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14 <h1><a name=
"id1">2.6.0.1</a></h1>
15 <p>Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
16 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
17 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
</p>
18 <p>wxMSW: Fix for controls when the system text fg colour is not black.
</p>
19 <p>wxGTK: Patch #
1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
20 both has an icon and is a submenu.
</p>
21 <p>wxMSW: Patch #
1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
23 <p>wxMSW: Patch #
1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
24 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
25 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
26 instead of current values.
</p>
27 <p>Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
28 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPy default encoding.
</p>
29 <p>Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
</p>
31 <div class=
"section" id=
"id2">
32 <h1><a name=
"id2">2.6.0.0</a></h1>
36 <p>wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
37 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
39 <p>wxMSW: Fixed bug #
1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
</p>
40 <p>wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
</p>
41 <p>wxGTK: The configure flags for selecting GTK+
1.2.x or
2.x has
42 changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
43 either '
1', '
2' or 'any'. The default is '
2'.
</p>
44 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
45 to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
46 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
47 through the same string/unicode
<--
> wxString conversions. The
"Raw
"
48 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
49 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-
8 encoding and in an ansi
50 build no assumption is made about the encoding. The
"UTF8
" functions
51 will attempt to always get/set utf-
8 text, which it will always be
52 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
53 the content of the utf-
8 used being compatible with the current
54 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
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56 <table border=
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"docutils">
62 <tr><td>AddTextRaw
</td>
65 <tr><td>InsertTextRaw
</td>
66 <td>InsertTextUTF8
</td>
68 <tr><td>GetCurLineRaw
</td>
69 <td>GetCurLineUTF8
</td>
71 <tr><td>GetLineRaw
</td>
74 <tr><td>GetSelectedTextRaw
</td>
75 <td>GetSelectedTextUTF8
</td>
77 <tr><td>GetTextRangeRaw
</td>
78 <td>GetTextRangeUTF8
</td>
80 <tr><td>SetTextRaw
</td>
83 <tr><td>GetTextRaw
</td>
86 <tr><td>AppendTextRaw
</td>
87 <td>AppendTextUTF8
</td>
92 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
93 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
94 a particular style.
</p>
95 <p>wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
96 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
</p>
97 <p>wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
</p>
99 <dt>XRCed: Updated to version
0.1.5.
</dt>
100 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
101 <li>Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
</li>
102 <li>Hide command for test window.
</li>
103 <li>Replacing classes works better.
</li>
104 <li>Added Locate tool.
</li>
109 <div class=
"section" id=
"id3">
110 <h1><a name=
"id3">2.5.5.1</a></h1>
114 <p>wxMSW: Fixed bug #
1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
</p>
115 <p>wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #
1163384. Moved the code that handles
116 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
117 so the character inserted into the editor will be the
"cooked
" char
118 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
119 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
</p>
120 <p>Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
</p>
121 <p>wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit
4.1 if
123 <p>Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
124 wx.ImageHistogram.
</p>
125 <p>wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
126 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
127 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
128 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
129 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
131 <p>wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
132 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
134 <p>wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
135 crash when using nVidia cards (patch
1155132)
</p>
136 <dl class=
"docutils">
137 <dt>wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
</dt>
138 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
139 <li>Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
</li>
140 <li>Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
141 the width of any column.
</li>
145 <p>wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
147 <p>wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a
2nd time.
</p>
148 <p>wxMSW: Applied patch #
1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
</p>
149 <p>Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
150 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
</p>
151 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
152 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
153 used on GTK2
>=
2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
154 older generic file dialog is used.
</p>
155 <p>wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
157 <p>wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
158 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
159 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
160 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
</p>
161 <p>Added MDI support to XRC
</p>
162 <p>Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
163 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
</p>
164 <p>wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
165 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
</p>
166 <p>wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
167 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
</p>
168 <p>wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
169 affecting the label.
</p>
170 <p>wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
171 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
</p>
172 <p>Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
173 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
</p>
174 <p>Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
176 <p>Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
</p>
178 <div class=
"section" id=
"id4">
179 <h1><a name=
"id4">2.5.4.1</a></h1>
183 <p>wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
184 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
185 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
</p>
186 <p>Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
187 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
</p>
188 <p>wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
189 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
190 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
191 then calling GetValue().
</p>
192 <dl class=
"docutils">
193 <dt>Some XRC changes:
</dt>
194 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
195 <li>Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
</li>
196 <li>No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
</li>
197 <li>Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
</li>
198 <li>added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #
1038207)
</li>
202 <p>wxMSW: fix for [
1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
204 <p>Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
205 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
206 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
</p>
207 <p>OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
</p>
209 <p>Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
210 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially:
</p>
211 <pre class=
"literal-block">
212 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
213 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
215 <p>was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
216 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
217 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
218 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
219 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
220 the origin of the canvas.
</p>
221 <p>The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
222 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
223 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
</p>
225 <p>Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
226 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
</p>
227 <p>Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
228 internal scrollbar visible.
</p>
229 <p>Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
230 system paths for each platform.
</p>
231 <p>wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
232 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
233 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
234 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
235 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
</p>
236 <p>wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
237 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
238 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
</p>
239 <p>wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
240 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
241 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
</p>
242 <p>Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
243 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
244 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
</p>
245 <p>wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
</p>
246 <p>Added
"gravity
" for splitter window (patch
1046105). Gravity is a
247 floating-point factor between
0.0 and
1.0 which controls position of
248 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
249 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
</p>
250 <p>wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
251 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
252 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
253 of how to use the control.
</p>
254 <p>wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
255 focus (a slightly modified patch
1084592.)
</p>
256 <p>Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
257 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
259 <p>wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
260 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
</p>
261 <p>Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
262 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
263 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
264 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
265 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
266 finished with the timer.
</p>
267 <p>Updated to
1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
268 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
269 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
270 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
271 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
272 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG
1.3.24 plus this patch
273 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
274 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
275 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
276 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
</p>
279 <li>Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
280 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
281 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
282 via the wxPython C API.
</li>
283 <li>The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
284 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
285 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
286 when docstrings are added for those items.
</li>
287 <li>The
"this
" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
288 string containing a
"swigified pointer
", but rather a custom
289 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
290 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
291 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
295 <p>Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
296 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
297 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
298 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
299 sitecustomize.py file it is always
"ascii
", which would result in
300 errors if the strings contained character codes
>=
128.
301 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
302 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
303 value of
<cite>locale.getdefaultlocale()[
1]
</cite> when wxPython is first
304 imported. Please see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html">http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
</a>
305 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
307 <p>Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
308 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
309 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each
<cite>wx.Button
</cite>
310 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
311 ID's. Then call
<cite>Realize
</cite> and the sizer will take care of the rest.
</p>
312 <p>wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -
1) to the
313 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
</p>
314 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
315 lots of surplus events)
</p>
316 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
317 wx.SystemSettings.
</p>
318 <p>wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #
1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
319 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
</p>
320 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
321 and GTK+'s context menu code.
</p>
322 <p>wxGTK: Applied patch #
1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
323 (not all actions are allowed).
</p>
324 <p>Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch
1104355)
</p>
325 <p>For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
326 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
327 when GetString is called from an event handler.
</p>
328 <p>Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
329 and max ends of the slider.
</p>
330 <p>Several patches applied, such as #
1111174, #
1110252 and others, that
331 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
332 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
</p>
333 <dl class=
"docutils">
335 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
336 <li>Edit-
>Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
337 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
338 not with labels/sizers.
</li>
339 <li>Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
340 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
345 <p>wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
346 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
</p>
347 <p>wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
348 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
350 <p>The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
351 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
352 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
353 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
355 <p>Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
356 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to
0.
</p>
357 <p>wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla
1.62.
</p>
358 <p>Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to
1 to
359 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
360 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
361 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before
2.6.
</p>
362 <p>wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
364 <p>wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
365 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
</p>
366 <p>Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
</p>
367 <p>wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
</p>
368 <p>Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
369 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
</p>
370 <p>wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
372 <p>wxMSW:
"Alt
" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
374 <p>Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
375 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
376 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
377 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
379 <p>Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
</p>
380 <p>wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
</p>
381 <p>wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
382 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
383 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
384 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
385 for Add, and etc.
</p>
386 <p>The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
387 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
</p>
388 <p>The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
389 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
</p>
390 <p>Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
391 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
392 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
393 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
394 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
395 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
</p>
396 <p>wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
398 <p>Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
400 <p>Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
</p>
401 <dl class=
"docutils">
403 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
404 <li>Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
</li>
405 <li>Corrected default button size handling for different themes
</li>
406 <li>Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
</li>
407 <li>Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
</li>
412 <div class=
"section" id=
"id5">
413 <h1><a name=
"id5">2.5.3.1</a></h1>
417 <p>wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
</p>
418 <p>Updated internal PNG library.
</p>
419 <p>wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
</p>
420 <p>wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
421 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
</p>
422 <p>wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
423 enabled (does an enable itself)
</p>
424 <p>Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
426 <p>Added support to XRC and XRCed for the
3-state checkbox flags and also
427 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
429 <p>It is now possible to create
"stock
" buttons. Basically this means
430 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
431 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
432 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
433 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
434 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
435 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
436 button with
"Cancel
" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
437 also be an image of a red X:
</p>
438 <pre class=
"literal-block">
439 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
441 <p>Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
</p>
442 <p>Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
</p>
443 <p>Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
</p>
444 <p>Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
445 I am no longer doing builds on Python
2.1 the newest distutils is no
446 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python
2.2 distutils
447 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
448 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
449 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
450 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
</p>
451 <p>Updated to SWIG
1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
452 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
453 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
454 the wxPython modules.
</p>
455 <p>Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
456 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
457 user that they should look at that window.
</p>
458 <p>"Fixed
" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
459 them register the editor or renderer for the
"string
" data type.
</p>
460 <p>Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
</p>
461 <p>Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
462 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
463 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
464 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
465 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
466 and PyGetDate methods.
</p>
467 <p>wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
468 also set the colour of the dropdown.
</p>
469 <p>wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
</p>
470 <p>wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
</p>
471 <p>wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
</p>
472 <p>wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
473 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
474 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
</p>
475 <p>wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
</p>
476 <p>wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
</p>
477 <p>Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch
992813)
</p>
478 <p>Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
480 <p>Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
482 <p>Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch
910272)
</p>
483 <p>wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
484 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
486 <p>Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
</p>
487 <p>wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
488 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
490 <p>Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
491 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
492 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
</p>
493 <p>The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
494 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
495 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
496 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
497 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
498 should notice no difference.
</p>
499 <p>wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
500 when a new one is selected.
</p>
501 <p>wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
</p>
502 <p>wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
503 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
504 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
505 more details and a warning.
</p>
506 <p>Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
507 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
</p>
508 <p>Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
509 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
</p>
510 <p>Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version
1.61</p>
511 <p>Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
</p>
512 <p>Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
</p>
513 <p>wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
514 holding down the mouse button.
</p>
515 <p>wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
516 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
</p>
517 <p>FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
</p>
518 <dl class=
"docutils">
519 <dt>PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
</dt>
520 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
521 <li>Added bar graph demo
</li>
522 <li>Modified line end shape from round to square.
</li>
523 <li>Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
525 <li>Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
</li>
526 <li>Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
</li>
527 <li>Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
</li>
528 <li>Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
</li>
529 <li>Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
530 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
</li>
531 <li>Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
532 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
536 <dt>MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
</dt>
537 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
538 <li>Added '*' mask char that means
"all ansii chars
" (ords
32-
255)
</li>
539 <li>Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
</li>
540 <li>Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
542 <li>Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
544 <li>lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
545 reflect package's public contents.
</li>
549 <p>Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
550 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
551 Migrarion Guide for more information.
</p>
552 <dl class=
"docutils">
553 <dt>Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies
4 files:
</dt>
554 <dd><ul class=
"first last simple">
555 <li>wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
</li>
556 <li>wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
</li>
557 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
559 <li>wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
</li>
563 <p>Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
564 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
566 <p>wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
567 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
</p>
569 <div class=
"section" id=
"id6">
570 <h1><a name=
"id6">2.5.2.8</a></h1>
574 <p>Predominantly a bug-fix release.
</p>
577 <li>Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
</li>
578 <li>Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
</li>
579 <li>Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
580 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
</li>
581 <li>Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
582 flicker problems, and namespace use.
</li>
583 <li>Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
</li>
584 <li>Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
</li>
585 <li>wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented
2nd
587 <li>Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
</li>
588 <li>Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
589 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
</li>
590 <li>Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
591 wxScrolledWindow.
</li>
592 <li>Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
594 <li>Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
</li>
595 <li>wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
</li>
596 <li>Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
</li>
601 <div class=
"section" id=
"id7">
602 <h1><a name=
"id7">2.5.2.7</a></h1>
606 <p>wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
607 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
608 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
609 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
610 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
611 that it will
<em>not
</em> call the window's methods to determine the new best
612 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
613 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
614 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
</p>
615 <p>Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
616 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
</p>
617 <p>The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in
2.5.1.5
618 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the
2.4
619 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
620 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
622 <p>Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
623 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
</p>
624 <p>Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
</p>
625 <p>Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
626 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
</p>
627 <p>Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
628 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
629 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
630 buttons.py to handle attribute (font
& colour) defaults and
631 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
632 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
634 <p>wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
635 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
636 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
637 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
638 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
640 <p>Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
641 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
642 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
</p>
643 <p>wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
644 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
</p>
645 <p>wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
646 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
</p>
647 <p>The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to
"C
" (compatibility) when
648 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
649 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
650 remaining compatible with
"C
".
</p>
651 <p>Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
653 <p>OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
654 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
655 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
656 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
657 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
658 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
659 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
660 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
661 <a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details.
</p>
662 <p>EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
663 Scintilla for several releases now.
</p>
664 <p>All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
665 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
666 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
667 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
</p>
668 <p>Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
669 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
670 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
671 after construction.
</p>
672 <p>Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
673 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
674 with a more modern reimplementation.
</p>
675 <p>Added a new version (
0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
676 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
</p>
677 <p>It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
678 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
679 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
</p>
680 <p>Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
681 <<a class=
"reference" href=
"mailto:svip123@fastmail.fm">svip123
@fastmail.fm
</a>> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
682 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
683 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
684 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
</p>
685 <p>Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
686 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
687 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
688 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
690 <pre class=
"literal-block">
691 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[
0]
692 >>> for x in range(
0,
500,
10):
695 ... wx.MilliSleep(
10)
697 <p>wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#
1098374) for text control and combo
700 <div class=
"section" id=
"the-this-is-not-a-joke-release">
701 <h1><a name=
"the-this-is-not-a-joke-release">2.5.1.5 (the 'this is
<em>not
</em> a joke' release)
</a></h1>
705 <p>(See also the
<a class=
"reference" href=
"MigrationGuide.html">MigrationGuide
</a> file for details about some of the
706 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
707 adapt your code.)
</p>
708 <p>The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
709 see
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm">http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm
</a> for more details. This won't
710 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
711 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
712 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
713 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
714 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
</p>
715 <p>Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
716 to wxWidgets
2.5 that I have forgotten about.
</p>
717 <p>Added wxMirrorDC.
</p>
718 <p>Added wxIconLocation
</p>
719 <p>Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
720 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
</p>
721 <p>Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
723 <p>Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
724 wx.lib.plot module.
</p>
725 <p>I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
726 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
727 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
</p>
728 <p>The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
729 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
730 also installing icons and
<tt class=
"docutils literal"><span class=
"pre">*.desktop
</span></tt> items in the generic KDE and
731 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
732 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
733 RH-
9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
734 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
735 distros please send me a patch.
</p>
736 <p>The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-
9 box, and I have tested
737 installing them also on my main Mandrake
9.2 box.
</p>
738 <p>There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
739 Installer package now
<em>only
</em> installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
740 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
741 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
742 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
743 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
744 want to put them.
</p>
745 <p>The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
747 <p>Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
</p>
748 <p>wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
</p>
749 <p>wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version
1.58 of Scintilla.
</p>
750 <p>To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
751 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
752 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
753 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
754 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
755 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
756 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
758 <p>Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
759 "Adi
" Sieker.
</p>
760 <p>Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
</p>
761 <p>AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
762 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
</p>
763 <p>Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
764 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
765 MigrationGuide for more details.
</p>
766 <p>Created a new extension module
"activex
" from Lindsay Mathieson's
767 newest
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html">wxActiveX
</a> class. (The existing iewin module used an older
768 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
769 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
770 controls in a wx.Window,
<strong>without
</strong> requiring the use of the win32com
771 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
772 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
773 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
774 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
775 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
776 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
777 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
778 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
779 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
780 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
781 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
782 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
</p>
783 <p>Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
</p>
785 <div class=
"section" id=
"id9">
786 <h1><a name=
"id9">2.4.2.4</a></h1>
790 <p>Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
</p>
791 <p>Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
</p>
792 <p>Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
793 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
</p>
794 <p>Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
</p>
795 <p>Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
</p>
796 <p>Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
</p>
798 <div class=
"section" id=
"id10">
799 <h1><a name=
"id10">2.4.1.2</a></h1>
803 <p>Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
</p>
804 <p>Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
</p>
805 <p>Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
806 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use
<tt class=
"docutils literal"><span class=
"pre">spam(*args,
</span> <span class=
"pre">**kw)
</span></tt> syntax
807 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
809 <p>Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
810 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
811 and wxWindows match.
</p>
812 <p>Added the new wx
"renamer
" package that will dynamically import from
813 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --
> FooBar. That means that
814 people can do imports without
<tt class=
"docutils literal"><span class=
"pre">"import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> and can use names like
815 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase
1 of a full transition
816 to the new namespace.
</p>
817 <p>Updated Scintilla to
1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
818 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
819 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
820 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
</p>
821 <p>Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
822 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
823 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as
"from wxPython
824 import py
" (or
"from wx import py
" using the new namespace.) There
825 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
826 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
827 package. These will be removed in a future release.
</p>
828 <p>Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
829 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
830 code like
"if obj: ...
" to be the same as
"if obj.IsOk(): ...
"</p>
831 <p>Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
</p>
832 <p>Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
833 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
</p>
834 <p>Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
835 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
</p>
836 <p>When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
837 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
</p>
838 <p>Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
839 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
841 <p>Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
842 a call to any Python callable object.
</p>
843 <p>Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
844 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
845 to override the C++ virtual methods.
</p>
846 <p>Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
847 the
"option
" parameter to
"proportion
" to match the docs (
"option
" is
848 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
849 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter,
850 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or
2-tuple) parameter
</p>
851 <p>Added wxCursorFromBits.
</p>
853 <div class=
"section" id=
"id11">
854 <h1><a name=
"id11">2.4.0.7</a></h1>
858 <p>Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
859 TRUE/FALSE values.
</p>
860 <p>Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
861 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
862 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a
16-bit value.
</p>
863 <p>Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
865 <p>Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
867 <p>Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
869 <p>Updated PyCrust to version
0.9</p>
870 <p>Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
871 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
872 default behavior) is enough. See below in the
2.3.4.1 notes for more
875 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-i-m-so-stupid-release">
876 <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>
880 <p>The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
881 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
882 think I am testing in the future...
</p>
884 <div class=
"section" id=
"a-k-a-the-blame-it-on-kevin-release">
885 <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>
889 <p>A few little but annoying bug fixes.
</p>
890 <p>Updated pycolourchooser.
</p>
891 <p>Updated to
0.9b of PyCrust.
</p>
893 <div class=
"section" id=
"id12">
894 <h1><a name=
"id12">2.4.0.4</a></h1>
898 <p>Added missing wxRect methods
</p>
899 <p>Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
</p>
900 <p>Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
</p>
901 <p>All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
902 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
903 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
905 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
907 <p>Fixed SF Bug #
689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
</p>
908 <p>Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
909 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
910 the parent window.
</p>
911 <p>Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
</p>
912 <p>Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
914 <p>Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
</p>
915 <p>Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
916 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
917 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
918 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
919 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
920 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
921 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
922 static stable in the C++ class.
</p>
923 <p>Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
924 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
925 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
926 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
928 <p>Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
929 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
930 always call them. The functions are:
</p>
931 <pre class=
"literal-block">
932 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
933 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
934 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
935 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
936 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
937 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
938 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
939 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
940 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
941 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
942 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
943 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
945 <p>Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
946 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
</p>
947 <p>The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
948 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
949 doesn't have a standard place for them.
</p>
950 <p>Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
</p>
951 <p>Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
</p>
952 <p>Updated to the
0.9a version of PyCrust
</p>
954 <div class=
"section" id=
"id13">
955 <h1><a name=
"id13">2.4.0.2</a></h1>
959 <p>Several bug fixes.
</p>
960 <p>Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
961 <p>Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
</p>
963 <div class=
"section" id=
"id14">
964 <h1><a name=
"id14">2.4.0.1</a></h1>
968 <p>No major new features since
2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
970 <p>Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
971 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
</p>
973 <div class=
"section" id=
"id15">
974 <h1><a name=
"id15">2.3.4.2</a></h1>
978 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
980 <div class=
"section" id=
"id16">
981 <h1><a name=
"id16">2.3.4.1</a></h1>
985 <p>Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
</p>
986 <p>Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
</p>
987 <p>Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
</p>
988 <p>Added wxHtmlFilter.
</p>
989 <p>wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
990 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
991 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
992 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
993 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
994 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
995 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
996 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
997 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
998 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
999 you can use to play with this new feature.
</p>
1000 <p>Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
1001 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
1002 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
1003 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
1004 the old
"final
" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
1005 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
1006 2.3.3.1 and prior
"hybrid
" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
1007 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
</p>
1008 <p>You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
1009 derived from wxApp.
</p>
1010 <p>Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
1011 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
1013 <p>Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
</p>
1014 <p>Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
1015 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
1016 they did before
2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
1017 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
1018 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
</p>
1019 <p>Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
</p>
1020 <p>Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
</p>
1021 <p>Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
</p>
1022 <p>Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1023 "Pythonic
" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1024 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
</p>
1025 <p>Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1026 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1027 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
</p>
1028 <p>Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1029 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
</p>
1030 <p>Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1031 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1032 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1033 windows when desired.
</p>
1034 <p>Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1035 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1036 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
</p>
1038 <div class=
"section" id=
"id17">
1039 <h1><a name=
"id17">2.3.3.1</a></h1>
1041 <li>19-Sep-
2002</li>
1043 <p>Added wxSplashScreen.
</p>
1044 <p>Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
</p>
1045 <p>Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
</p>
1046 <p>The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1047 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1048 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
</p>
1049 <p>Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1050 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1051 be loaded from any Python
"file-like
" object.
</p>
1052 <p>Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1053 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1054 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
</p>
1055 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1056 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1057 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1058 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1059 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1060 wxFlexGridSizer.
</p>
1061 <p>Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
</p>
1062 <p>Added wxBufferedDC.
</p>
1063 <p>Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla
1.40 to Scintilla
1.45, and then again
1064 to version
1.47, and one more time to
1.48!
<wink
></p>
1065 <dl class=
"docutils">
1067 <dd><p class=
"first">wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1068 disabled. Previous to wxPython
2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1069 used. Starting with
2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1070 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1071 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1072 the recent release of GTK+
2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1073 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
</p>
1074 <p>Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1075 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1076 same unicode binaries on win95/
98/ME platforms as well! This is
1077 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1078 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1079 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1080 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1081 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1082 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1083 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1084 unicode build on win95.
</p>
1085 <p class=
"last">So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1086 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
1087 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
1088 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
1089 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
1090 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
1091 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
1092 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
1093 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
1094 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
1098 <p>Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
</p>
1099 <p>Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
</p>
1100 <p>Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
</p>
1101 <p>A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
1102 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
1103 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
1104 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
1105 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
1106 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
1107 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
1108 for any class that is OOR aware.
</p>
1109 <p>Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
1110 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
1111 derived classes.
</p>
1112 <p>Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
1113 the image data. (Patch #
546009)
</p>
1114 <p>Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
1116 <p>Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
1117 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
1118 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
1131 TransferDataFromWindow
1132 TransferDataToWindow
1135 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
1139 <p>If there are other methods that you think should be supported
1140 please let me know.
</p>
1142 <p>Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
1143 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
</p>
1144 <p>Added wxArtProvider.
</p>
1145 <p>Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
1146 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
1147 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1148 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1149 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
</p>
1150 <p>Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
</p>
1151 <p>Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1152 creating a ScrolledPanel.
</p>
1153 <p>Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1154 other menu stuff.
</p>
1155 <p>Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1156 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1157 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1158 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
</p>
1159 <p>Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1160 modules make a
"callback
" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1161 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1162 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1163 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
</p>
1164 <p>Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1165 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1166 respond to mouse events and etc.
</p>
1167 <p>Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -
1
1168 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
</p>
1169 <p>Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1170 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1171 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1172 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1173 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1174 started with just the
"pycrust
" command.
</p>
1175 <p>Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1176 displays the details of the event.
</p>
1177 <p>Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
</p>
1178 <p>Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1179 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1181 <p>Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
</p>
1182 <p>Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
</p>
1184 <div class=
"section" id=
"id18">
1185 <h1><a name=
"id18">2.3.2.1</a></h1>
1187 <li>20-Dec-
2001</li>
1189 <p>Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1190 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1191 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
</p>
1192 <p>Added some patches from library contributors.
</p>
1194 <div class=
"section" id=
"id19">
1195 <h1><a name=
"id19">2.3.2</a></h1>
1197 <li>11-Dec-
2001</li>
1199 <p>Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1200 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1201 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1202 and a demo to show them in action.
</p>
1203 <p>Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1204 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/
</a>. )
</p>
1205 <p>Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
</p>
1206 <p>Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
</p>
1207 <p>Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1209 <p>Added a new
"constructor
" to most of the window classes that calls the
1210 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1211 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a
2-step
1212 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1213 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1214 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1215 resource. The name of the new
"constructor
" is the original name of
1216 the class with a
"Pre
" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1218 <p>Updated to version
1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1219 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1220 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1221 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1222 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1223 wxSTC flag accordingly.
</p>
1224 <p>Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1225 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1226 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
</p>
1227 <p>Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
</p>
1228 <p>Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
</p>
1229 <p>Added pySketch to the samples.
</p>
1230 <p>Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1231 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1232 multi-processor machine.
</p>
1233 <p>Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1234 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
</p>
1235 <p>Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
</p>
1236 <p>The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1237 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1238 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1239 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1240 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1241 original C++ pointer.
</p>
1242 <p>Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1244 <p>Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
</p>
1245 <p>Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1246 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
</p>
1247 <p>Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1248 and from web browsers. It's still not
100% bullet-proof for all types
1249 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1250 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape
4.x works,
1251 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1253 <p>Added wxStopWatch.
</p>
1254 <p>Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
</p>
1255 <p>Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1256 will now Disconnect the event.
</p>
1257 <p>Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
</p>
1258 <p>Added wxFileHistory.
</p>
1259 <p>Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1260 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1261 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1263 <p>Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
</p>
1264 <p>Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1266 <p>Added the
"SplitTree gizmos
" which are a collection of classes that
1267 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1268 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1269 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1270 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1271 also be useful by themselves.
</p>
1272 <p>Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1273 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1274 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1275 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1276 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1277 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1280 <div class=
"section" id=
"id20">
1281 <h1><a name=
"id20">2.3.1</a></h1>
1283 <li>10-Jul-
2001</li>
1285 <p>Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1286 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1287 on a custom event handler for example.)
</p>
1288 <p>Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1289 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1290 <p>Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1291 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
</p>
1292 <p>Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
</p>
1293 <p>Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
</p>
1294 <p>Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python
2.1.
</p>
1295 <p>Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
</p>
1297 <div class=
"section" id=
"id21">
1298 <h1><a name=
"id21">2.3.0</a></h1>
1300 <li>22-May-
2001</li>
1302 <p>Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1303 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
</p>
1304 <p>Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1305 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1307 <p>Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
</p>
1308 <p>Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1309 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1310 colour database.
</p>
1311 <p>Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1312 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1313 access from non-GUI threads.
</p>
1314 <p>wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1315 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
</p>
1316 <p>Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
</p>
1317 <p>Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1318 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
</p>
1319 <p>Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1320 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
</p>
1321 <p>Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1322 it gobs faster in certain situations.
</p>
1323 <p>Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1324 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1325 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1326 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1327 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1328 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1329 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1330 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1331 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1332 the implementation.
</p>
1333 <p>Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1334 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1336 <p>A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1337 the distutils that comes with Python
2.1.
</p>
1338 <p>Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
</p>
1339 <p>Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
</p>
1340 <p>Added wxToggleButton.
</p>
1341 <p>Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
</p>
1342 <dl class=
"docutils">
1343 <dt>Added some methods to wxGrid:
</dt>
1344 <dd>GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1345 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1346 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1347 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1349 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1350 GetGridColLabelWindow
1351 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
</dd>
1353 <p>Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1354 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1355 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
</p>
1356 <dl class=
"docutils">
1358 <dd><p class=
"first">Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1359 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1360 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1361 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1362 "proper type
" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1363 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1364 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1365 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1366 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1367 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1368 will probably only work on Python
2.1 and beyond because it will
1369 use weak references.)
</p>
1370 <p class=
"last">This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1371 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1372 be transparent to you, however I'm not
100% sure that it didn't
1373 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1374 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1375 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1376 object-type related oddities to me.
</p>
1379 <p>There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1380 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1381 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1382 finally got done.
</p>
1383 <p>Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1384 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
</p>
1385 <p>Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
</p>
1386 <p>Added wxWave.
</p>
1387 <p>Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1388 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1389 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1390 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1391 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1392 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
</p>
1393 <p>Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1394 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1395 wxPython/samples.
</p>
1397 <div class=
"section" id=
"id22">
1398 <h1><a name=
"id22">2.2.7</a></h1>
1400 <li>19-Jun-
2001</li>
1402 <p>No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1403 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
</p>
1405 <div class=
"section" id=
"id23">
1406 <h1><a name=
"id23">2.2.5</a></h1>
1408 <li>30-Jan-
2001</li>
1410 <p>New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python
2.0 and beyond
1411 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1412 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1413 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
</p>
1414 <p>Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
</p>
1415 <p>Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
</p>
1416 <p>Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1417 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
</p>
1418 <p>Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1419 column in report mode.
</p>
1420 <p>Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1421 bar after
2 seconds.
</p>
1422 <p>Added wxJoystick.
</p>
1423 <p>Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1424 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1425 object, (usually a window.)
</p>
1426 <p>Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
</p>
1427 <p>Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
</p>
1428 <p>Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1429 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1430 the
"export
" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1431 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1432 libraries. Should also be usable from
3rd party code, just include
1433 wxPython/src/export.h
</p>
1434 <p>Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1435 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1436 utils. Will probably add more later.
</p>
1437 <p>Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1438 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1439 wxPrinterDC2 name.
</p>
1440 <p>Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1441 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
</p>
1442 <p>Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
</p>
1443 <p>Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1444 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
</p>
1445 <p>Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1446 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1449 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-2">
1450 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-2">New in
2.2.2</a></h1>
1452 <li>26-Oct-
2000</li>
1454 <p>Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1455 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1456 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1457 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1458 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1459 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1460 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1461 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1462 how things work.
</p>
1463 <p>I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1464 of the distribution files. (See
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
</a>)
1465 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1466 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1467 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1468 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1469 wxPython for Python
1.5.2 or for
1.6, then you will need to get and
1470 install version
1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1471 using Python
2.0 then you already have it.
</p>
1472 <p>Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1473 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
</p>
1474 <p>Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1475 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1476 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1478 <p>Removed the old python sizers.
</p>
1479 <p>Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1480 and wxRealPoint.
</p>
1481 <p>Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1482 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1483 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
</p>
1484 <p>Lots of little fixes here and there.
</p>
1485 <p>Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1486 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1487 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
</p>
1489 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-1">
1490 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-1">New in
2.2.1</a></h1>
1492 <li>22-Aug-
2000</li>
1494 <p>Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
</p>
1495 <p>Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
</p>
1497 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-2-0">
1498 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-2-0">New in
2.2.0</a></h1>
1500 <li>17-Jul-
2000</li>
1502 <p>Added wxLog and friends.
</p>
1503 <p>Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
</p>
1504 <p>Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
</p>
1506 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-16">
1507 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-16">New in
2.1.16</a></h1>
1509 <li>12-Jun-
2000</li>
1511 <p>Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1512 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1513 depressed state.
</p>
1514 <p>Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1515 <p>wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
</p>
1516 <p>Added wxDragImage.
</p>
1517 <p>Fixed printing on wxGTK.
</p>
1518 <p>Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
</p>
1519 <p>Added wxCalendarCtrl.
</p>
1520 <p>WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
1521 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
1522 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
1523 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
1524 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
1525 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
1526 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
1527 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
</p>
1539 OnScroll
</blockquote>
1540 <p>Added wxSpinCtrl.
</p>
1542 <div class=
"section" id=
"new-in-2-1-15">
1543 <h1><a name=
"new-in-2-1-15">New in
2.1.15</a></h1>
1545 <li>25-Apr-
2000</li>
1547 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1548 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
</p>
1549 <p>Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1551 <p>Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1552 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
</p>
1553 <p>Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
</p>
1554 <p>Plugged a memory leak.
</p>
1555 <p>Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1556 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1557 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1558 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1560 <p>Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1561 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1562 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
</p>
1563 <p>Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1564 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1565 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1566 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1567 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1568 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1569 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1570 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1572 <p>Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1573 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1574 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1575 "#RRGGBB
". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
</p>
1576 <p>I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1577 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1578 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1579 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1580 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1581 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1582 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html">http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html
</a> to help fill in the gaps
1583 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1584 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
</p>
1586 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">
1587 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-13">What's new in
2.1.13</a></h1>
1591 <p>Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
</p>
1592 <p>Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1593 and some flicker problems.
</p>
1594 <p>Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1595 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (
<a class=
"reference" href=
"http://www.kitware.com/">http://www.kitware.com/
</a>)
</p>
1596 <p>Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1597 "which
" parameter.
</p>
1598 <p>Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1599 <p>Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
</p>
1600 <p>Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1601 with wxWindow.GetParent.
</p>
1602 <p>Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1603 It is used like this:
</p>
1605 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
</blockquote>
1606 <p>If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1607 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
</p>
1608 <p>Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
</p>
1609 <p>Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
</p>
1610 <p>Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1611 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1612 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1613 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1614 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1615 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
</p>
1616 <p>The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1617 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1618 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1619 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1620 methods look like this:
</p>
1622 <dl class=
"docutils">
1623 <dt>def AddTool(ID,
</dt>
1625 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1628 shortHelpString =
"",
1629 longHelpString =
"")
</dd>
1630 <dt>def AddSimpleTool(ID,
</dt>
1632 shortHelpString =
"",
1633 longHelpString =
"",
1637 <p>There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1638 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
</p>
1639 <p>Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
</p>
1640 <p>wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
</p>
1641 <p>Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1642 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1643 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL">http://starship.python.net:
9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL
</a>.
</p>
1644 <p>Added some missing EVT functions.
</p>
1645 <p>Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1647 <p>Changed all the
"LIST
" parameter names to
"choices
" to match the docs.
</p>
1648 <p>More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1649 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1650 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
</p>
1652 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">
1653 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-11">What's new in
2.1.11</a></h1>
1655 <li>13-Nov-
1999</li>
1657 <p>Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1659 <p>wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1660 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1662 <p>Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1663 being added. This should remove the need for our
1664 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
</p>
1665 <p>wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1666 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1667 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1668 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1669 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
</p>
1670 <p>Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
</p>
1671 <p>Added new HTML printing classes.
</p>
1672 <p>Added wxWindow.GetHandle
</p>
1673 <p>Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
1674 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1675 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1677 <p>Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1678 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1679 thread from other threads.
</p>
1680 <p>Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
</p>
1681 <p>Added wxFontEnumerator.
</p>
1682 <p>Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
</p>
1683 <p>wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1684 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
</p>
1685 <p>Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
</p>
1686 <p>Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1688 <p>Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
</p>
1690 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">
1691 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-5">What's new in
2.1.5</a></h1>
1693 <li>12-Oct-
1999</li>
1695 <p>This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1696 crept in at the last minute before
2.1.4 was called done. No new
1699 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">
1700 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1-4">What's new in
2.1.4</a></h1>
1704 <p>This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1705 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1706 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1707 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>)
1708 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1709 the wxPy-
2-
1-
4 tag.
</p>
1710 <p>Now back to what's new...
</p>
1711 <p>Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
</p>
1712 <p>Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
</p>
1713 <p>Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a
<em>copy
</em>
1714 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1715 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1716 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1717 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1719 <p>Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1720 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1721 default sort order.
</p>
1722 <p>Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1723 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1724 example, the following are equivallent:
</p>
1725 <pre class=
"literal-block">
1726 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(
100,
100))
1727 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (
100,
100))
1729 <p>Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1730 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1731 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1732 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1733 pages. See the demo for an example.
</p>
1734 <p>A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1735 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
</p>
1736 <p>Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
</p>
1737 <p>Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1738 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
1739 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1740 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1741 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1742 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1743 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1744 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1745 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1746 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1747 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1748 further details.
</p>
1749 <p>Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1750 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1751 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1752 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1753 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1754 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1755 for more info and examples in future releases.
</p>
1756 <p>Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1757 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1758 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1759 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1760 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1761 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1763 <p>Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1764 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1765 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1766 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1767 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1768 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1769 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1770 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1771 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1772 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1773 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
</p>
1774 <p>I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1775 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1776 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1777 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1778 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1779 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1780 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1781 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1782 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1783 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1784 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1785 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1786 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1787 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1788 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1789 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
</p>
1790 <pre class=
"literal-block">
1792 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1796 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1799 <p>Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1800 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1801 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1802 to really screw things up.
</p>
1803 <p>Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1804 in the wxWindows docs...
</p>
1805 <p>Some new
3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1806 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1807 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1808 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1809 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1810 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1811 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1814 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">
1815 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b3">What's new in
2.1b3
</a></h1>
1819 <p>This release is syncronized with release
2.1 snapshot
9 of wxWindows.
</p>
1820 <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>)
1821 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1822 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1823 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1827 <li><p class=
"first">Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1828 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1829 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
</p>
1831 <p>win = wxWindow(parent, -
1, style = mystyle)
</p>
1834 <li><p class=
"first">There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1835 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1836 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1837 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
</p>
1841 <p>There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1842 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1843 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1844 see distrib/build.py for more details.
</p>
1845 <p>wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1846 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1847 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1848 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
</p>
1850 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">
1851 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b2">What's new in
2.1b2
</a></h1>
1855 <p>Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
</p>
1856 <p>Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1857 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1858 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1859 It was only a
1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1860 line
496 if you want to do it by hand.
</p>
1861 <p>It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1862 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1863 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1864 is being unloaded by Python.
</p>
1865 <p>I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1866 make wxPython look bad.
</p>
1867 <p>wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1868 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
</p>
1869 <p>Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
</p>
1870 <p>You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1871 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
</p>
1872 <p>Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1873 code to show how to use it.
</p>
1874 <p>Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1876 <p>Added wxGrid.GetCells
</p>
1877 <p>Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1878 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
</p>
1879 <p>Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
1880 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
</p>
1881 <dl class=
"docutils">
1882 <dt>Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
</dt>
1883 <dd>wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth =
1)
</dd>
1885 <p>Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1886 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1887 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
</p>
1888 <p>Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1890 <p>Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
</p>
1891 <p>New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1892 for unix systems.
</p>
1893 <p>Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
</p>
1894 <p>SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1897 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">
1898 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-1b1">What's new in
2.1b1
</a></h1>
1900 <li>28-Jun-
1999</li>
1902 <p>Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1903 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1904 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
</p>
1905 <p>Added the Printing Framework.
</p>
1906 <p>Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1907 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1908 data after loading each extension module.
</p>
1909 <p>Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1910 wxWindows classes.
</p>
1911 <p>Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1912 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1913 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
</p>
1914 <p>wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1915 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1916 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1917 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
</p>
1919 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">
1920 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b9">What's new in
2.0b9
</a></h1>
1924 <p>Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
</p>
1925 <p>Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1926 wxPython application.
</p>
1927 <p>Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
</p>
1928 <p>Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1929 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1930 this feature off.
</p>
1931 <p>Added wxSafeYield function.
</p>
1932 <p>OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
</p>
1933 <p>Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1934 how it all works.
</p>
1935 <p>The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1936 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
</p>
1937 <p>Added a couple missing items from the docs.
</p>
1938 <p>Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1939 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
</p>
1940 <p>Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
</p>
1941 <p>Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1944 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">
1945 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b8">What's new in
2.0b8
</a></h1>
1947 <li>28-Mar-
1999</li>
1949 <p>Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
</p>
1950 <p>Several missing methods from various classes.
</p>
1951 <p>Various bug fixes.
</p>
1953 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">
1954 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b7">What's new in
2.0b7
</a></h1>
1956 <li>15-Mar-
1999</li>
1958 <p>Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
</p>
1959 <p>Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
</p>
1961 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">
1962 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b6">What's new in
2.0b6
</a></h1>
1966 <p>Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1967 Python
1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
</p>
1969 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">
1970 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-2-0b5">What's new in
2.0b5
</a></h1>
1972 <li>25-Feb-
1999</li>
1974 <p>Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1975 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1976 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1977 wxWindows
1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1978 with the
2.0 version of wxWindows.
</p>
1979 <p>I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1980 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1981 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1982 diverges from wxWindows.
</p>
1983 <p>Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1984 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1985 it should just work... More news on this later.
</p>
1986 <p>Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
</p>
1987 <p>Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1988 wxRegConfig class.
</p>
1989 <p>As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
</p>
1991 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">
1992 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-3">What's new in
0.5.3</a></h1>
1994 <li>30-Jan-
1999</li>
1996 <p>Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
</p>
1997 <p>Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1998 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
</p>
2000 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">
2001 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-5-0">What's new in
0.5.0</a></h1>
2002 <p>Changed the import semantics from
<tt class=
"docutils literal"><span class=
"pre">"from
</span> <span class=
"pre">wxPython
</span> <span class=
"pre">import
</span> <span class=
"pre">*
"</span></tt> to
2003 <tt class=
"docutils 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
2004 namespace pollution, they can use
"from wxPython import wx
" and then
2005 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with
"wx.
"</p>
2006 <p>Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
</p>
2007 <p>Made the events work for wxGrid.
</p>
2008 <p>Added wxConfig.
</p>
2009 <p>Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
</p>
2010 <p>Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
2011 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
</p>
2012 <p>Other assorted fixes and additions.
</p>
2014 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">
2015 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4-2">What's new in
0.4.2</a></h1>
2017 <li>21-Oct-
1998</li>
2019 <p>wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
2020 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
2021 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
2022 bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
2023 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
2024 behavior was so different on different platforms.
</p>
2025 <p>The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
2026 must have been a different issue all along...
</p>
2028 <div class=
"section" id=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">
2029 <h1><a name=
"what-s-new-in-0-4">What's New in
0.4</a></h1>
2033 <p>1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
2034 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
2035 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
2036 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
2037 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
2038 version segfault shortly after starting up.
</p>
2039 <ol class=
"arabic simple" start=
"2">
2040 <li>Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
</li>
2041 <li>Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
</li>
2044 <div class=
"section" id=
"wxpython-0-3">
2045 <h1><a name=
"wxpython-0-3">wxPython
0.3</a></h1>
2049 <p>The first
"modern
" version of wxPython. See
2050 <a class=
"reference" href=
"http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory">http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory
</a></p>
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