1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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7 (See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
8 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
11 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
12 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
18 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
19 wxHtmlListBox classes.
21 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
24 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
27 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
28 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
29 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
31 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake in
32 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. They are also
33 installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and GNOME
34 locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu items on
35 non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my RH-9 build
36 box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas for how to
37 improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more distros please
40 The RPMs are now built on a RH-9 box, and I have tested installing
41 them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
43 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
44 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
45 extension modules and pacakges, and also the command-line tool
46 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
47 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
48 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
51 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
54 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from from
64 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
66 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
68 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
69 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
71 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
73 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
75 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
82 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
84 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
86 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
87 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
88 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
91 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
92 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
95 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
96 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
97 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
98 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
101 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
102 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
103 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
104 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
106 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
107 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
108 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
109 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
110 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
111 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
112 package. These will be removed in a future release.
114 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
115 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
116 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
118 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
120 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
121 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
123 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
124 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
126 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
127 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
129 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
130 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
133 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
134 a call to any Python callable object.
136 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
137 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
138 to override the C++ virtual methods.
140 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
141 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
142 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
143 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
144 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
146 Added wxCursorFromBits.
155 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
158 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
159 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
160 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
162 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
165 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
168 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
171 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
173 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
174 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
175 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
181 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
182 ------------------------------------------
184 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
185 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
186 think I am testing in the future...
190 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
191 ----------------------------------------------
193 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
195 Updated pycolourchooser.
197 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
203 Added missing wxRect methods
205 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
207 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
209 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
210 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
211 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
214 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
217 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
219 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
220 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
223 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
225 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
228 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
230 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
231 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
232 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
233 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
234 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
235 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
236 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
237 static stable in the C++ class.
239 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
240 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
241 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
242 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
245 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
246 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
247 always call them. The functions are:
249 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
250 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
251 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
252 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
253 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
254 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
255 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
256 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
257 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
258 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
259 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
260 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
262 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
263 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
265 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
266 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
267 doesn't have a standard place for them.
269 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
271 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
273 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
281 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
283 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
290 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
293 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
294 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
306 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
308 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
310 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
314 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
315 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
316 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
317 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
318 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
319 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
320 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
321 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
322 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
323 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
324 you can use to play with this new feature.
326 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
327 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
328 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
329 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
330 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
331 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
332 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
333 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
335 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
338 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
339 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
342 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
344 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
345 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
346 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
347 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
348 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
350 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
352 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
354 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
356 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
357 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
358 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
360 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
361 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
362 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
364 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
365 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
367 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
368 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
369 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
370 windows when desired.
372 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
373 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
374 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
381 Added wxSplashScreen.
383 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
385 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
387 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
388 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
389 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
391 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
392 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
393 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
395 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
396 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
397 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
399 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
400 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
401 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
402 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
403 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
406 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
410 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
411 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
414 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
415 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
416 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
417 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
418 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
419 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
420 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
422 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
423 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
424 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
425 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
426 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
427 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
428 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
429 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
430 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
431 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
432 unicode build on win95.
434 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
435 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
436 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
437 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
438 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
439 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
440 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
441 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
442 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
443 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
446 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
448 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
450 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
452 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
453 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
454 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
455 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
456 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
457 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
458 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
459 for any class that is OOR aware.
461 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
462 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
465 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
466 the image data. (Patch #546009)
468 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
471 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
472 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
473 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
486 TransferDataFromWindow
490 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
495 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
498 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
499 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
503 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
504 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
505 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
506 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
507 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
509 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
511 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
512 creating a ScrolledPanel.
514 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
517 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
518 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
519 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
520 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
522 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
523 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
524 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
525 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
526 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
528 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
529 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
530 respond to mouse events and etc.
532 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
533 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
535 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
536 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
537 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
538 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
539 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
540 started with just the "pycrust" command.
542 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
543 displays the details of the event.
545 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
547 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
548 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
551 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
553 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
560 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
561 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
562 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
564 Added some patches from library contributors.
570 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
571 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
572 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
573 and a demo to show them in action.
575 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
576 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
578 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
580 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
582 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
585 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
586 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
587 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
588 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
589 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
590 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
591 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
592 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
595 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
596 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
597 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
598 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
599 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
600 wxSTC flag accordingly.
602 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
603 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
604 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
606 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
608 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
610 Added pySketch to the samples.
612 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
613 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
614 multi-processor machine.
616 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
617 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
619 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
621 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
622 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
623 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
624 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
625 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
626 original C++ pointer.
628 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
631 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
633 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
634 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
636 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
637 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
638 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
639 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
640 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
645 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
647 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
648 will now Disconnect the event.
650 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
654 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
655 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
656 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
659 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
661 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
664 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
665 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
666 additional columns for each item. The classes are
667 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
668 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
669 also be useful by themselves.
671 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
672 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
673 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
674 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
675 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
676 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
684 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
685 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
686 on a custom event handler for example.)
688 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
689 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
691 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
692 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
694 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
696 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
698 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
700 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
706 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
707 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
709 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
710 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
713 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
715 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
716 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
719 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
720 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
721 access from non-GUI threads.
723 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
724 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
726 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
728 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
729 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
731 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
732 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
734 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
735 it gobs faster in certain situations.
737 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
738 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
739 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
740 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
741 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
742 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
743 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
744 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
745 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
748 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
749 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
752 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
753 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
755 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
757 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
759 Added wxToggleButton.
761 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
763 Added some methods to wxGrid:
764 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
765 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
766 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
767 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
769 GetGridRowLabelWindow
770 GetGridColLabelWindow
771 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
773 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
774 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
775 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
778 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
779 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
780 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
781 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
782 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
783 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
784 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
785 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
786 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
787 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
788 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
789 use weak references.)
791 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
792 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
793 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
794 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
795 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
796 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
797 object-type related oddities to me.
800 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
801 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
802 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
805 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
806 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
808 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
812 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
813 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
814 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
815 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
816 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
817 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
819 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
820 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
829 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
830 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
837 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
838 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
839 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
840 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
842 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
844 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
846 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
847 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
849 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
850 column in report mode.
852 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
857 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
858 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
859 object, (usually a window.)
861 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
863 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
865 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
866 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
867 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
868 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
869 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
870 wxPython/src/export.h
872 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
873 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
874 utils. Will probably add more later.
876 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
877 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
880 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
881 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
883 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
885 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
886 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
888 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
889 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
897 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
898 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
899 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
900 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
901 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
902 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
903 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
904 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
907 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
908 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
909 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
910 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
911 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
912 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
913 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
914 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
915 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
917 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
918 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
920 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
921 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
922 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
925 Removed the old python sizers.
927 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
930 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
931 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
932 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
934 Lots of little fixes here and there.
936 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
937 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
938 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
946 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
948 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
955 Added wxLog and friends.
957 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
959 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
966 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
967 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
970 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
972 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
976 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
978 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
980 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
982 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
983 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
984 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
985 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
986 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
987 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
988 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
989 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
1011 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
1012 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
1014 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
1017 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
1018 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
1020 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
1022 Plugged a memory leak.
1024 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
1025 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
1026 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
1027 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
1030 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
1031 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
1032 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1034 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1035 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1036 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1037 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1038 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1039 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1040 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1041 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1044 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1045 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1046 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1047 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1049 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1050 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1051 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1052 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1053 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1054 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1055 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1056 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1057 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1062 What's new in 2.1.13
1063 --------------------
1064 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1066 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1067 and some flicker problems.
1069 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1070 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1072 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1075 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1077 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1079 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1080 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1082 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1083 It is used like this:
1085 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1087 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1088 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1090 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1092 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1094 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1095 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1096 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1097 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1098 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1099 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1101 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1102 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1103 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1104 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1105 methods look like this:
1109 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1112 shortHelpString = "",
1113 longHelpString = "")
1115 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1117 shortHelpString = "",
1118 longHelpString = "",
1122 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1123 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1125 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1127 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1129 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1130 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1131 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1133 Added some missing EVT functions.
1135 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1138 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1140 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1141 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1142 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1147 What's new in 2.1.11
1148 --------------------
1149 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1152 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1153 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1156 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1157 being added. This should remove the need for our
1158 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1160 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1161 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1162 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1163 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1164 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1166 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1168 Added new HTML printing classes.
1170 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1172 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1173 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1174 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1177 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1178 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1179 thread from other threads.
1181 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1183 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1185 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1187 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1188 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1190 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1192 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1195 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1202 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1203 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1209 --------------------
1211 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1212 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1213 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1214 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1215 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1218 Now back to what's new...
1220 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1222 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1224 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1225 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1226 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1227 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1228 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1231 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1232 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1235 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1236 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1237 example, the following are equivallent:
1239 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1240 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1242 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1243 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1244 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1245 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1246 pages. See the demo for an example.
1248 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1249 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1251 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1253 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1254 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1255 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1256 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1257 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1258 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1259 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1260 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1261 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1262 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1263 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1266 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1267 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1268 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1269 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1270 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1271 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1272 for more info and examples in future releases.
1274 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1275 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1276 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1277 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1278 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1279 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1282 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1283 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1284 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1285 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1286 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1287 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1288 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1289 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1290 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1291 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1292 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1294 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1295 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1296 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1297 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1298 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1299 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1300 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1301 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1302 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1303 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1304 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1305 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1306 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1307 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1308 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1309 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1312 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1316 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1319 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1320 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1321 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1322 to really screw things up.
1324 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1325 in the wxWindows docs...
1327 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1328 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1329 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1330 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1331 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1332 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1333 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1340 --------------------
1342 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1344 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1345 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1346 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1347 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1350 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1351 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1352 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1354 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1356 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1357 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1358 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1359 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1362 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1363 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1364 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1365 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1367 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1368 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1369 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1370 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1377 --------------------
1379 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1381 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1382 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1383 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1384 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1385 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1387 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1388 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1389 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1390 is being unloaded by Python.
1392 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1393 make wxPython look bad.
1395 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1396 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1398 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1400 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1401 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1403 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1404 code to show how to use it.
1406 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1409 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1411 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1412 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1414 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1415 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1417 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1418 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1420 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1421 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1422 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1424 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1427 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1429 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1432 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1434 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1442 --------------------
1443 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1444 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1445 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1447 Added the Printing Framework.
1449 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1450 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1451 data after loading each extension module.
1453 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1456 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1457 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1458 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1460 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1461 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1462 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1463 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1469 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1471 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1472 wxPython application.
1474 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1476 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1477 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1480 Added wxSafeYield function.
1482 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1484 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1487 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1488 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1490 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1492 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1493 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1495 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1497 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1504 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1506 Several missing methods from various classes.
1514 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1516 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1522 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1523 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1528 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1529 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1530 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1531 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1532 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1534 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1535 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1536 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1537 diverges from wxWindows.
1539 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1540 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1541 it should just work... More news on this later.
1543 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1545 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1548 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1554 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1556 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1557 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1563 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
1564 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
1565 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1566 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1568 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1570 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1574 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1576 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1577 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1579 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1587 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1588 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1589 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1590 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1591 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1592 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1594 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1595 must have been a different issue all along...
1602 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1603 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1604 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1605 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1606 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1607 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1609 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1611 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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