1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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7 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
8 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
9 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
10 and a demo to show them in action.
12 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
13 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
15 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
17 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
19 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
22 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
23 default C++ contructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
24 coresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
25 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
26 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
27 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
28 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
29 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
32 Updated to version 1.39 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
35 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
36 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
37 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
39 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
41 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
43 Added pySketch to the samples.
45 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
46 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
47 multi-processor machine.
49 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
50 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
52 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
54 The second phase of OOR is implemented (for wxEvtHandler and derived
57 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
65 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
66 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
67 on a custom event handler for example.)
69 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
70 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
72 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
73 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
75 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
77 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
79 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
81 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
87 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
88 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
90 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
91 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
94 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
96 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
97 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
100 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
101 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
102 access from non-GUI threads.
104 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
105 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
107 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
109 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
110 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
112 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
113 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
115 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
116 it gobs faster in certain situations.
118 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
119 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
120 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
121 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
122 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
123 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
124 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
125 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
126 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
129 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
130 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
133 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
134 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
136 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
138 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
140 Added wxToggleButton.
142 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
144 Added some methods to wxGrid:
145 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
146 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
147 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
148 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
150 GetGridRowLabelWindow
151 GetGridColLabelWindow
152 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
154 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
155 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
156 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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160 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
161 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
162 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
163 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
164 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
165 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
166 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
167 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
168 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
169 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
170 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
171 use weak references.)
173 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
174 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
175 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
176 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
177 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
178 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
179 object-type related oddities to me.
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182 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
183 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
184 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
187 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
188 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
190 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
194 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
195 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
196 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
197 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
198 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
199 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
201 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
202 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
211 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
212 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
219 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
220 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
221 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
222 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
224 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
226 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
228 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
229 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
231 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
232 column in report mode.
234 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
239 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
240 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
241 object, (usually a window.)
243 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
245 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
247 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
248 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
249 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
250 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
251 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
252 wxPython/src/export.h
254 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
255 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
256 utils. Will probably add more later.
258 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
259 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
262 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
263 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
265 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
267 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
268 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
270 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
271 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
279 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
280 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
281 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
282 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
283 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
284 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
285 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
286 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
289 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
290 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
291 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
292 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
293 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
294 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
295 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
296 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
297 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
299 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
300 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
302 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
303 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
304 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
307 Removed the old python sizers.
309 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
312 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
313 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
314 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
316 Lots of little fixes here and there.
318 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
319 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
320 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
328 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
330 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
337 Added wxLog and friends.
339 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
341 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
348 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
349 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
352 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
354 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
358 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
360 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
362 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
364 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
365 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
366 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
367 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
368 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
369 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
370 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
371 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
393 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
394 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
396 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
399 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
400 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
402 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
404 Plugged a memory leak.
406 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
407 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
408 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
409 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
412 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
413 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
414 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
416 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
417 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
418 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
419 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
420 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
421 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
422 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
423 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
426 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
427 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
428 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
429 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
431 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
432 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
433 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
434 but I've included a very readable source file in the
435 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
436 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
437 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
438 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
439 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
446 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
448 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
449 and some flicker problems.
451 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
452 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
454 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
457 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
459 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
461 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
462 with wxWindow.GetParent.
464 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
465 It is used like this:
467 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
469 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
470 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
472 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
474 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
476 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
477 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
478 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
479 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
480 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
481 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
483 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
484 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
485 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
486 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
487 methods look like this:
491 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
494 shortHelpString = "",
497 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
499 shortHelpString = "",
504 There are also coresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
505 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
507 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
509 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
511 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
512 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
513 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
515 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
517 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
520 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
522 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
523 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
524 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
531 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
534 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
535 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
538 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
539 being added. This should remove the need for our
540 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
542 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
543 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
544 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
545 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
546 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
548 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
550 Added new HTML printing classes.
552 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
554 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
555 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
556 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
559 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
560 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
561 thread from other threads.
563 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
565 Added wxFontEnumerator.
567 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
569 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
570 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
572 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
574 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
577 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
584 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
585 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
593 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
594 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
595 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
596 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
597 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
600 Now back to what's new...
602 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
604 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
606 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
607 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
608 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
609 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
610 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
613 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
614 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
617 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
618 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
619 example, the following are equivallent:
621 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
622 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
624 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
625 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
626 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
627 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
628 pages. See the demo for an example.
630 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
631 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
633 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
635 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
636 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
637 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
638 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
639 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
640 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
641 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
642 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
643 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
644 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
645 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
648 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
649 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
650 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
651 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
652 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
653 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
654 for more info and examples in future releases.
656 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
657 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
658 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
659 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
660 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
661 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
664 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
665 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
666 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
667 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
668 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
669 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
670 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
671 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
672 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
673 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
674 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
676 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
677 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
678 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
679 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
680 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
681 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
682 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
683 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
684 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
685 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
686 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
687 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
688 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
689 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
690 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
691 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
694 outputWindowClass = MyClass
698 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
701 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
702 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
703 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
704 to really screw things up.
706 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
707 in the wxWindows docs...
709 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
710 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
711 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
712 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
713 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
714 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
715 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
724 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
726 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
727 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
728 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
729 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
732 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
733 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
734 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
736 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
738 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
739 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
740 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
741 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
744 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
745 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
746 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
747 see distrib/build.py for more details.
749 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
750 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
751 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
752 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
761 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
763 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
764 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
765 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
766 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
767 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
769 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
770 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
771 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
772 is being unloaded by Python.
774 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
775 make wxPython look bad.
777 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
778 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
780 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
782 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
783 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
785 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
786 code to show how to use it.
788 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
791 Added wxGrid.GetCells
793 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
794 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
796 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
797 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
799 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
800 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
802 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
803 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
804 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
806 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
809 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
811 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
814 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
816 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
825 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
826 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
827 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
829 Added the Printing Framework.
831 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
832 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
833 data after loading each extension module.
835 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
838 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
839 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
840 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
842 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
843 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
844 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
845 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
851 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
853 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
854 wxPython application.
856 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
858 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
859 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
862 Added wxSafeYield function.
864 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
866 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
869 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
870 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
872 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
874 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
875 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
877 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
879 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
886 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
888 Several missing methods from various classes.
896 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
898 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
904 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
905 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
910 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
911 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
912 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
913 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
914 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
916 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
917 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
918 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
919 diverges from wxWindows.
921 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
922 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
923 it should just work... More news on this later.
925 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
927 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
930 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
936 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
938 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
939 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
945 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
946 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
947 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
948 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
950 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
952 Made the events work for wxGrid.
956 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
958 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
959 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
961 Other assorted fixes and additions.
969 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
970 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
971 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
972 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
973 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
974 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
976 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
977 must have been a different issue all along...
984 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
985 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
986 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
987 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
988 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
989 version segfault shortly after starting up.
991 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
993 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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