If you want to also install the version of wxPython you build to be in @@ -25,29 +25,29 @@ you only use the instructions in this BUI will end up with a separate installation of wxPython and you can switch back and forth between this and the release version that you may already have installed.
-If you want to make changes to any of the *.i files, (SWIG interface -definition files,) or to regenerate the extension sources or renamer -modules, then you will need an up to date version of SWIG. Either get -and build the current CVS version, or version 1.3.20, and then apply -the patches in wxPython/SWIG. See the README.txt in that dir for -details about each patch and also info about those that may already -have been applied to the SWIG sources. If you install this build of -SWIG to a location that is not on the PATH (so it doesn't interfere -with an existing SWIG install for example) then you can set a setup.py -command-line variable named SWIG to be the full path name of the -executable and the wxPython build will use it. See below for an -example.
+If you want to make changes to any of the *.i files, (SWIG +interface definition files,) or to regenerate the extension sources or +renamer modules, then you will need an up to date version of SWIG, +plus some patches. Get the sources for version 1.3.22, and then apply +the patches in wxPython/SWIG and then build SWIG like normal. See the +README.txt in the wxPython/SWIG dir for details about each patch and +also info about those that may already have been applied to the SWIG +sources. If you install this build of SWIG to a location that is not +on the PATH (so it doesn't interfere with an existing SWIG install for +example) then you can set a setup.py command-line variable named SWIG +to be the full path name of the executable and the wxPython build will +use it. See below for an example.
In the text below I'll use WXDIR with environment variable syntax -(either $WXDIR or %WXDIR%) to refer to the top level directory were +(either $WXDIR or %WXDIR%) to refer to the top level directory where your wxWidgerts and wxPython sources are located. It will equate to whereever you checked out the wxWidgets module from CVS, or untarred -the wxPythonSrc tarball to. You can either substitute the $WXDIR text +the wxPython-src tarball to. You can either substitute the $WXDIR text below with your actual dir, or set the value in the environment and use it just like you see it below.
If you run into what appears to be compatibility issues between wxWidgets and wxPython while building wxPython, be sure you are using -the wxWidgets sources included with the wxPythonSrc tarball or the CVS -snapshot, and not a previously installed version or a version +the wxWidgets sources included with the wxPython-src tarball or the +CVS snapshot, and not a previously installed version or a version installed from one of the standard wxWidgets installers. With the "unstable" releases (have a odd-numbered minor release value, where the APIs are allowed to change) there are often significant @@ -74,16 +74,36 @@ cd bld ../configure --prefix=/opt/wx/2.5 \ --with-gtk \ --with-opengl \ - --disable-monolithic \ --enable-debug \ --enable-geometry \ --enable-sound --with-sdl \ --enable-display \
On OS X of course you'll want to use --with-mac instead of ---with-gtk. For GTK2 and unicode add:
+--with-gtk. +NOTE: Due to a recent change there is currently a dependency +problem in the multilib builds of wxWidgets on OSX, so I have +switched to using a monolithic build. That means that all of the +core wxWidgets code is placed in in one shared library instead of +several. wxPython can be used with either mode, so use whatever +suits you on Linux and etc. but use monolithic on OSX. To switch +to the monolithic build of wxWidgets just add this configure flag:
++--enable-monolithic \ ++
By default GTK2 will be selected if its development pacakge is +installed on your build system. To force the use of GTK 1.2.x +instead add this flag:
++--disable-gtk2 \ ++
To make the wxWidgets build be unicode enabled (strongly +recommended if you are building with GTK2) then add the following. +When wxPython is unicode enabled then all strings that are passed +to wx functions and methods will first be converted to unicode +objects, and any 'strings' returned from wx functions and methods +will actually be unicode objects.:
---enable-gtk2 \ --enable-unicode \
Notice that I used a prefix of /opt/wx/2.5. You can use whatever @@ -110,14 +130,13 @@ can add these flags to the configure command:
command but there are other libraries besides the main wxWidgets libs that also need to be built so again I make a script to do it all for me so I don't forget anything. This time it is called -".make" (I use the leading ". so when I do rm -r * in my build +".make" (I use the leading "." so when I do rm -r * in my build dir I don't lose my scripts too.) This is what it looks like:
make $* \
&& make -C contrib/src/gizmos $* \
&& make -C contrib/src/ogl CXXFLAGS="-DwxUSE_DEPRECATED=0" $* \
- && make -C contrib/src/stc $* \
- && make -C contrib/src/xrc $*
+ && make -C contrib/src/stc $*
So you just use .make as if it where make, but don't forget to set the execute bit on .make first!:
@@ -159,10 +178,17 @@ command line to ensure your new one is used instead:WX_CONFIG=/opt/wx/2.5/bin/wx-config-
If you are building with GTK2 then add the following flags to the -command line:
+By default setup.py will assume that you built wxWidgets to use +GTK2. If you built wxWidgets to use GTK 1.2.x then you should add +this flag to the command-line:
-WXPORT=gtk2 UNICODE=1 +WXPORT=gtk ++
If you would like to do a Unicode enabled build (all strings sent +to or retruned from wx functions are Unicode objects) and your +wxWidgets was built with unicode enabled then add this flag:
++UNICODE=1
If you are wanting to have the source files regenerated with swig, then you need to turn on the USE_SWIG flag and optionally tell it @@ -213,7 +239,7 @@ compilers) can also be used but I've never done the work to make that happen. If you want to try that then first you'll want to find out if there are any tricks that have to be done to make Python extension modules using that compiler, and then make a few changes to setup.py -to accomodate that. (And send the patches to me.) If you plan on +to accommodate that. (And send the patches to me.) If you plan on using VisualStudio.Net (a.k.a. MSVC 7.1) keep in mind that you'll also have to build Python and any other extension modules that you use with that compiler because a different version of the C runtime library is @@ -229,6 +255,12 @@ or python23_d.dll. If you don't need to trace through the C/C++ parts of the code with the debugger then building the normal (or hybrid) version is fine, and you can use the regular python executables with it.
+Starting with 2.5.3.0 wxPython can be built for either the monlithic +or the multi-lib wxWidgets builds. (Monolithic means that all the +core wxWidgets code is in one DLL, and multi-lib means that the core +code is divided into multiple DLLs.) To select which one to use +specify the MONOLITHIC flag for both the wxWidgets build and the +wxPython build as shown below, setting it to either 0 or 1.
Just like the unix versions I also use some scripts to help me build wxWidgets, but I use some non-standard stuff to do it. So if you have bash (cygwin or probably MSYS too) or 4NT plus unix-like cat and sed @@ -321,7 +353,7 @@ clean up the build:
executing nmake with a bunch of extra command line parameters. The base set are:--f makefile.vc OFFICIAL_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 MONOLITHIC=0 USE_OPENGL=1 +-f makefile.vc OFFICIAL_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 MONOLITHIC=1 USE_OPENGL=1
If doing a debug build then add:
@@ -341,7 +373,6 @@ same command from the following directories in order to build the
contrib libraries:
%WXDIR%\contrib\build\gizmos
- %WXDIR%\contrib\build\xrc
%WXDIR%\contrib\build\stc
%WXDIR%\contrib\build\ogl
@@ -363,10 +394,11 @@ version the rest of the time. If you ever do want to install the
development version please refer to INSTALL.txt.
Change to the %WXDIR%\wxPython dir and run the this command,
making sure that you use the version of python that you want to
-build for (if you have more than one on your system):
+build for (if you have more than one on your system) and to match
+the MONOLITHIC flag with how you built wxWidgets:
cd %WXDIR%\wxPython
-python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+python setup.py build_ext --inplace MONOLITHIC=1
If you are wanting to have the source files regenerated with swig,
then you need to turn on the USE_SWIG flag and optionally tell it