CHANGES.txt for wxPython
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-2.5.1.x
+2.5.1.3
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(See also the MigrationGuide.txt file for details about some of the
big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
adapt your code.)
+The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
+see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. 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.
+
+
Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
-to wxWindows 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
+to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
Added wxMirrorDC.
Added wxIconLocation
-
-Added Python wrappers for the new wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, and
-wxHtmlListBox classes.
+Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
+wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
from wxBookCtrl.
+Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
+wx.lib.plot module.
+
+I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
+Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
+happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
+
+The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
+Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
+also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
+GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
+items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
+RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
+for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
+distros please send me a patch.
+
+The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
+installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
+
+There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
+Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
+extension modules and Python pacakges, and also the command-line tool
+scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
+for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
+image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
+want to put them.
+
+The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
+different API.
+
+Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
+
+wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
+
+wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
+
+To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
+I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
+that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
+it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
+simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
+only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
+menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
+it.
+
+Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
+"Adi" Sieker.
+
+Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
+
+AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
+MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
+
+Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
+describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
+MigrationGuide for more details.
+
+Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
+newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
+version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
+new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
+controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
+and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
+that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
+GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
+will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
+compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
+in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
+Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
+module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
+couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
+if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
+migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
+MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
+
+.. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
-be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
+be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
informative.
Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
-people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
+people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
to the new namespace.
2.4.0.7
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+
Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
TRUE/FALSE values.
2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
--------
+------------------------------------------
+
The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
think I am testing in the future...
2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
--------
+----------------------------------------------
+
A few little but annoying bug fixes.
Updated pycolourchooser.
representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
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+OOR:
Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
object-type related oddities to me.
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+
There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
-Added some missing EVT_ functions.
+Added some missing EVT functions.
Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
package.
What's new in 0.5.0
-------------------
-Changed the import semantics from "from wxPython import *" to "from
-wxPython.wx import *" This is for people who are worried about
+Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
+``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
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