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14 <h1><a name=
"id1">2.5.5.0</a></h1>
15 <p>wxMSW: Fixed bug #
1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
</p>
16 <p>wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #
1163384. Moved the code that handles
17 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
18 so the character inserted into the editor will be the
"cooked
" char
19 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
20 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
</p>
21 <p>Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
</p>
22 <p>wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit
4.1 if
24 <p>Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
25 wx.ImageHistogram.
</p>
26 <p>wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
27 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
28 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
29 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
30 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
32 <p>wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
33 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
35 <p>wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
36 crash when using nVidia cards (patch
1155132)
</p>
38 <dt>wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
</dt>
39 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
40 <li>Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
</li>
41 <li>Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
42 the width of any column.
</li>
46 <p>wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
48 <p>wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a
2nd time.
</p>
49 <p>wxMSW: Applied patch #
1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
</p>
50 <p>Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
51 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
</p>
52 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
53 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
54 used on GTK2
>=
2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
55 older generic file dialog is used.
</p>
56 <p>wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
58 <p>wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
59 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
60 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
61 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
</p>
62 <p>Added MDI support to XRC
</p>
63 <p>Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
64 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
</p>
65 <p>wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
66 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
</p>
67 <p>wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
68 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
</p>
69 <p>wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
70 affecting the label.
</p>
71 <p>wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
72 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
</p>
73 <p>Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
74 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
</p>
75 <p>Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
77 <p>Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
</p>
79 <div class=
"section" id=
"id2">
80 <h1><a name=
"id2">2.5.4.1</a></h1>
81 <p>wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
82 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
83 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
</p>
84 <p>Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
85 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
</p>
86 <p>wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
87 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
88 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
89 then calling GetValue().
</p>
91 <dt>Some XRC changes:
</dt>
92 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
93 <li>Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
</li>
94 <li>No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
</li>
95 <li>Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
</li>
96 <li>added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #
1038207)
</li>
100 <p>wxMSW: fix for [
1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
102 <p>Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
103 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
104 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
</p>
105 <p>OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
</p>
107 <p>Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
108 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially:
</p>
109 <pre class=
"literal-block">
110 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
111 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
113 <p>was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
114 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
115 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
116 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
117 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
118 the origin of the canvas.
</p>
119 <p>The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
120 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
121 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
</p>
123 <p>Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
124 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
</p>
125 <p>Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
126 internal scrollbar visible.
</p>
127 <p>Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
128 system paths for each platform.
</p>
129 <p>wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
130 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
131 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
132 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
133 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
</p>
134 <p>wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
135 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
136 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
</p>
137 <p>wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
138 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
139 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
</p>
140 <p>Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
141 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
142 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
</p>
143 <p>wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
</p>
144 <p>Added
"gravity
" for splitter window (patch
1046105). Gravity is a
145 floating-point factor between
0.0 and
1.0 which controls position of
146 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
147 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
</p>
148 <p>wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
149 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
150 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
151 of how to use the control.
</p>
152 <p>wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
153 focus (a slightly modified patch
1084592.)
</p>
154 <p>Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
155 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
157 <p>wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
158 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
</p>
159 <p>Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
160 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
161 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
162 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
163 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
164 finished with the timer.
</p>
165 <p>Updated to
1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
166 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
167 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
168 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
169 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
170 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG
1.3.24 plus this patch
171 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
172 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
173 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
174 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
</p>
177 <li>Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
178 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
179 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
180 via the wxPython C API.
</li>
181 <li>The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
182 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
183 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
184 when docstrings are added for those items.
</li>
185 <li>The
"this
" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
186 string containing a
"swigified pointer
", but rather a custom
187 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
188 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
189 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
193 <p>Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
194 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
195 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
196 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
197 sitecustomize.py file it is always
"ascii
", which would result in
198 errors if the strings contained character codes
>=
128.
199 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
200 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
201 value of
<cite>locale.getdefaultlocale()[
1]
</cite> when wxPython is first
202 imported. Please see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html">http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
</a>
203 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
205 <p>Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
206 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
207 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each
<cite>wx.Button
</cite>
208 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
209 ID's. Then call
<cite>Realize
</cite> and the sizer will take care of the rest.
</p>
210 <p>wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -
1) to the
211 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
</p>
212 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
213 lots of surplus events)
</p>
214 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
215 wx.SystemSettings.
</p>
216 <p>wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #
1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
217 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
</p>
218 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
219 and GTK+'s context menu code.
</p>
220 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
221 (not all actions are allowed).
</p>
222 <p>Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch
1104355)
</p>
223 <p>For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
224 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
225 when GetString is called from an event handler.
</p>
226 <p>Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
227 and max ends of the slider.
</p>
228 <p>Several patches applied, such as #
1111174, #
1110252 and others, that
229 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
230 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
</p>
233 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
234 <li>Edit-
>Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
235 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
236 not with labels/sizers.
</li>
237 <li>Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
238 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
243 <p>wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
244 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
</p>
245 <p>wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
246 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
248 <p>The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
249 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
250 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
251 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
253 <p>Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
254 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to
0.
</p>
255 <p>wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla
1.62.
</p>
256 <p>Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to
1 to
257 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
258 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
259 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before
2.6.
</p>
260 <p>wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
262 <p>wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
263 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
</p>
264 <p>Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
</p>
265 <p>wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
</p>
266 <p>Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
267 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
</p>
268 <p>wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
270 <p>wxMSW:
"Alt
" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
272 <p>Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
273 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
274 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
275 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
277 <p>Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
</p>
278 <p>wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
</p>
279 <p>wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
280 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
281 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
282 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
283 for Add, and etc.
</p>
284 <p>The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
285 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
</p>
286 <p>The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
287 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
</p>
288 <p>Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
289 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
290 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
291 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
292 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
293 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
</p>
294 <p>wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
296 <p>Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
298 <p>Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
</p>
301 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
302 <li>Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
</li>
303 <li>Corrected default button size handling for different themes
</li>
304 <li>Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
</li>
305 <li>Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
</li>
310 <div class=
"section" id=
"id3">
311 <h1><a name=
"id3">2.5.3.1</a></h1>
312 <p>wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
</p>
313 <p>Updated internal PNG library.
</p>
314 <p>wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
</p>
315 <p>wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
316 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
</p>
317 <p>wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
318 enabled (does an enable itself)
</p>
319 <p>Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
321 <p>Added support to XRC and XRCed for the
3-state checkbox flags and also
322 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
324 <p>It is now possible to create
"stock
" buttons. Basically this means
325 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
326 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
327 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
328 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
329 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
330 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
331 button with
"Cancel
" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
332 also be an image of a red X:
</p>
333 <pre class=
"literal-block">
334 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
336 <p>Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
</p>
337 <p>Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
</p>
338 <p>Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
</p>
339 <p>Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
340 I am no longer doing builds on Python
2.1 the newest distutils is no
341 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python
2.2 distutils
342 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
343 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
344 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
345 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
</p>
346 <p>Updated to SWIG
1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
347 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
348 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
349 the wxPython modules.
</p>
350 <p>Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
351 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
352 user that they should look at that window.
</p>
353 <p>"Fixed
" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
354 them register the editor or renderer for the
"string
" data type.
</p>
355 <p>Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
</p>
356 <p>Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
357 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
358 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
359 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
360 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
361 and PyGetDate methods.
</p>
362 <p>wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
363 also set the colour of the dropdown.
</p>
364 <p>wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
</p>
365 <p>wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
</p>
366 <p>wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
</p>
367 <p>wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
368 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
369 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
</p>
370 <p>wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
</p>
371 <p>wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
</p>
372 <p>Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch
992813)
</p>
373 <p>Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
375 <p>Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
377 <p>Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch
910272)
</p>
378 <p>wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
379 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
381 <p>Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
</p>
382 <p>wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
383 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
385 <p>Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
386 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
387 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
</p>
388 <p>The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
389 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
390 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
391 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
392 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
393 should notice no difference.
</p>
394 <p>wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
395 when a new one is selected.
</p>
396 <p>wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
</p>
397 <p>wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
398 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
399 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
400 more details and a warning.
</p>
401 <p>Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
402 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
</p>
403 <p>Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
404 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
</p>
405 <p>Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version
1.61</p>
406 <p>Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
</p>
407 <p>Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
</p>
408 <p>wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
409 holding down the mouse button.
</p>
410 <p>wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
411 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
</p>
412 <p>FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
</p>
414 <dt>PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
</dt>
415 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
416 <li>Added bar graph demo
</li>
417 <li>Modified line end shape from round to square.
</li>
418 <li>Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
420 <li>Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
</li>
421 <li>Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
</li>
422 <li>Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
</li>
423 <li>Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
</li>
424 <li>Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
425 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
</li>
426 <li>Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
427 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
431 <dt>MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
</dt>
432 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
433 <li>Added '*' mask char that means
"all ansii chars
" (ords
32-
255)
</li>
434 <li>Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
</li>
435 <li>Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
437 <li>Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
439 <li>lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
440 reflect package's public contents.
</li>
444 <p>Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
445 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
446 Migrarion Guide for more information.
</p>
448 <dt>Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies
4 files:
</dt>
449 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
450 <li>wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
</li>
451 <li>wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
</li>
452 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
454 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
</li>
458 <p>Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
459 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
461 <p>wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
462 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
</p>
464 <div class=
"section" id=
"id4">
465 <h1><a name=
"id4">2.5.2.8</a></h1>
466 <p>Predominantly a bug-fix release.
</p>
469 <li>Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
</li>
470 <li>Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
</li>
471 <li>Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
472 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
</li>
473 <li>Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
474 flicker problems, and namespace use.
</li>
475 <li>Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
</li>
476 <li>Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
</li>
477 <li>wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented
2nd
479 <li>Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
</li>
480 <li>Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
481 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
</li>
482 <li>Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
483 wxScrolledWindow.
</li>
484 <li>Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
486 <li>Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
</li>
487 <li>wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
</li>
488 <li>Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
</li>
493 <div class=
"section" id=
"id5">
494 <h1><a name=
"id5">2.5.2.7</a></h1>
495 <p>wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
496 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
497 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
498 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
499 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
500 that it will
<em>not
</em> call the window's methods to determine the new best
501 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
502 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
503 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
</p>
504 <p>Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
505 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
</p>
506 <p>The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in
2.5.1.5
507 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the
2.4
508 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
509 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
511 <p>Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
512 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
</p>
513 <p>Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
</p>
514 <p>Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
515 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
</p>
516 <p>Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
517 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
518 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
519 buttons.py to handle attribute (font
& colour) defaults and
520 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
521 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
523 <p>wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
524 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
525 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
526 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
527 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
529 <p>Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
530 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
531 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
</p>
532 <p>wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
533 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
</p>
534 <p>wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
535 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
</p>
536 <p>The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to
"C
" (compatibility) when
537 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
538 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
539 remaining compatible with
"C
".
</p>
540 <p>Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
542 <p>OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
543 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
544 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
545 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
546 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
547 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
548 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
549 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
550 <a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details.
</p>
551 <p>EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
552 Scintilla for several releases now.
</p>
553 <p>All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
554 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
555 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
556 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
</p>
557 <p>Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
558 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
559 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
560 after construction.
</p>
561 <p>Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
562 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
563 with a more modern reimplementation.
</p>
564 <p>Added a new version (
0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
565 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
</p>
566 <p>It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
567 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
568 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
</p>
569 <p>Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
570 <<a class=
"reference" href=
"mailto:svip123@fastmail.fm">svip123
@fastmail.fm
</a>> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
571 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
572 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
573 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
</p>
574 <p>Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
575 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
576 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
577 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
579 <pre class=
"literal-block">
580 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[
0]
581 >>> for x in range(
0,
500,
10):
584 ... wx.MilliSleep(
10)
586 <p>wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#
1098374) for text control and combo
589 <div class=
"section" id=
"id6">
590 <h1><a name=
"id6">2.5.1.5</a></h1>
591 <p>(See also the
<a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details about some of the
592 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
593 adapt your code.)
</p>
594 <p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
595 see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm
</a> for more details. This won't
596 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
597 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
598 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
599 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
600 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
</p>
601 <p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
602 to wxWidgets
2.5 that I have forgotten about.
</p>
603 <p>Added wxMirrorDC.
</p>
604 <p>Added wxIconLocation
</p>
605 <p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
606 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
</p>
607 <p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
609 <p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
610 wx.lib.plot module.
</p>
611 <p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
612 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
613 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
</p>
614 <p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
615 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
616 also installing icons and
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">*.desktop
</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
617 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
618 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
619 RH-
9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
620 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
621 distros please send me a patch.
</p>
622 <p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-
9 box, and I have tested
623 installing them also on my main Mandrake
9.2 box.
</p>
624 <p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
625 Installer package now
<em>only
</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
626 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
627 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
628 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
629 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
630 want to put them.
</p>
631 <p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
633 <p>Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
</p>
634 <p>wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
</p>
635 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version
1.58 of Scintilla.
</p>
636 <p>To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
637 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
638 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
639 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
640 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
641 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
642 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
644 <p>Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
645 "Adi
" Sieker.
</p>
646 <p>Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
</p>
647 <p>AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
648 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
</p>
649 <p>Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
650 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
651 MigrationGuide for more details.
</p>
652 <p>Created a new extension module
"activex
" from Lindsay Mathieson's
653 newest
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html">wxActiveX
</a> class. (The existing iewin module used an older
654 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
655 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
656 controls in a wx.Window,
<strong>without
</strong> requiring the use of the win32com
657 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
658 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
659 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
660 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
661 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
662 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
663 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
664 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
665 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
666 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
667 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
668 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
</p>
669 <p>Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
</p>
671 <div class=
"section" id=
"id8">
672 <h1><a name=
"id8">2.4.2.4</a></h1>
673 <p>Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
</p>
674 <p>Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
</p>
675 <p>Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
676 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
</p>
677 <p>Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
</p>
678 <p>Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
</p>
679 <p>Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
</p>
681 <div class=
"section" id=
"id9">
682 <h1><a name=
"id9">2.4.1.2</a></h1>
683 <p>Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
</p>
684 <p>Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
</p>
685 <p>Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
686 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">spam(*args,
</span> <span class=
"pre">**kw)
</span></tt> syntax
687 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
689 <p>Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
690 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
691 and wxWindows match.
</p>
692 <p>Added the new wx
"renamer
" package that will dynamically import from
693 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --
> FooBar. That means that
694 people can do imports without
<tt class=
"literal"><span class=
"pre">"import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> and can use names like
695 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase
1 of a full transition
696 to the new namespace.
</p>
697 <p>Updated Scintilla to
1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
698 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
699 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
700 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
</p>
701 <p>Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
702 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
703 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as
"from wxPython
704 import py
" (or
"from wx import py
" using the new namespace.) There
705 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
706 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
707 package. These will be removed in a future release.
</p>
708 <p>Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
709 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
710 code like
"if obj: ...
" to be the same as
"if obj.IsOk(): ...
"</p>
711 <p>Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
</p>
712 <p>Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
713 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
</p>
714 <p>Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
715 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
</p>
716 <p>When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
717 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
</p>
718 <p>Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
719 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
721 <p>Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
722 a call to any Python callable object.
</p>
723 <p>Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
724 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
725 to override the C++ virtual methods.
</p>
726 <p>Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
727 the
"option
" parameter to
"proportion
" to match the docs (
"option
" is
728 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
729 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter,
730 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter
</p>
731 <p>Added wxCursorFromBits.
</p>
733 <div class=
"section" id=
"id10">
734 <h1><a name=
"id10">2.4.0.7</a></h1>
735 <p>Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
736 TRUE/FALSE values.
</p>
737 <p>Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
738 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
739 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a
16-bit value.
</p>
740 <p>Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
742 <p>Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
744 <p>Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
746 <p>Updated PyCrust to version
0.9</p>
747 <p>Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
748 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
749 default behavior) is enough. See below in the
2.3.4.1 notes for more
752 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">
753 <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>
754 <p>The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
755 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
756 think I am testing in the future...
</p>
758 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">
759 <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>
760 <p>A few little but annoying bug fixes.
</p>
761 <p>Updated pycolourchooser.
</p>
762 <p>Updated to
0.9b of PyCrust.
</p>
764 <div class=
"section" id=
"id11">
765 <h1><a name=
"id11">2.4.0.4</a></h1>
766 <p>Added missing wxRect methods
</p>
767 <p>Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
</p>
768 <p>Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
</p>
769 <p>All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
770 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
771 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
773 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
775 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
</p>
776 <p>Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
777 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
778 the parent window.
</p>
779 <p>Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
</p>
780 <p>Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
782 <p>Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
</p>
783 <p>Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
784 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
785 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
786 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
787 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
788 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
789 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
790 static stable in the C++ class.
</p>
791 <p>Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
792 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
793 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
794 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
796 <p>Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
797 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
798 always call them. The functions are:
</p>
800 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
801 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
802 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
803 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
804 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
805 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
806 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
807 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
808 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
809 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
810 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
811 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
</blockquote>
812 <p>Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
813 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
</p>
814 <p>The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
815 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
816 doesn't have a standard place for them.
</p>
817 <p>Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
</p>
818 <p>Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
</p>
819 <p>Updated to the
0.9a version of PyCrust
</p>
821 <div class=
"section" id=
"id12">
822 <h1><a name=
"id12">2.4.0.2</a></h1>
823 <p>Several bug fixes.
</p>
824 <p>Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
825 <p>Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
</p>
827 <div class=
"section" id=
"id13">
828 <h1><a name=
"id13">2.4.0.1</a></h1>
829 <p>No major new features since
2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
831 <p>Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
832 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
</p>
834 <div class=
"section" id=
"id14">
835 <h1><a name=
"id14">2.3.4.2</a></h1>
836 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
838 <div class=
"section" id=
"id15">
839 <h1><a name=
"id15">2.3.4.1</a></h1>
840 <p>Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
</p>
841 <p>Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
</p>
842 <p>Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
</p>
843 <p>Added wxHtmlFilter.
</p>
844 <p>wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
845 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
846 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
847 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
848 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
849 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
850 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
851 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
852 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
853 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
854 you can use to play with this new feature.
</p>
855 <p>Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
856 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
857 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
858 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
859 the old
"final
" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
860 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
861 2.3.3.1 and prior
"hybrid
" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
862 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
</p>
863 <p>You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
864 derived from wxApp.
</p>
865 <p>Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
866 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
868 <p>Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
</p>
869 <p>Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
870 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
871 they did before
2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
872 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
873 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
</p>
874 <p>Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
</p>
875 <p>Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
</p>
876 <p>Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
</p>
877 <p>Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
878 "Pythonic
" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
879 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
</p>
880 <p>Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
881 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
882 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
</p>
883 <p>Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
884 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
</p>
885 <p>Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
886 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
887 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
888 windows when desired.
</p>
889 <p>Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
890 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
891 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
</p>
893 <div class=
"section" id=
"id16">
894 <h1><a name=
"id16">2.3.3.1</a></h1>
895 <p>Added wxSplashScreen.
</p>
896 <p>Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
</p>
897 <p>Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
</p>
898 <p>The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
899 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
900 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
</p>
901 <p>Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
902 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
903 be loaded from any Python
"file-like
" object.
</p>
904 <p>Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
905 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
906 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
</p>
907 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
908 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
909 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
910 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
911 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
913 <p>Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
</p>
914 <p>Added wxBufferedDC.
</p>
915 <p>Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla
1.40 to Scintilla
1.45, and then again
916 to version
1.47, and one more time to
1.48!
<wink
></p>
919 <dd><p class=
"first">wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
920 disabled. Previous to wxPython
2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
921 used. Starting with
2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
922 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
923 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
924 the recent release of GTK+
2.0 it is only a matter of time until
925 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
</p>
926 <p>Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
927 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
928 same unicode binaries on win95/
98/ME platforms as well! This is
929 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
930 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
931 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
932 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
933 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
934 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
935 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
936 unicode build on win95.
</p>
937 <p class=
"last">So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
938 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
939 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
940 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
941 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
942 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
943 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
944 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
945 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
946 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
950 <p>Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
</p>
951 <p>Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
</p>
952 <p>Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
</p>
953 <p>A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
954 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
955 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
956 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
957 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
958 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
959 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
960 for any class that is OOR aware.
</p>
961 <p>Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
962 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
964 <p>Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
965 the image data. (Patch #
546009)
</p>
966 <p>Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
968 <p>Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
969 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
970 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
983 TransferDataFromWindow
987 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
991 <p>If there are other methods that you think should be supported
992 please let me know.
</p>
994 <p>Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
995 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
</p>
996 <p>Added wxArtProvider.
</p>
997 <p>Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
998 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
999 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1000 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1001 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
</p>
1002 <p>Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
</p>
1003 <p>Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1004 creating a ScrolledPanel.
</p>
1005 <p>Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1006 other menu stuff.
</p>
1007 <p>Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1008 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1009 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1010 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
</p>
1011 <p>Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1012 modules make a
"callback
" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1013 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1014 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1015 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
</p>
1016 <p>Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1017 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1018 respond to mouse events and etc.
</p>
1019 <p>Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -
1
1020 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
</p>
1021 <p>Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1022 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1023 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1024 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1025 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1026 started with just the
"pycrust
" command.
</p>
1027 <p>Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1028 displays the details of the event.
</p>
1029 <p>Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
</p>
1030 <p>Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1031 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1033 <p>Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
</p>
1034 <p>Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
1036 <div class=
"section" id=
"id17">
1037 <h1><a name=
"id17">2.3.2.1</a></h1>
1038 <p>Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1039 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1040 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
</p>
1041 <p>Added some patches from library contributors.
</p>
1043 <div class=
"section" id=
"id18">
1044 <h1><a name=
"id18">2.3.2</a></h1>
1045 <p>Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1046 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1047 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1048 and a demo to show them in action.
</p>
1049 <p>Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1050 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/
</a>. )
</p>
1051 <p>Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
</p>
1052 <p>Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
</p>
1053 <p>Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1055 <p>Added a new
"constructor
" to most of the window classes that calls the
1056 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1057 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a
2-step
1058 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1059 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1060 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1061 resource. The name of the new
"constructor
" is the original name of
1062 the class with a
"Pre
" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1064 <p>Updated to version
1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1065 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1066 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1067 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1068 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1069 wxSTC flag accordingly.
</p>
1070 <p>Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1071 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1072 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
</p>
1073 <p>Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
</p>
1074 <p>Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
</p>
1075 <p>Added pySketch to the samples.
</p>
1076 <p>Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1077 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1078 multi-processor machine.
</p>
1079 <p>Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1080 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
</p>
1081 <p>Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
</p>
1082 <p>The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1083 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1084 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1085 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1086 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1087 original C++ pointer.
</p>
1088 <p>Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1090 <p>Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
</p>
1091 <p>Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1092 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
</p>
1093 <p>Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1094 and from web browsers. It's still not
100% bullet-proof for all types
1095 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1096 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape
4.x works,
1097 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1099 <p>Added wxStopWatch.
</p>
1100 <p>Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
</p>
1101 <p>Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1102 will now Disconnect the event.
</p>
1103 <p>Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
</p>
1104 <p>Added wxFileHistory.
</p>
1105 <p>Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1106 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1107 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1109 <p>Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
</p>
1110 <p>Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1112 <p>Added the
"SplitTree gizmos
" which are a collection of classes that
1113 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1114 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1115 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1116 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1117 also be useful by themselves.
</p>
1118 <p>Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1119 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1120 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1121 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1122 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1123 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1126 <div class=
"section" id=
"id19">
1127 <h1><a name=
"id19">2.3.1</a></h1>
1128 <p>Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1129 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1130 on a custom event handler for example.)
</p>
1131 <p>Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1132 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1133 <p>Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1134 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
</p>
1135 <p>Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
</p>
1136 <p>Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
</p>
1137 <p>Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python
2.1.
</p>
1138 <p>Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
</p>
1140 <div class=
"section" id=
"id20">
1141 <h1><a name=
"id20">2.3.0</a></h1>
1142 <p>Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1143 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
</p>
1144 <p>Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1145 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1147 <p>Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
</p>
1148 <p>Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1149 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1150 colour database.
</p>
1151 <p>Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1152 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1153 access from non-GUI threads.
</p>
1154 <p>wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1155 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
</p>
1156 <p>Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
</p>
1157 <p>Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1158 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
</p>
1159 <p>Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1160 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
</p>
1161 <p>Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1162 it gobs faster in certain situations.
</p>
1163 <p>Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1164 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1165 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1166 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1167 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1168 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1169 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1170 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1171 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1172 the implementation.
</p>
1173 <p>Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1174 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1176 <p>A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1177 the distutils that comes with Python
2.1.
</p>
1178 <p>Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
</p>
1179 <p>Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
</p>
1180 <p>Added wxToggleButton.
</p>
1181 <p>Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
</p>
1183 <dt>Added some methods to wxGrid:
</dt>
1184 <dd>GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1185 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1186 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1187 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1189 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1190 GetGridColLabelWindow
1191 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
</dd>
1193 <p>Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1194 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1195 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
</p>
1198 <dd><p class=
"first">Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1199 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1200 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1201 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1202 "proper type
" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1203 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1204 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1205 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1206 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1207 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1208 will probably only work on Python
2.1 and beyond because it will
1209 use weak references.)
</p>
1210 <p class=
"last">This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1211 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1212 be transparent to you, however I'm not
100% sure that it didn't
1213 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1214 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1215 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1216 object-type related oddities to me.
</p>
1219 <p>There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1220 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1221 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1222 finally got done.
</p>
1223 <p>Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1224 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
</p>
1225 <p>Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
</p>
1226 <p>Added wxWave.
</p>
1227 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1228 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1229 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1230 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1231 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1232 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
</p>
1233 <p>Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1234 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1235 wxPython/samples.
</p>
1237 <div class=
"section" id=
"id21">
1238 <h1><a name=
"id21">2.2.6</a></h1>
1239 <p>No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1240 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
</p>
1242 <div class=
"section" id=
"id22">
1243 <h1><a name=
"id22">2.2.5</a></h1>
1244 <p>New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python
2.0 and beyond
1245 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1246 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1247 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
</p>
1248 <p>Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
</p>
1249 <p>Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
</p>
1250 <p>Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1251 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
</p>
1252 <p>Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1253 column in report mode.
</p>
1254 <p>Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1255 bar after
2 seconds.
</p>
1256 <p>Added wxJoystick.
</p>
1257 <p>Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1258 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1259 object, (usually a window.)
</p>
1260 <p>Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
</p>
1261 <p>Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
</p>
1262 <p>Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1263 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1264 the
"export
" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1265 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1266 libraries. Should also be usable from
3rd party code, just include
1267 wxPython/src/export.h
</p>
1268 <p>Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1269 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1270 utils. Will probably add more later.
</p>
1271 <p>Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1272 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1273 wxPrinterDC2 name.
</p>
1274 <p>Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1275 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
</p>
1276 <p>Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
</p>
1277 <p>Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1278 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
</p>
1279 <p>Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1280 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1283 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-2">
1284 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-2">New in
2.2.2</a></h1>
1285 <p>Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1286 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1287 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1288 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1289 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1290 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1291 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1292 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1293 how things work.
</p>
1294 <p>I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1295 of the distribution files. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
</a>)
1296 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1297 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1298 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1299 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1300 wxPython for Python
1.5.2 or for
1.6, then you will need to get and
1301 install version
1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1302 using Python
2.0 then you already have it.
</p>
1303 <p>Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1304 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
</p>
1305 <p>Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1306 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1307 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1309 <p>Removed the old python sizers.
</p>
1310 <p>Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1311 and wxRealPoint.
</p>
1312 <p>Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1313 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1314 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
</p>
1315 <p>Lots of little fixes here and there.
</p>
1316 <p>Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1317 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1318 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
</p>
1320 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-1">
1321 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-1">New in
2.2.1</a></h1>
1322 <p>Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
</p>
1323 <p>Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
</p>
1325 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-0">
1326 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-0">New in
2.2.0</a></h1>
1327 <p>Added wxLog and friends.
</p>
1328 <p>Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
</p>
1329 <p>Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
</p>
1331 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-16">
1332 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-16">New in
2.1.16</a></h1>
1333 <p>Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1334 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1335 depressed state.
</p>
1336 <p>Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1337 <p>wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
</p>
1338 <p>Added wxDragImage.
</p>
1339 <p>Fixed printing on wxGTK.
</p>
1340 <p>Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
</p>
1341 <p>Added wxCalendarCtrl.
</p>
1342 <p>WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1343 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1344 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1345 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1346 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1347 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1348 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1349 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
</p>
1361 OnScroll
</blockquote>
1362 <p>Added wxSpinCtrl.
</p>
1364 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-15">
1365 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-15">New in
2.1.15</a></h1>
1366 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1367 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
</p>
1368 <p>Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1370 <p>Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1371 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
</p>
1372 <p>Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
</p>
1373 <p>Plugged a memory leak.
</p>
1374 <p>Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1375 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1376 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1377 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1379 <p>Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1380 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1381 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
</p>
1382 <p>Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1383 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1384 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1385 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1386 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1387 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1388 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1389 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1391 <p>Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1392 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1393 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1394 "#RRGGBB
". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
</p>
1395 <p>I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1396 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1397 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1398 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1399 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1400 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1401 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html">http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html
</a> to help fill in the gaps
1402 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1403 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
</p>
1405 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">
1406 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">What's new in
2.1.13</a></h1>
1407 <p>Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
</p>
1408 <p>Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1409 and some flicker problems.
</p>
1410 <p>Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1411 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.kitware.com/">http://www.kitware.com/
</a>)
</p>
1412 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1413 "which
" parameter.
</p>
1414 <p>Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1415 <p>Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1416 <p>Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1417 with wxWindow.GetParent.
</p>
1418 <p>Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1419 It is used like this:
</p>
1421 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
</blockquote>
1422 <p>If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1423 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
</p>
1424 <p>Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
</p>
1425 <p>Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
</p>
1426 <p>Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1427 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1428 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1429 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1430 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1431 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
</p>
1432 <p>The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1433 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1434 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1435 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1436 methods look like this:
</p>
1439 <dt>def AddTool(ID,
</dt>
1441 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1444 shortHelpString =
"",
1445 longHelpString =
"")
</dd>
1446 <dt>def AddSimpleTool(ID,
</dt>
1448 shortHelpString =
"",
1449 longHelpString =
"",
1453 <p>There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1454 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
</p>
1455 <p>Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
</p>
1456 <p>wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
</p>
1457 <p>Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1458 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1459 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL">http://starship.python.net:
9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL
</a>.
</p>
1460 <p>Added some missing EVT functions.
</p>
1461 <p>Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1463 <p>Changed all the
"LIST
" parameter names to
"choices
" to match the docs.
</p>
1464 <p>More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1465 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1466 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
</p>
1468 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">
1469 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">What's new in
2.1.11</a></h1>
1470 <p>Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1472 <p>wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1473 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1475 <p>Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1476 being added. This should remove the need for our
1477 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
</p>
1478 <p>wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1479 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1480 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1481 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1482 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
</p>
1483 <p>Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
</p>
1484 <p>Added new HTML printing classes.
</p>
1485 <p>Added wxWindow.GetHandle
</p>
1486 <p>Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
1487 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1488 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1490 <p>Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1491 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1492 thread from other threads.
</p>
1493 <p>Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
</p>
1494 <p>Added wxFontEnumerator.
</p>
1495 <p>Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
</p>
1496 <p>wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1497 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
</p>
1498 <p>Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
</p>
1499 <p>Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1501 <p>Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
</p>
1503 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">
1504 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">What's new in
2.1.5</a></h1>
1505 <p>This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1506 crept in at the last minute before
2.1.4 was called done. No new
1509 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">
1510 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">What's new in
2.1.4</a></h1>
1511 <p>This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1512 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1513 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1514 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>)
1515 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1516 the wxPy-
2-
1-
4 tag.
</p>
1517 <p>Now back to what's new...
</p>
1518 <p>Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
</p>
1519 <p>Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
</p>
1520 <p>Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a
<em>copy
</em>
1521 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1522 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1523 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1524 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1526 <p>Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1527 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1528 default sort order.
</p>
1529 <p>Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1530 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1531 example, the following are equivallent:
</p>
1533 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(
100,
100))
1534 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (
100,
100))
</blockquote>
1535 <p>Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1536 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1537 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1538 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1539 pages. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1540 <p>A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1541 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
</p>
1542 <p>Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
</p>
1543 <p>Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1544 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
1545 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1546 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1547 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1548 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1549 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1550 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1551 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1552 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1553 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1554 further details.
</p>
1555 <p>Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1556 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1557 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1558 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1559 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1560 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1561 for more info and examples in future releases.
</p>
1562 <p>Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1563 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1564 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1565 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1566 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1567 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1569 <p>Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1570 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1571 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1572 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1573 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1574 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1575 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1576 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1577 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1578 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1579 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
</p>
1580 <p>I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1581 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1582 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1583 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1584 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1585 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1586 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1587 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1588 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1589 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1590 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1591 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1592 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1593 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1594 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1595 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
</p>
1598 <dt>class MyApp(wxApp):
</dt>
1599 <dd><p class=
"first">outputWindowClass = MyClass
</p>
1601 <dt>def OnInit(self):
</dt>
1602 <dd>frame = MyFrame()
1603 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1609 <p>Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1610 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1611 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1612 to really screw things up.
</p>
1613 <p>Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1614 in the wxWindows docs...
</p>
1615 <p>Some new
3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1616 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1617 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1618 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1619 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1620 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1621 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1624 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">
1625 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">What's new in
2.1b3
</a></h1>
1626 <p>This release is syncronized with release
2.1 snapshot
9 of wxWindows.
</p>
1627 <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>)
1628 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1629 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1630 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1634 <li><p class=
"first">Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1635 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1636 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
</p>
1638 <p>win = wxWindow(parent, -
1, style = mystyle)
</p>
1641 <li><p class=
"first">There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1642 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1643 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1644 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
</p>
1648 <p>There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1649 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1650 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1651 see distrib/build.py for more details.
</p>
1652 <p>wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1653 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1654 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1655 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
</p>
1657 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">
1658 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">What's new in
2.1b2
</a></h1>
1659 <p>Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
</p>
1660 <p>Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1661 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1662 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1663 It was only a
1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1664 line
496 if you want to do it by hand.
</p>
1665 <p>It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1666 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1667 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1668 is being unloaded by Python.
</p>
1669 <p>I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1670 make wxPython look bad.
</p>
1671 <p>wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1672 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
</p>
1673 <p>Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
</p>
1674 <p>You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1675 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
</p>
1676 <p>Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1677 code to show how to use it.
</p>
1678 <p>Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1680 <p>Added wxGrid.GetCells
</p>
1681 <p>Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1682 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
</p>
1683 <p>Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
1684 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
</p>
1686 <dt>Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
</dt>
1687 <dd>wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth =
1)
</dd>
1689 <p>Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1690 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1691 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
</p>
1692 <p>Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1694 <p>Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
</p>
1695 <p>New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1696 for unix systems.
</p>
1697 <p>Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
</p>
1698 <p>SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1701 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">
1702 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">What's new in
2.1b1
</a></h1>
1703 <p>Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1704 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1705 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
</p>
1706 <p>Added the Printing Framework.
</p>
1707 <p>Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1708 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1709 data after loading each extension module.
</p>
1710 <p>Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1711 wxWindows classes.
</p>
1712 <p>Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1713 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1714 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
</p>
1715 <p>wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1716 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1717 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1718 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
</p>
1720 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">
1721 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">What's new in
2.0b9
</a></h1>
1722 <p>Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
</p>
1723 <p>Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1724 wxPython application.
</p>
1725 <p>Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
</p>
1726 <p>Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1727 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1728 this feature off.
</p>
1729 <p>Added wxSafeYield function.
</p>
1730 <p>OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
</p>
1731 <p>Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1732 how it all works.
</p>
1733 <p>The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1734 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
</p>
1735 <p>Added a couple missing items from the docs.
</p>
1736 <p>Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1737 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
</p>
1738 <p>Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1739 <p>Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1742 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">
1743 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">What's new in
2.0b8
</a></h1>
1744 <p>Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
</p>
1745 <p>Several missing methods from various classes.
</p>
1746 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
1748 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">
1749 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">What's new in
2.0b7
</a></h1>
1750 <p>Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
</p>
1751 <p>Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
</p>
1753 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">
1754 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">What's new in
2.0b6
</a></h1>
1755 <p>Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1756 Python
1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
</p>
1758 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">
1759 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">What's new in
2.0b5
</a></h1>
1760 <p>Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1761 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1762 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1763 wxWindows
1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1764 with the
2.0 version of wxWindows.
</p>
1765 <p>I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1766 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1767 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1768 diverges from wxWindows.
</p>
1769 <p>Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1770 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1771 it should just work... More news on this later.
</p>
1772 <p>Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
</p>
1773 <p>Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1774 wxRegConfig class.
</p>
1775 <p>As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
</p>
1777 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">
1778 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">What's new in
0.5.3</a></h1>
1779 <p>Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
</p>
1780 <p>Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1781 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
</p>
1783 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">
1784 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">What's new in
0.5.0</a></h1>
1785 <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
1786 <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
1787 namespace pollution, they can use
"from wxPython import wx
" and then
1788 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with
"wx.
"</p>
1789 <p>Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
</p>
1790 <p>Made the events work for wxGrid.
</p>
1791 <p>Added wxConfig.
</p>
1792 <p>Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
</p>
1793 <p>Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1794 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
</p>
1795 <p>Other assorted fixes and additions.
</p>
1797 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">
1798 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">What's new in
0.4.2</a></h1>
1799 <p>wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1800 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1801 <<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
1802 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1803 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1804 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
</p>
1805 <p>The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1806 must have been a different issue all along...
</p>
1808 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">
1809 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">What's New in
0.4</a></h1>
1810 <p>1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1811 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1812 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1813 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1814 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1815 version segfault shortly after starting up.
</p>
1816 <ol class=
"arabic simple" start=
"2">
1817 <li>Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
</li>
1818 <li>Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
</li>
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