1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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7 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
8 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
9 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
10 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
11 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
12 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
13 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
14 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
15 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
17 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
18 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
20 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
21 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
22 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
23 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
26 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
27 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
29 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
31 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
32 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
34 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
35 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
36 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
37 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
38 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
39 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
42 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
43 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
44 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
45 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
46 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
49 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
50 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
51 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
53 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
54 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
56 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
57 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
59 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
60 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
61 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
62 remaining compatible with "C".
64 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
67 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
68 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
69 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
70 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
71 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
72 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
73 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
74 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
75 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
77 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
79 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
80 Scintilla for several releases now.
82 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
83 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
84 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
85 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
87 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
88 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
89 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
92 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
93 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
94 with a more modern reimplementation.
96 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
97 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
99 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
100 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
101 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
103 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
104 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
105 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
106 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
107 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
109 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
110 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
111 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
112 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
115 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
116 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
119 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
127 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
128 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
131 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
134 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
135 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
136 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
137 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
138 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
139 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
140 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
143 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
144 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
150 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
151 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
153 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
156 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
159 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
160 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
161 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
163 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
164 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
165 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
166 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
167 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
168 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
169 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
170 distros please send me a patch.
172 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
173 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
175 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
176 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
177 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
178 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
179 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
180 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
183 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
186 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
188 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
190 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
192 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
193 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
194 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
195 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
196 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
197 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
198 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
201 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
204 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
206 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
207 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
209 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
210 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
211 MigrationGuide for more details.
213 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
214 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
215 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
216 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
217 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
218 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
219 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
220 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
221 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
222 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
223 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
224 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
225 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
226 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
227 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
228 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
229 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
231 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
233 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
241 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
243 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
245 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
246 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
248 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
250 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
252 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
259 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
261 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
263 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
264 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
265 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
268 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
269 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
272 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
273 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
274 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
275 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
276 to the new namespace.
278 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
279 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
280 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
281 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
283 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
284 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
285 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
286 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
287 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
288 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
289 package. These will be removed in a future release.
291 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
292 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
293 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
295 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
297 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
298 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
300 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
301 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
303 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
304 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
306 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
307 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
310 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
311 a call to any Python callable object.
313 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
314 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
315 to override the C++ virtual methods.
317 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
318 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
319 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
320 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
321 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
323 Added wxCursorFromBits.
332 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
335 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
336 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
337 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
339 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
342 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
345 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
348 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
350 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
351 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
352 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
358 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
359 ------------------------------------------
361 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
362 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
363 think I am testing in the future...
367 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
368 ----------------------------------------------
370 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
372 Updated pycolourchooser.
374 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
380 Added missing wxRect methods
382 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
384 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
386 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
387 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
388 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
391 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
394 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
396 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
397 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
400 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
402 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
405 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
407 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
408 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
409 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
410 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
411 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
412 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
413 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
414 static stable in the C++ class.
416 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
417 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
418 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
419 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
422 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
423 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
424 always call them. The functions are:
426 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
427 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
428 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
429 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
430 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
431 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
432 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
433 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
434 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
435 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
436 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
437 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
439 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
440 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
442 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
443 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
444 doesn't have a standard place for them.
446 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
448 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
450 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
458 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
460 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
467 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
470 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
471 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
483 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
485 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
487 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
491 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
492 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
493 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
494 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
495 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
496 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
497 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
498 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
499 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
500 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
501 you can use to play with this new feature.
503 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
504 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
505 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
506 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
507 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
508 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
509 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
510 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
512 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
515 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
516 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
519 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
521 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
522 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
523 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
524 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
525 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
527 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
529 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
531 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
533 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
534 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
535 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
537 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
538 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
539 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
541 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
542 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
544 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
545 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
546 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
547 windows when desired.
549 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
550 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
551 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
558 Added wxSplashScreen.
560 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
562 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
564 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
565 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
566 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
568 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
569 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
570 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
572 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
573 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
574 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
576 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
577 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
578 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
579 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
580 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
583 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
587 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
588 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
591 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
592 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
593 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
594 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
595 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
596 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
597 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
599 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
600 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
601 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
602 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
603 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
604 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
605 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
606 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
607 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
608 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
609 unicode build on win95.
611 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
612 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
613 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
614 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
615 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
616 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
617 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
618 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
619 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
620 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
623 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
625 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
627 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
629 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
630 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
631 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
632 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
633 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
634 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
635 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
636 for any class that is OOR aware.
638 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
639 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
642 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
643 the image data. (Patch #546009)
645 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
648 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
649 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
650 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
663 TransferDataFromWindow
667 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
672 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
675 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
676 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
680 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
681 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
682 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
683 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
684 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
686 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
688 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
689 creating a ScrolledPanel.
691 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
694 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
695 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
696 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
697 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
699 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
700 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
701 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
702 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
703 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
705 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
706 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
707 respond to mouse events and etc.
709 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
710 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
712 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
713 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
714 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
715 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
716 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
717 started with just the "pycrust" command.
719 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
720 displays the details of the event.
722 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
724 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
725 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
728 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
730 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
737 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
738 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
739 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
741 Added some patches from library contributors.
747 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
748 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
749 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
750 and a demo to show them in action.
752 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
753 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
755 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
757 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
759 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
762 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
763 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
764 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
765 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
766 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
767 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
768 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
769 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
772 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
773 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
774 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
775 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
776 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
777 wxSTC flag accordingly.
779 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
780 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
781 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
783 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
785 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
787 Added pySketch to the samples.
789 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
790 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
791 multi-processor machine.
793 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
794 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
796 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
798 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
799 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
800 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
801 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
802 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
803 original C++ pointer.
805 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
808 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
810 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
811 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
813 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
814 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
815 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
816 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
817 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
822 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
824 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
825 will now Disconnect the event.
827 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
831 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
832 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
833 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
836 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
838 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
841 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
842 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
843 additional columns for each item. The classes are
844 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
845 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
846 also be useful by themselves.
848 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
849 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
850 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
851 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
852 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
853 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
861 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
862 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
863 on a custom event handler for example.)
865 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
866 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
868 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
869 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
871 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
873 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
875 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
877 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
883 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
884 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
886 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
887 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
890 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
892 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
893 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
896 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
897 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
898 access from non-GUI threads.
900 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
901 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
903 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
905 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
906 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
908 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
909 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
911 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
912 it gobs faster in certain situations.
914 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
915 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
916 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
917 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
918 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
919 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
920 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
921 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
922 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
925 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
926 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
929 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
930 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
932 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
934 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
936 Added wxToggleButton.
938 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
940 Added some methods to wxGrid:
941 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
942 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
943 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
944 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
946 GetGridRowLabelWindow
947 GetGridColLabelWindow
948 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
950 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
951 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
952 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
955 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
956 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
957 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
958 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
959 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
960 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
961 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
962 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
963 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
964 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
965 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
966 use weak references.)
968 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
969 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
970 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
971 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
972 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
973 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
974 object-type related oddities to me.
977 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
978 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
979 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
982 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
983 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
985 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
989 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
990 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
991 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
992 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
993 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
994 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
996 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
997 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1006 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1007 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1014 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1015 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1016 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1017 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1019 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1021 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1023 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1024 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1026 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1027 column in report mode.
1029 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1030 bar after 2 seconds.
1034 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1035 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1036 object, (usually a window.)
1038 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1040 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1042 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1043 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1044 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1045 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1046 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1047 wxPython/src/export.h
1049 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1050 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1051 utils. Will probably add more later.
1053 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1054 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1057 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1058 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1060 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1062 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1063 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1065 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1066 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1074 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1075 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1076 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1077 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1078 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1079 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1080 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1081 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1084 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1085 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1086 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1087 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1088 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1089 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1090 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1091 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1092 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1094 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1095 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1097 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1098 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1099 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1102 Removed the old python sizers.
1104 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1107 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1108 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1109 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1111 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1113 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1114 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1115 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1123 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1125 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1132 Added wxLog and friends.
1134 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1136 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1143 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1144 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1147 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1149 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
1153 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
1155 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
1157 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
1159 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1160 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1161 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1162 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1163 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1164 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1165 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1166 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1188 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1189 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1191 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1194 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1195 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1197 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1199 Plugged a memory leak.
1201 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1202 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1203 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1204 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1207 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1208 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1209 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1211 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1212 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1213 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1214 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1215 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1216 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1217 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1218 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1221 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1222 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1223 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1224 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1226 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1227 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1228 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1229 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1230 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1231 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1232 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1233 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1234 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1239 What's new in 2.1.13
1240 --------------------
1241 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1243 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1244 and some flicker problems.
1246 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1247 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1249 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1252 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1254 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1256 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1257 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1259 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1260 It is used like this:
1262 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1264 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1265 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1267 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1269 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1271 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1272 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1273 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1274 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1275 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1276 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1278 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1279 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1280 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1281 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1282 methods look like this:
1286 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1289 shortHelpString = "",
1290 longHelpString = "")
1292 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1294 shortHelpString = "",
1295 longHelpString = "",
1299 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1300 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1302 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1304 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1306 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1307 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1308 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1310 Added some missing EVT functions.
1312 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1315 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1317 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1318 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1319 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1324 What's new in 2.1.11
1325 --------------------
1326 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1329 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1330 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1333 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1334 being added. This should remove the need for our
1335 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1337 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1338 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1339 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1340 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1341 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1343 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1345 Added new HTML printing classes.
1347 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1349 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1350 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1351 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1354 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1355 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1356 thread from other threads.
1358 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1360 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1362 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1364 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1365 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1367 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1369 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1372 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1379 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1380 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1386 --------------------
1388 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1389 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1390 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1391 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1392 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1395 Now back to what's new...
1397 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1399 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1401 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1402 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1403 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1404 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1405 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1408 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1409 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1412 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1413 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1414 example, the following are equivallent:
1416 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1417 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1419 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1420 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1421 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1422 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1423 pages. See the demo for an example.
1425 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1426 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1428 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1430 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1431 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1432 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1433 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1434 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1435 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1436 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1437 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1438 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1439 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1440 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1443 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1444 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1445 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1446 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1447 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1448 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1449 for more info and examples in future releases.
1451 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1452 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1453 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1454 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1455 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1456 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1459 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1460 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1461 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1462 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1463 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1464 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1465 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1466 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1467 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1468 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1469 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1471 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1472 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1473 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1474 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1475 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1476 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1477 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1478 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1479 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1480 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1481 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1482 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1483 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1484 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1485 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1486 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1489 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1493 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1496 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1497 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1498 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1499 to really screw things up.
1501 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1502 in the wxWindows docs...
1504 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1505 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1506 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1507 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1508 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1509 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1510 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1517 --------------------
1519 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1521 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1522 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1523 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1524 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1527 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1528 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1529 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1531 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1533 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1534 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1535 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1536 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1539 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1540 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1541 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1542 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1544 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1545 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1546 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1547 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1554 --------------------
1556 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1558 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1559 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1560 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1561 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1562 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1564 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1565 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1566 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1567 is being unloaded by Python.
1569 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1570 make wxPython look bad.
1572 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1573 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1575 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1577 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1578 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1580 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1581 code to show how to use it.
1583 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1586 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1588 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1589 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1591 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1592 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1594 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1595 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1597 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1598 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1599 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1601 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1604 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1606 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1609 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1611 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
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1620 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1621 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1622 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1624 Added the Printing Framework.
1626 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1627 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1628 data after loading each extension module.
1630 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1633 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1634 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1635 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1637 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1638 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1639 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1640 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1646 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1648 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1649 wxPython application.
1651 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1653 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1654 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1657 Added wxSafeYield function.
1659 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1661 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1664 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1665 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1667 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1669 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1670 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1672 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1674 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1681 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1683 Several missing methods from various classes.
1691 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1693 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1699 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1700 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1705 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1706 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1707 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1708 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1709 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1711 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1712 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1713 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1714 diverges from wxWindows.
1716 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1717 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1718 it should just work... More news on this later.
1720 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1722 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1725 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1731 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1733 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1734 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1740 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
1741 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
1742 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1743 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1745 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1747 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1751 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1753 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1754 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1756 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1764 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1765 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1766 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1767 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1768 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1769 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1771 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1772 must have been a different issue all along...
1779 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1780 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1781 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1782 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1783 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1784 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1786 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1788 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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