Welcome to the wonderful world of wxPython!
-Now that you have installed the Win32 extension module, you can try it
+Once you have installed the wxPython extension module, you can try it
out by going to the [install dir]\wxPython\demo directory and typing:
python demo.py
as most classes and methods are used identically. Where there are
differences they are documented with a "wxPython Note."
+On Win32 systems the binary self-installer creates a program group on
+the Start Menu that contains a link to running the demo and a link to
+the help file. To help you save disk space I'm now using Microsoft's
+HTML Help format. If your system doesn't know what to do with the help
+file, you can install the HTML Help Viewer as part of IE 4+, NT
+Service Pack 4+, or the HTML Workshop at
+
+http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/download.asp.
+
Getting Help
wxpython-users@starship.python.net
-What's new in 2.0b9
--------------------
-Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
-
-Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
-wxPython application.
-
-Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
-
-Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
-associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
-this feature off.
-
-Added wxSafeYield function.
-
-OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
-
-Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
-how it all works.
-
-The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
-DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
-
-Added a couple missing items from the docs.
-
-Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
-wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
-
-Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
-
-Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
-methods.
-
-
-
-What's new in 2.0b8
--------------------
-Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
-
-Several missing methods from various classes.
-
-Various bug fixes.
-
-
-
-What's new in 2.0b7
--------------------
-Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
-
-Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
-
-
-
-What's new in 2.0b6
--------------------
-Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
-Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
-
-
-What's new in 2.0b5
--------------------
-Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
-reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
-wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
-wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
-with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
-
-I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
-in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
-have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
-diverges from wxWindows.
-
-Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
-window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
-it should just work... More news on this later.
-
-Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
-
-Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
-wxRegConfig class.
-
-As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
-
-
-
-What's new in 0.5.3
--------------------
-Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
-
-Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
-compatibility with the current wxWindows.
-
-
-
-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
-namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
-prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
-
-Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
-
-Made the events work for wxGrid.
-
-Added wxConfig.
-
-Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
-
-Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
-objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
-
-Other assorted fixes and additions.
+Other Info
+----------
+Please also see the following files in this directory:
+ CHANGES.txt Information about new features, fixes, etc. in
+ each release.
+ BUILD.txt Instructions for building wxPython on various
+ platforms.
-What's new in 0.4.2
--------------------
+ licence.txt Text of the wxWindows license.
-wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
-static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
-<H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
-down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
-DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
-because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
-
-
-The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
-must have been a different issue all along...
-
-
-
-What's New in 0.4
------------------
-
-1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
-Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
-linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
-extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
-And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
-version segfault shortly after starting up.
-
-2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
-
-3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
-
-
-
-
-Build Instructions
-------------------
-I used SWIG (http://www.swig.org) to create the source code for the
-extension module. This enabled me to only have to deal with a small
-amount of code and only have to bother with the exceptional issues.
-SWIG takes care of the rest and generates all the repetative code for
-me. You don't need SWIG to build the extension module as all the
-generated C++ code is included under the src directory.
-
-I added a few minor features to SWIG to control some of the code
-generation. If you want to playaround with this the patches are in
-wxPython/SWIG.patches and they should be applied to the 1.1p5 version
-of SWIG. These new patches are documented at
-http://starship.skyport.net/crew/robind/#swig, and they should also
-end up in the 1.2 version of SWIG.
-
-wxPython is organized as a Python package. This means that the
-directory containing the results of the build process should be a
-subdirectory of a directory on the PYTHONPATH. (And preferably should
-be named wxPython.) You can control where the build process will dump
-wxPython by setting the TARGETDIR makefile variable. The default is
-$(WXWIN)/utils/wxPython, where this README.txt is located. If you
-leave it here then you should add $(WXWIN)/utils to your PYTHONPATH.
-However, you may prefer to use something that is already on your
-PYTHONPATH, such as the site-packages directory on Unix systems.
-
-
-Win32
------
-
-1. Build wxWindows with wxUSE_RESOURCE_LOADING_IN_MSW set to 1 in
-include/wx/msw/setup.h so icons can be loaded dynamically. While
-there, make sure wxUSE_OWNER_DRAWN is also set to 1.
-
-2. Change into the $(WXWIN)/utils/wxPython/src directory.
-
-3. Edit makefile.vc and specify where your python installation is at.
-You may also want to fiddle with the TARGETDIR variable as described
-above.
-
-4. Run nmake -f makefile.vc
-
-5. If it builds successfully, congratulations! Move on to the next
-step. If not then you can try mailing me for help. Also, I will
-always have a pre-built win32 version of this extension module at
-http://alldunn.com/wxPython/.
-
-6. Change to the $(WXWIN)/utils/wxPython/demo directory.
-
-7. Try executing the demo program. For example:
-
- python demo.py
-
-To run it without requiring a console, you can use the pythonw.exe
-version of Python either from the command line or from a shortcut.
-
-
-
-Unix
-----
-0. I configure wxWindows like this, YMMV:
-
-./configure --with-gtk --without-shared --with-threads --without-unicode --with-libjpeg
-
-
-1. Change into the $(WXWIN)/utils/wxPython/src directory.
-
-2. Edit Setup.in and ensure that the flags, directories, and toolkit
-options are correct. See the above commentary about TARGETDIR. There
-are a few sample Setup.in.[platform] files provided.
-
-3. Run this command to generate a makefile:
-
- make -f Makefile.pre.in boot
-
-4. Run these commands to build and then install the wxPython extension
-module:
-
- make
- make install
+----------------
+Robin Dunn
+robin@alldunn.com
-5. Change to the $(WXWIN)/utils/wxPython/demo directory.
-6. Try executing the demo program. For example:
- python demo.py
-----------------
-Robin Dunn
-robin@alldunn.com
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