X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/5434ebd69384b186ceb11a42ac1cb0d37a11da08..a8cb1a4947bbbf5e18ce52448f4c3bb4cff4daee:/wxPython/SWIG/README.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/wxPython/SWIG/README.txt b/wxPython/SWIG/README.txt index 40ac1b95ae..ade6b98f8b 100644 --- a/wxPython/SWIG/README.txt +++ b/wxPython/SWIG/README.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -SWIG 1.3 Patches -================ +SWIG 1.3.x Patches +================== This directory holds a set of patches for the CVS version of SWIG that are required if you wish to use SWIG for wxPython development, or for @@ -8,34 +8,102 @@ wxPython. These have been submitted to SWIG's SourceForge patch tracker, so hopefully they will get incorporated into the main SWIG source tree soon. +wxPython currently uses the 1.3.24 version of SWIG, which you can get +from https://sourceforge.net/projects/swig/, plus the patch(es) in this +directory. Download the SWIG sources, apply the patch(es) here and +then build as normal. If you want to use both the patched version of +SWIG and the stock version, then you can configure the patched version +to use a different --prefix and then specify that executable when +running setup.py, like this: + + python setup.py SWIG=/path/to/my/swig [other params] + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +swig-1.3.24.patch + + A bug was introduced in SWIG 1.3.23 and remains in 1.3.24 that + causes compilation problems with wxPython (copies are being made + of objects that don't have a copy constructor.) This patch fixes + the code generator to use a reference to the object instead of + making a copy. + + Part of my autodoc patch was disabled becuase a unit-test failed. + It turns out that the failure was due to a name clash in the unit + test itself, so I re-enabled that section of code in this patch. + + Don't generate the autodocs string for a class if it has a + docstring attribute. + + Some typos fixed, etc. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +This patch was added to SWIG's CVS on 10/2/2004 and a modified version +of it is in 1.3.23 and 1.3.24. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + +swig.python-2.patch + + Adds the following features to the Python Module in SWIG. See the + updated docs in the patch for more details. + + %feature("autodoc") + %feature("docstring") + %feature("pythonprepend") + %feature("pythonappend") + + %module(docstring="string") + %module(package="string") + + https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1023309&group_id=1645&atid=301645 + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +This patch was applied to SWIG's CVS on 07/12/2004 and is in the +1.3.22 relese. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +swig.xmlout.patch Fixes a couple problems in the XML output + of SWIG: an extra "/>" was removed and + newlines in attribute values were changed + to the #10; entity reference so they will + be preserved by parsers. + + Also, added options for dumping or + writing to a file the XML of the parse + tree *after* other language modules have + been run (previously you could only do + the XML output *instead of* a regular + language module.) + See SF Patch #864689 + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -These patches have already been checked in to SWIG's CVS +These patches have already been checked in to SWIG's CVS and are in +the 1.3.20 release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -swig.SplitLines.patch Adds a new SplitLines function to the DOH - library. See SF Patch #829317. - *Checked in 10/31/2003* +swig.SplitLines.patch Adds a new SplitLines function to the DOH + library. See SF Patch #829317. + *Checked in 10/31/2003* -swig.xml.patch Adds an option that drastically reduces - the size of the XML output of SWIG, which - increases the performance of the - build_renamers script used in the wxPython - build. See SF Patch #829319. - *Checked in 10/31/2003* +swig.xml.patch Adds an option that drastically reduces + the size of the XML output of SWIG, which + increases the performance of the + build_renamers script used in the wxPython + build. See SF Patch #829319. + *Checked in 10/31/2003* -swig.python.patch Lots of changes for SWIG's Python module, - especially in how the proxy code is - generated. See swig.python.patch.txt for - more details, also SF Patch #829325. - *Checked in 10/31/2003* +swig.python.patch Lots of changes for SWIG's Python module, + especially in how the proxy code is + generated. See swig.python.patch.txt for + more details, also SF Patch #829325. + *Checked in 10/31/2003* ------------------------------------------------------------------------