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[wxWidgets.git] / wxPython / docs / MigrationGuide.txt

diff --git a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt
index 6db1c89ea7f93915ee29cb7bdafafd67ce787562..c469b3808f89c9984e2ebafec0a4fe01ce4429f1 100644 (file)
--- a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt
+++ b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@ usual to see info about the not so major changes and other things that
 have been added to wxPython.
 
 
 have been added to wxPython.
 
 

+wxName Change
+-------------
+
+The **wxWindows** project and library is now known as
+**wxWidgets**.  Please see here_ for more details.
+
+.. _here: http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm
+
+This won't really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact
+that the wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org,
+so mail list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing.  We're going
+to try and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you
+all to be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
+
+

 
 Module Initialization
 ---------------------
 
 The import-startup-bootstrap process employed by wxPython was changed
 
 Module Initialization
 ---------------------
 
 The import-startup-bootstrap process employed by wxPython was changed

-such that wxWindows and the underlying gui toolkit are **not**
+such that wxWidgets and the underlying gui toolkit are **not**

 initialized until the wx.App object is created (but before wx.App.OnInit
 is called.)  This was required because of some changes that were made
 to the C++ wxApp class.
 initialized until the wx.App object is created (but before wx.App.OnInit
 is called.)  This was required because of some changes that were made
 to the C++ wxApp class.


@@ -117,7 +132,8 @@ automatically generate a new ID if -1 is given, similar to using -1
 with window classess.  This means that you can create menu or toolbar
 items and event bindings without having to predefine a unique menu ID,
 although you still can use IDs just like before if you want.  For
 with window classess.  This means that you can create menu or toolbar
 items and event bindings without having to predefine a unique menu ID,
 although you still can use IDs just like before if you want.  For

-example, these are all equivallent other than ID values::
+example, these are all equivallent other than their specific ID
+values::

 
   1.
     item = menu.Append(-1, "E&xit", "Terminate the App")
 
   1.
     item = menu.Append(-1, "E&xit", "Terminate the App")