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[wxWidgets.git] / wxPython / CHANGES.txt

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@@ -2,14 +2,100 @@ CHANGES.txt for wxPython
 
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-?????
+2.3.3
+-----
+Added wxSplashScreen.
+
+Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
+
+Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
+
+The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
+wxPopupWindow if available so they can extend beyond the client area
+of the STC if needed.
+
+Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
+added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
+be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
+
+Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
+data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
+convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
+
+Added wxPython.lib.rcsizer which contains RowColSizer.  This sizer is
+based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a row and column
+for each item, as well as optional column or row spanning.  Cells with
+no item assigned to it are just left blank.  Stretchable rows or
+columns are specified and work the same as in wxFlexGridSizer.
+
+Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
+
+Added wxBufferedDC.
+
+Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45
+
+UNICODE!
+
+    wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
+    disabled.  Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
+    used.  Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
+    it is also available in wxWindow on the platform.  Currently
+    wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
+    the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
+    it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
+
+    Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
+    family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
+    same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well!  This is
+    done by using a special library and DLL in the application called
+    MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode).  It simply gets out of the
+    way if the app is run on an NT box, or if run on a win9x box it
+    loads a special DLL that provides the unicode versions of the
+    windows API.  So far I have not been able to get this to work on
+    win9x with the stock python.exe and pythonw.exe executables.
+    Instead I've had to rebuild the Python loaders linked with this
+    MSLU library from Microsoft.  I'd like to find a way to build
+    wxWindows/wxPython such that this is not needed...
+
+    So how do you use it?  It's very simple.  When unicode is enabled,
+    then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
+    from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
+    parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
+    accept either a Python string or unicode object.  If a string
+    object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
+    converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
+    system encoding.  If you need to use a string in some other
+    encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
+    codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
+    method.
+
+
+Bad news: The API for adding tools to toolbars has changed again.
+Good news: Toolbar tools can now have labels!
+
+
+
+
+2.3.2.1
+-------
+Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
+well as the Python thread state.  This time it works on SMP machines
+without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
+
+Added some patches from library contributors.
+
+
+
+
+2.3.2

 -----
 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
 and a demo to show them in action.
 
 -----
 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
 and a demo to show them in action.
 

-Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust.
+Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )

 
 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
 
 
 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
 


@@ -19,7 +105,7 @@ Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
 Rolinsky.
 
 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
 Rolinsky.
 
 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the

-default C++ contructor, (the on with no parameters) and also added the
+default C++ contructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the

 coresponding Create(...) method.  This allows you to do a 2-step
 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
 coresponding Create(...) method.  This allows you to do a 2-step
 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for


@@ -28,8 +114,90 @@ resource.  The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
 the class with a "Pre" in it.  For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
 etc.
 
 the class with a "Pre" in it.  For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
 etc.
 

-Updated to version 1.39 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
-accordingly.
+Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
+accordingly.  While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
+from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality.  This
+means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
+are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
+wxSTC flag accordingly.
+
+Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
+column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
+using wxColumnSorterMixin.
+
+Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
+
+Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
+
+Added pySketch to the samples.
+
+Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
+are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
+multi-processor machine.
+
+Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
+messages however is wished.  See demo/Main.py for an example.
+
+Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
+
+The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
+wxShape and derived classes.  This means that functions and methods
+that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
+created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
+exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
+original C++ pointer.
+
+Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
+DrawPointList.
+
+Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
+
+Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
+text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
+
+Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
+and from web browsers.  It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
+of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
+browsers on Windows.  On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
+if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
+wx-dev list.
+
+Added wxStopWatch.
+
+Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
+
+Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
+will now Disconnect the event.
+
+Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
+
+Added wxFileHistory.
+
+Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
+by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars.  Added a demo to show
+this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
+same document.
+
+Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
+
+Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
+Feuer.
+
+Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
+were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
+additional columns for each item.  The classes are
+wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
+wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
+also be useful by themselves.
+
+Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
+from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
+wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first.  The
+visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
+SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful.  See
+wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
+details.
+