Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
</p>
243 <p>Updated to the
0.9a version of PyCrust
</p>
245 <div class=
"section" id=
"id6">
246 <h1><a name=
"id6">2.4.0.2</a></h1>
247 <p>Several bug fixes.
</p>
248 <p>Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
249 <p>Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
</p>
251 <div class=
"section" id=
"id7">
252 <h1><a name=
"id7">2.4.0.1</a></h1>
253 <p>No major new features since
2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
255 <p>Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
256 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
</p>
258 <div class=
"section" id=
"id8">
259 <h1><a name=
"id8">2.3.4.2</a></h1>
260 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
262 <div class=
"section" id=
"id9">
263 <h1><a name=
"id9">2.3.4.1</a></h1>
264 <p>Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
</p>
265 <p>Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
</p>
266 <p>Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
</p>
267 <p>Added wxHtmlFilter.
</p>
268 <p>wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
269 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
270 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
271 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
272 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
273 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
274 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
275 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
276 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
277 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
278 you can use to play with this new feature.
</p>
279 <p>Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
280 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
281 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
282 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
283 the old
"final
" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
284 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
285 2.3.3.1 and prior
"hybrid
" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
286 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
</p>
287 <p>You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
288 derived from wxApp.
</p>
289 <p>Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
290 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
292 <p>Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
</p>
293 <p>Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
294 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
295 they did before
2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
296 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
297 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
</p>
298 <p>Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
</p>
299 <p>Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
</p>
300 <p>Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
</p>
301 <p>Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
302 "Pythonic
" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
303 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
</p>
304 <p>Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
305 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
306 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
</p>
307 <p>Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
308 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
</p>
309 <p>Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
310 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
311 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
312 windows when desired.
</p>
313 <p>Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
314 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
315 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
</p>
317 <div class=
"section" id=
"id10">
318 <h1><a name=
"id10">2.3.3.1</a></h1>
319 <p>Added wxSplashScreen.
</p>
320 <p>Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
</p>
321 <p>Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
</p>
322 <p>The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
323 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
324 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
</p>
325 <p>Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
326 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
327 be loaded from any Python
"file-like
" object.
</p>
328 <p>Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
329 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
330 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
</p>
331 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
332 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
333 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
334 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
335 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
337 <p>Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
</p>
338 <p>Added wxBufferedDC.
</p>
339 <p>Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla
1.40 to Scintilla
1.45, and then again
340 to version
1.47, and one more time to
1.48!
<wink
></p>
343 <dd><p class=
"first">wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
344 disabled. Previous to wxPython
2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
345 used. Starting with
2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
346 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
347 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
348 the recent release of GTK+
2.0 it is only a matter of time until
349 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
</p>
350 <p>Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
351 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
352 same unicode binaries on win95/
98/ME platforms as well! This is
353 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
354 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
355 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
356 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
357 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
358 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
359 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
360 unicode build on win95.
</p>
361 <p class=
"last">So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
362 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
363 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
364 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
365 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
366 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
367 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
368 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
369 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
370 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
374 <p>Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
</p>
375 <p>Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
</p>
376 <p>Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
</p>
377 <p>A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
378 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
379 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
380 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
381 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
382 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
383 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
384 for any class that is OOR aware.
</p>
385 <p>Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
386 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
388 <p>Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
389 the image data. (Patch #
546009)
</p>
390 <p>Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
392 <p>Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
393 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
394 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
407 TransferDataFromWindow
411 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
415 <p>If there are other methods that you think should be supported
416 please let me know.
</p>
418 <p>Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
419 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
</p>
420 <p>Added wxArtProvider.
</p>
421 <p>Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
422 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
423 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
424 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
425 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
</p>
426 <p>Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
</p>
427 <p>Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
428 creating a ScrolledPanel.
</p>
429 <p>Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
430 other menu stuff.
</p>
431 <p>Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
432 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
433 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
434 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
</p>
435 <p>Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
436 modules make a
"callback
" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
437 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
438 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
439 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
</p>
440 <p>Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
441 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
442 respond to mouse events and etc.
</p>
443 <p>Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -
1
444 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
</p>
445 <p>Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
446 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
447 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
448 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
449 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
450 started with just the
"pycrust
" command.
</p>
451 <p>Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
452 displays the details of the event.
</p>
453 <p>Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
</p>
454 <p>Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
455 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
457 <p>Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
</p>
458 <p>Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
460 <div class=
"section" id=
"id11">
461 <h1><a name=
"id11">2.3.2.1</a></h1>
462 <p>Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
463 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
464 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
</p>
465 <p>Added some patches from library contributors.
</p>
467 <div class=
"section" id=
"id12">
468 <h1><a name=
"id12">2.3.2</a></h1>
469 <p>Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
470 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
471 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
472 and a demo to show them in action.
</p>
473 <p>Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
474 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/
</a>. )
</p>
475 <p>Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
</p>
476 <p>Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
</p>
477 <p>Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
479 <p>Added a new
"constructor
" to most of the window classes that calls the
480 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
481 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a
2-step
482 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
483 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
484 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
485 resource. The name of the new
"constructor
" is the original name of
486 the class with a
"Pre
" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
488 <p>Updated to version
1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
489 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
490 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
491 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
492 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
493 wxSTC flag accordingly.
</p>
494 <p>Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
495 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
496 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
</p>
497 <p>Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
</p>
498 <p>Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
</p>
499 <p>Added pySketch to the samples.
</p>
500 <p>Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
501 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
502 multi-processor machine.
</p>
503 <p>Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
504 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
</p>
505 <p>Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
</p>
506 <p>The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
507 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
508 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
509 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
510 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
511 original C++ pointer.
</p>
512 <p>Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
514 <p>Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
</p>
515 <p>Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
516 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
</p>
517 <p>Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
518 and from web browsers. It's still not
100% bullet-proof for all types
519 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
520 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape
4.x works,
521 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
523 <p>Added wxStopWatch.
</p>
524 <p>Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
</p>
525 <p>Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
526 will now Disconnect the event.
</p>
527 <p>Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
</p>
528 <p>Added wxFileHistory.
</p>
529 <p>Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
530 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
531 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
533 <p>Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
</p>
534 <p>Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
536 <p>Added the
"SplitTree gizmos
" which are a collection of classes that
537 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
538 additional columns for each item. The classes are
539 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
540 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
541 also be useful by themselves.
</p>
542 <p>Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
543 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
544 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
545 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
546 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
547 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
550 <div class=
"section" id=
"id13">
551 <h1><a name=
"id13">2.3.1</a></h1>
552 <p>Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
553 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
554 on a custom event handler for example.)
</p>
555 <p>Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
556 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
557 <p>Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
558 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
</p>
559 <p>Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
</p>
560 <p>Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
</p>
561 <p>Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python
2.1.
</p>
562 <p>Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
</p>
564 <div class=
"section" id=
"id14">
565 <h1><a name=
"id14">2.3.0</a></h1>
566 <p>Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
567 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
</p>
568 <p>Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
569 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
571 <p>Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
</p>
572 <p>Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
573 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
575 <p>Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
576 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
577 access from non-GUI threads.
</p>
578 <p>wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
579 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
</p>
580 <p>Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
</p>
581 <p>Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
582 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
</p>
583 <p>Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
584 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
</p>
585 <p>Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
586 it gobs faster in certain situations.
</p>
587 <p>Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
588 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
589 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
590 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
591 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
592 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
593 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
594 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
595 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
596 the implementation.
</p>
597 <p>Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
598 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
600 <p>A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
601 the distutils that comes with Python
2.1.
</p>
602 <p>Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
</p>
603 <p>Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
</p>
604 <p>Added wxToggleButton.
</p>
605 <p>Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
</p>
607 <dt>Added some methods to wxGrid:
</dt>
608 <dd>GetCellHighlightPenWidth
609 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
610 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
611 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
613 GetGridRowLabelWindow
614 GetGridColLabelWindow
615 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
</dd>
617 <p>Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
618 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
619 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
</p>
622 <dd><p class=
"first">Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
623 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
624 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
625 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
626 "proper type
" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
627 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
628 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
629 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
630 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
631 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
632 will probably only work on Python
2.1 and beyond because it will
633 use weak references.)
</p>
634 <p class=
"last">This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
635 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
636 be transparent to you, however I'm not
100% sure that it didn't
637 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
638 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
639 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
640 object-type related oddities to me.
</p>
643 <p>There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
644 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
645 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
646 finally got done.
</p>
647 <p>Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
648 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
</p>
649 <p>Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
</p>
651 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
652 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
653 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
654 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
655 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
656 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
</p>
657 <p>Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
658 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
659 wxPython/samples.
</p>
661 <div class=
"section" id=
"id15">
662 <h1><a name=
"id15">2.2.6</a></h1>
663 <p>No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
664 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
</p>
666 <div class=
"section" id=
"id16">
667 <h1><a name=
"id16">2.2.5</a></h1>
668 <p>New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python
2.0 and beyond
669 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
670 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
671 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
</p>
672 <p>Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
</p>
673 <p>Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
</p>
674 <p>Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
675 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
</p>
676 <p>Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
677 column in report mode.
</p>
678 <p>Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
679 bar after
2 seconds.
</p>
680 <p>Added wxJoystick.
</p>
681 <p>Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
682 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
683 object, (usually a window.)
</p>
684 <p>Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
</p>
685 <p>Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
</p>
686 <p>Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
687 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
688 the
"export
" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
689 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
690 libraries. Should also be usable from
3rd party code, just include
691 wxPython/src/export.h
</p>
692 <p>Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
693 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
694 utils. Will probably add more later.
</p>
695 <p>Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
696 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
697 wxPrinterDC2 name.
</p>
698 <p>Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
699 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
</p>
700 <p>Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
</p>
701 <p>Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
702 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
</p>
703 <p>Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
704 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
707 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-2">
708 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-2">New in
2.2.2</a></h1>
709 <p>Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
710 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
711 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
712 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
713 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
714 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
715 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
716 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
718 <p>I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
719 of the distribution files. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
</a>)
720 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
721 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
722 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
723 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
724 wxPython for Python
1.5.2 or for
1.6, then you will need to get and
725 install version
1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
726 using Python
2.0 then you already have it.
</p>
727 <p>Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
728 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
</p>
729 <p>Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
730 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
731 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
733 <p>Removed the old python sizers.
</p>
734 <p>Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
736 <p>Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
737 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
738 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
</p>
739 <p>Lots of little fixes here and there.
</p>
740 <p>Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
741 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
742 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
</p>
744 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-1">
745 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-1">New in
2.2.1</a></h1>
746 <p>Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
</p>
747 <p>Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
</p>
749 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-0">
750 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-0">New in
2.2.0</a></h1>
751 <p>Added wxLog and friends.
</p>
752 <p>Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
</p>
753 <p>Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
</p>
755 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-16">
756 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-16">New in
2.1.16</a></h1>
757 <p>Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
758 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
760 <p>Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
</p>
761 <p>wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
</p>
762 <p>Added wxDragImage.
</p>
763 <p>Fixed printing on wxGTK.
</p>
764 <p>Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
</p>
765 <p>Added wxCalendarCtrl.
</p>
766 <p>WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
767 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
768 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
769 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
770 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
771 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
772 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
773 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
</p>
785 OnScroll
</blockquote>
786 <p>Added wxSpinCtrl.
</p>
788 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-15">
789 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-15">New in
2.1.15</a></h1>
790 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
791 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
</p>
792 <p>Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
794 <p>Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
795 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
</p>
796 <p>Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
</p>
797 <p>Plugged a memory leak.
</p>
798 <p>Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
799 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
800 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
801 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
803 <p>Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
804 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
805 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
</p>
806 <p>Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
807 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
808 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
809 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
810 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
811 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
812 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
813 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
815 <p>Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
816 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
817 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
818 "#RRGGBB
". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
</p>
819 <p>I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
820 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
821 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
822 but I've included a very readable source file in the
823 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
824 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
825 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html">http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html
</a> to help fill in the gaps
826 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
827 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
</p>
829 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">
830 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">What's new in
2.1.13</a></h1>
831 <p>Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
</p>
832 <p>Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
833 and some flicker problems.
</p>
834 <p>Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
835 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.kitware.com/">http://www.kitware.com/
</a>)
</p>
836 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
837 "which
" parameter.
</p>
838 <p>Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
839 <p>Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
840 <p>Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
841 with wxWindow.GetParent.
</p>
842 <p>Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
843 It is used like this:
</p>
845 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
</blockquote>
846 <p>If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
847 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
</p>
848 <p>Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
</p>
849 <p>Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
</p>
850 <p>Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
851 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
852 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
853 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
854 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
855 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
</p>
856 <p>The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
857 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
858 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
859 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
860 methods look like this:
</p>
863 <dt>def AddTool(ID,
</dt>
865 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
868 shortHelpString =
"",
869 longHelpString =
"")
</dd>
870 <dt>def AddSimpleTool(ID,
</dt>
872 shortHelpString =
"",
873 longHelpString =
"",
877 <p>There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
878 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
</p>
879 <p>Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
</p>
880 <p>wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
</p>
881 <p>Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
882 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
883 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL">http://starship.python.net:
9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL
</a>.
</p>
884 <p>Added some missing EVT functions.
</p>
885 <p>Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
887 <p>Changed all the
"LIST
" parameter names to
"choices
" to match the docs.
</p>
888 <p>More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
889 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
890 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
</p>
892 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">
893 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">What's new in
2.1.11</a></h1>
894 <p>Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
896 <p>wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
897 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
899 <p>Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
900 being added. This should remove the need for our
901 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
</p>
902 <p>wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
903 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
904 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
905 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
906 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
</p>
907 <p>Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
</p>
908 <p>Added new HTML printing classes.
</p>
909 <p>Added wxWindow.GetHandle
</p>
910 <p>Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
911 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
912 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
914 <p>Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
915 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
916 thread from other threads.
</p>
917 <p>Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
</p>
918 <p>Added wxFontEnumerator.
</p>
919 <p>Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
</p>
920 <p>wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
921 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
</p>
922 <p>Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
</p>
923 <p>Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
925 <p>Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
</p>
927 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">
928 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">What's new in
2.1.5</a></h1>
929 <p>This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
930 crept in at the last minute before
2.1.4 was called done. No new
933 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">
934 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">What's new in
2.1.4</a></h1>
935 <p>This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
936 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
937 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
938 wxGTK from CVS. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm">http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm
</a>)
939 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
940 the wxPy-
2-
1-
4 tag.
</p>
941 <p>Now back to what's new...
</p>
942 <p>Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
</p>
943 <p>Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
</p>
944 <p>Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a
<em>copy
</em>
945 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
946 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
947 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
948 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
950 <p>Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
951 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
952 default sort order.
</p>
953 <p>Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
954 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
955 example, the following are equivallent:
</p>
957 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(
100,
100))
958 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (
100,
100))
</blockquote>
959 <p>Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
960 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
961 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
962 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
963 pages. See the demo for an example.
</p>
964 <p>A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
965 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
</p>
966 <p>Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
</p>
967 <p>Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
968 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
969 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
970 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
971 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
972 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
973 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
974 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
975 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
976 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
977 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
979 <p>Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
980 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
981 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
982 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
983 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
984 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
985 for more info and examples in future releases.
</p>
986 <p>Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
987 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
988 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
989 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
990 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
991 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
993 <p>Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
994 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
995 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
996 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
997 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
998 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
999 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1000 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1001 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1002 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1003 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
</p>
1004 <p>I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1005 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1006 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1007 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1008 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1009 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1010 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1011 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1012 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1013 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1014 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1015 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1016 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1017 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1018 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1019 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
</p>
1022 <dt>class MyApp(wxApp):
</dt>
1023 <dd><p class=
"first">outputWindowClass = MyClass
</p>
1025 <dt>def OnInit(self):
</dt>
1026 <dd>frame = MyFrame()
1027 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1033 <p>Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1034 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1035 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1036 to really screw things up.
</p>
1037 <p>Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1038 in the wxWindows docs...
</p>
1039 <p>Some new
3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1040 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1041 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1042 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1043 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1044 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1045 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1048 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">
1049 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">What's new in
2.1b3
</a></h1>
1050 <p>This release is syncronized with release
2.1 snapshot
9 of wxWindows.
</p>
1051 <p>Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html">http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html
</a>)
1052 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1053 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1054 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1058 <li><p class=
"first">Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1059 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1060 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
</p>
1062 <p>win = wxWindow(parent, -
1, style = mystyle)
</p>
1065 <li><p class=
"first">There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1066 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1067 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1068 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
</p>
1072 <p>There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1073 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1074 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1075 see distrib/build.py for more details.
</p>
1076 <p>wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1077 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1078 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1079 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
</p>
1081 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">
1082 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">What's new in
2.1b2
</a></h1>
1083 <p>Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
</p>
1084 <p>Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1085 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1086 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1087 It was only a
1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1088 line
496 if you want to do it by hand.
</p>
1089 <p>It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1090 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1091 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1092 is being unloaded by Python.
</p>
1093 <p>I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1094 make wxPython look bad.
</p>
1095 <p>wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1096 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
</p>
1097 <p>Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
</p>
1098 <p>You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1099 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
</p>
1100 <p>Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1101 code to show how to use it.
</p>
1102 <p>Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1104 <p>Added wxGrid.GetCells
</p>
1105 <p>Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1106 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
</p>
1107 <p>Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1108 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
</p>
1110 <dt>Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
</dt>
1111 <dd>wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth =
1)
</dd>
1113 <p>Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1114 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1115 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
</p>
1116 <p>Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1118 <p>Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
</p>
1119 <p>New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1120 for unix systems.
</p>
1121 <p>Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
</p>
1122 <p>SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1125 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">
1126 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">What's new in
2.1b1
</a></h1>
1127 <p>Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1128 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1129 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
</p>
1130 <p>Added the Printing Framework.
</p>
1131 <p>Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1132 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1133 data after loading each extension module.
</p>
1134 <p>Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1135 wxWindows classes.
</p>
1136 <p>Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1137 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1138 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
</p>
1139 <p>wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1140 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1141 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1142 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
</p>
1144 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">
1145 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">What's new in
2.0b9
</a></h1>
1146 <p>Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
</p>
1147 <p>Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1148 wxPython application.
</p>
1149 <p>Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
</p>
1150 <p>Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1151 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1152 this feature off.
</p>
1153 <p>Added wxSafeYield function.
</p>
1154 <p>OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
</p>
1155 <p>Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1156 how it all works.
</p>
1157 <p>The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1158 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
</p>
1159 <p>Added a couple missing items from the docs.
</p>
1160 <p>Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1161 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
</p>
1162 <p>Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1163 <p>Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1166 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">
1167 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">What's new in
2.0b8
</a></h1>
1168 <p>Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
</p>
1169 <p>Several missing methods from various classes.
</p>
1170 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
1172 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">
1173 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">What's new in
2.0b7
</a></h1>
1174 <p>Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
</p>
1175 <p>Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
</p>
1177 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">
1178 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">What's new in
2.0b6
</a></h1>
1179 <p>Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1180 Python
1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
</p>
1182 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">
1183 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">What's new in
2.0b5
</a></h1>
1184 <p>Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1185 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1186 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1187 wxWindows
1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1188 with the
2.0 version of wxWindows.
</p>
1189 <p>I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1190 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1191 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1192 diverges from wxWindows.
</p>
1193 <p>Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1194 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1195 it should just work... More news on this later.
</p>
1196 <p>Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
</p>
1197 <p>Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1198 wxRegConfig class.
</p>
1199 <p>As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
</p>
1201 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">
1202 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">What's new in
0.5.3</a></h1>
1203 <p>Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
</p>
1204 <p>Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1205 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
</p>
1207 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">
1208 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">What's new in
0.5.0</a></h1>
1209 <p>Changed the import semantics from
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"from
</span> <span class=
"pre">wxPython
</span> <span class=
"pre">import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> to
1210 <tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"from
</span> <span class=
"pre">wxPython.wx
</span> <span class=
"pre">import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> This is for people who are worried about
1211 namespace pollution, they can use
"from wxPython import wx
" and then
1212 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with
"wx.
"</p>
1213 <p>Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
</p>
1214 <p>Made the events work for wxGrid.
</p>
1215 <p>Added wxConfig.
</p>
1216 <p>Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
</p>
1217 <p>Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1218 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
</p>
1219 <p>Other assorted fixes and additions.
</p>
1221 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">
1222 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">What's new in
0.4.2</a></h1>
1223 <p>wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1224 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1225 <<a class=
"reference" href=
"mailto:H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl">H.v.d.Heijden
@phys.tue.nl
</a>> for his astute detective work on tracking
1226 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1227 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1228 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
</p>
1229 <p>The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1230 must have been a different issue all along...
</p>
1232 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">
1233 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">What's New in
0.4</a></h1>
1234 <p>1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1235 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1236 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1237 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1238 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1239 version segfault shortly after starting up.
</p>
1240 <ol class=
"arabic simple" start=
"2">
1241 <li>Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
</li>
1242 <li>Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
</li>
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