1 CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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8 (See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
9 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
12 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
13 to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
20 Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
21 wxHtmlListBox classes.
23 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
32 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
34 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
36 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
37 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
39 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
41 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
43 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
50 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
52 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
54 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
55 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
56 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
59 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
60 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
63 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
64 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
65 people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
66 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
69 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
70 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
71 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
72 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
74 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
75 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
76 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
77 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
78 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
79 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
80 package. These will be removed in a future release.
82 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
83 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
84 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
86 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
88 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
89 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
91 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
92 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
94 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
95 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
97 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
98 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
101 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
102 a call to any Python callable object.
104 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
105 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
106 to override the C++ virtual methods.
108 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
109 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
110 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
111 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
112 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
114 Added wxCursorFromBits.
122 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
125 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
126 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
127 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
129 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
132 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
135 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
138 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
140 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
141 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
142 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
148 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
150 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
151 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
152 think I am testing in the future...
156 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
158 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
160 Updated pycolourchooser.
162 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
168 Added missing wxRect methods
170 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
172 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
174 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
175 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
176 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
179 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
182 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
184 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
185 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
188 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
190 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
193 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
195 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
196 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
197 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
198 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
199 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
200 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
201 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
202 static stable in the C++ class.
204 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
205 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
206 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
207 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
210 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
211 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
212 always call them. The functions are:
214 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
215 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
216 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
217 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
218 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
219 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
220 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
221 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
222 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
223 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
224 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
225 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
227 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
228 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
230 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
231 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
232 doesn't have a standard place for them.
234 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
236 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
238 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
246 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
248 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
255 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
258 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
259 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
271 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
273 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
275 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
279 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
280 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
281 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
282 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
283 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
284 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
285 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
286 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
287 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
288 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
289 you can use to play with this new feature.
291 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
292 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
293 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
294 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
295 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
296 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
297 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
298 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
300 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
303 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
304 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
307 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
309 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
310 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
311 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
312 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
313 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
315 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
317 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
319 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
321 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
322 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
323 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
325 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
326 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
327 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
329 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
330 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
332 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
333 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
334 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
335 windows when desired.
337 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
338 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
339 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
346 Added wxSplashScreen.
348 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
350 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
352 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
353 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
354 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
356 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
357 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
358 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
360 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
361 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
362 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
364 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
365 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
366 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
367 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
368 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
371 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
375 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
376 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
379 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
380 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
381 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
382 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
383 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
384 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
385 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
387 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
388 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
389 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
390 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
391 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
392 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
393 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
394 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
395 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
396 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
397 unicode build on win95.
399 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
400 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
401 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
402 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
403 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
404 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
405 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
406 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
407 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
408 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
411 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
413 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
415 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
417 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
418 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
419 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
420 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
421 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
422 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
423 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
424 for any class that is OOR aware.
426 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
427 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
430 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
431 the image data. (Patch #546009)
433 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
436 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
437 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
438 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
451 TransferDataFromWindow
455 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
460 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
463 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
464 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
468 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
469 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
470 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
471 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
472 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
474 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
476 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
477 creating a ScrolledPanel.
479 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
482 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
483 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
484 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
485 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
487 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
488 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
489 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
490 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
491 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
493 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
494 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
495 respond to mouse events and etc.
497 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
498 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
500 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
501 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
502 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
503 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
504 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
505 started with just the "pycrust" command.
507 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
508 displays the details of the event.
510 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
512 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
513 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
516 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
518 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
525 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
526 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
527 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
529 Added some patches from library contributors.
535 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
536 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
537 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
538 and a demo to show them in action.
540 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
541 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
543 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
545 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
547 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
550 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
551 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
552 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
553 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
554 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
555 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
556 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
557 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
560 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
561 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
562 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
563 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
564 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
565 wxSTC flag accordingly.
567 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
568 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
569 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
571 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
573 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
575 Added pySketch to the samples.
577 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
578 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
579 multi-processor machine.
581 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
582 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
584 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
586 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
587 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
588 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
589 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
590 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
591 original C++ pointer.
593 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
596 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
598 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
599 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
601 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
602 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
603 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
604 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
605 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
610 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
612 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
613 will now Disconnect the event.
615 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
619 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
620 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
621 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
624 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
626 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
629 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
630 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
631 additional columns for each item. The classes are
632 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
633 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
634 also be useful by themselves.
636 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
637 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
638 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
639 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
640 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
641 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
649 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
650 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
651 on a custom event handler for example.)
653 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
654 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
656 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
657 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
659 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
661 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
663 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
665 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
671 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
672 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
674 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
675 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
678 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
680 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
681 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
684 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
685 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
686 access from non-GUI threads.
688 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
689 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
691 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
693 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
694 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
696 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
697 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
699 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
700 it gobs faster in certain situations.
702 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
703 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
704 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
705 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
706 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
707 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
708 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
709 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
710 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
713 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
714 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
717 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
718 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
720 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
722 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
724 Added wxToggleButton.
726 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
728 Added some methods to wxGrid:
729 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
730 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
731 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
732 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
734 GetGridRowLabelWindow
735 GetGridColLabelWindow
736 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
738 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
739 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
740 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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744 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
745 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
746 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
747 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
748 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
749 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
750 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
751 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
752 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
753 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
754 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
755 use weak references.)
757 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
758 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
759 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
760 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
761 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
762 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
763 object-type related oddities to me.
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766 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
767 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
768 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
771 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
772 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
774 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
778 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
779 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
780 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
781 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
782 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
783 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
785 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
786 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
795 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
796 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
803 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
804 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
805 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
806 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
808 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
810 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
812 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
813 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
815 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
816 column in report mode.
818 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
823 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
824 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
825 object, (usually a window.)
827 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
829 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
831 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
832 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
833 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
834 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
835 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
836 wxPython/src/export.h
838 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
839 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
840 utils. Will probably add more later.
842 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
843 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
846 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
847 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
849 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
851 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
852 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
854 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
855 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
863 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
864 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
865 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
866 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
867 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
868 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
869 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
870 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
873 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
874 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
875 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
876 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
877 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
878 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
879 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
880 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
881 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
883 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
884 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
886 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
887 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
888 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
891 Removed the old python sizers.
893 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
896 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
897 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
898 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
900 Lots of little fixes here and there.
902 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
903 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
904 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
912 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
914 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
921 Added wxLog and friends.
923 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
925 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
932 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
933 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
936 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
938 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
942 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
944 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
946 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
948 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
949 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
950 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
951 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
952 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
953 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
954 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
955 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
977 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
978 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
980 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
983 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
984 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
986 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
988 Plugged a memory leak.
990 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
991 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
992 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
993 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
996 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
997 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
998 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
1000 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
1001 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
1002 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
1003 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
1004 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
1005 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
1006 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
1007 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
1010 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
1011 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
1012 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
1013 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
1015 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
1016 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
1017 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
1018 but I've included a very readable source file in the
1019 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
1020 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
1021 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
1022 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
1023 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
1028 What's new in 2.1.13
1029 --------------------
1030 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
1032 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
1033 and some flicker problems.
1035 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
1036 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
1038 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
1041 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
1043 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
1045 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
1046 with wxWindow.GetParent.
1048 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
1049 It is used like this:
1051 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
1053 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
1054 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
1056 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
1058 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
1060 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
1061 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
1062 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
1063 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
1064 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
1065 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
1067 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
1068 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
1069 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
1070 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
1071 methods look like this:
1075 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
1078 shortHelpString = "",
1079 longHelpString = "")
1081 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
1083 shortHelpString = "",
1084 longHelpString = "",
1088 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
1089 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
1091 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
1093 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
1095 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
1096 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
1097 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
1099 Added some missing EVT_ functions.
1101 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
1104 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
1106 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
1107 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
1108 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
1113 What's new in 2.1.11
1114 --------------------
1115 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
1118 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
1119 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
1122 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
1123 being added. This should remove the need for our
1124 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
1126 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
1127 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
1128 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
1129 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
1130 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
1132 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
1134 Added new HTML printing classes.
1136 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
1138 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been depreciated in wxWindows as
1139 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
1140 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
1143 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
1144 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
1145 thread from other threads.
1147 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
1149 Added wxFontEnumerator.
1151 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
1153 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
1154 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
1156 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
1158 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
1161 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
1168 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
1169 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
1175 --------------------
1177 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
1178 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
1179 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
1180 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
1181 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
1184 Now back to what's new...
1186 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
1188 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
1190 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
1191 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
1192 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
1193 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
1194 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
1197 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
1198 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
1201 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
1202 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
1203 example, the following are equivallent:
1205 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
1206 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
1208 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
1209 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
1210 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
1211 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
1212 pages. See the demo for an example.
1214 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
1215 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
1217 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
1219 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
1220 versions are still in the library, but depreciated. (You will get a
1221 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
1222 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
1223 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
1224 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
1225 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
1226 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
1227 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
1228 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
1229 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
1232 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
1233 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
1234 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
1235 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
1236 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
1237 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
1238 for more info and examples in future releases.
1240 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
1241 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
1242 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
1243 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
1244 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
1245 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
1248 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
1249 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
1250 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
1251 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
1252 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
1253 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
1254 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
1255 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
1256 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
1257 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
1258 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
1260 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
1261 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
1262 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
1263 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
1264 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
1265 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
1266 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
1267 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
1268 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
1269 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
1270 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
1271 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
1272 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
1273 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
1274 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
1275 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
1278 outputWindowClass = MyClass
1282 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
1285 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
1286 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
1287 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
1288 to really screw things up.
1290 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
1291 in the wxWindows docs...
1293 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
1294 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
1295 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
1296 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
1297 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
1298 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
1299 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
1306 --------------------
1308 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
1310 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
1311 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
1312 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
1313 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
1316 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
1317 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
1318 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
1320 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
1322 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
1323 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
1324 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
1325 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
1328 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
1329 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
1330 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
1331 see distrib/build.py for more details.
1333 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
1334 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
1335 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
1336 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
1343 --------------------
1345 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
1347 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
1348 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
1349 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
1350 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
1351 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
1353 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
1354 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
1355 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
1356 is being unloaded by Python.
1358 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
1359 make wxPython look bad.
1361 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
1362 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
1364 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
1366 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
1367 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
1369 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
1370 code to show how to use it.
1372 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
1375 Added wxGrid.GetCells
1377 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
1378 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
1380 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been depreciated in
1381 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
1383 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
1384 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
1386 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
1387 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
1388 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
1390 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
1393 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
1395 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
1398 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
1400 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
1408 --------------------
1409 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
1410 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
1411 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
1413 Added the Printing Framework.
1415 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
1416 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
1417 data after loading each extension module.
1419 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
1422 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
1423 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
1424 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
1426 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
1427 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
1428 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
1429 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
1435 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
1437 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
1438 wxPython application.
1440 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
1442 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
1443 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
1446 Added wxSafeYield function.
1448 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
1450 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
1453 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
1454 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
1456 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
1458 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
1459 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
1461 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
1463 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
1470 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
1472 Several missing methods from various classes.
1480 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
1482 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
1488 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
1489 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
1494 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
1495 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
1496 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
1497 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
1498 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
1500 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
1501 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
1502 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
1503 diverges from wxWindows.
1505 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
1506 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
1507 it should just work... More news on this later.
1509 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
1511 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
1514 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
1520 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
1522 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
1523 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
1529 Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
1530 wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
1531 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
1532 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
1534 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
1536 Made the events work for wxGrid.
1540 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
1542 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
1543 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
1545 Other assorted fixes and additions.
1553 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
1554 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
1555 <H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
1556 down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
1557 DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
1558 because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
1560 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
1561 must have been a different issue all along...
1568 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
1569 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
1570 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
1571 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
1572 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
1573 version segfault shortly after starting up.
1575 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
1577 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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