Recent Changes for wxPython

2.6.1.0

2.8.0.1

11-Dec-2006

Lots of fixes and updates to the AUI classes.

Added wx.CollapsiblePane. On wxGTK it uses a native expander widget, +on the other platforms a regular button is used to control the +collapsed/expanded state.

Added the wx.combo module, which contains the ComboCtrl and ComboPopup +classes. These classes allow you to implement a wx.ComboBox-like +widget where the popup can be nearly any kind of widget, and where you +have a lot of control over other aspects of the combo widget as well. +It works very well on GTK and MSW, using native renderers for drawing +the combo button, but is unfortunatly still a bit klunky on OSX...

Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4 by default.

Added wx.combo.OwnerDrawnComboBox, which is a ComboCtrl that delegates +the drawing of the items in the popup and in the control itself to +overridden methods of a derived class, similarly to how wx.VListBox +works.

Added wx.combo.BitmapComboBox which is a combobox that displays a +bitmap in front of the list items.

Added the wx.lib.mixins.inspect module. It contains the InspectMixin +class which can be mixed with a wx.App class and provides a PyCrust +window that can be activated with a Ctrl-Alt-I keystroke (or Cmd-Alt-I +on the Mac.)

Added some modules from Riaan Booysen:

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wx.lib.flagart: contains icons of the flags of many countries.
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wx.lib.art.img2pyartprov: makes images embedded in a python file +with img2py available via the wx.ArtProvider.
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wx.lib.langlistctrl: A wx.ListCtrl for selecting a language, +which uses the country flag icons.
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An I18N sample for the demo.
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+

wx.lib.masked: Patch from Will Sadkin. Includes Unicode fixes, plus +more helpful exceptions and ability to designate fields in mask +without intervening fixed characters.

Added wx.SearchCtrl, which is a composite of a wx.TextCtrl with optional +bitmap buttons and a drop-down menu. Controls like this can typically +be found on a toolbar of applications that support some form of search +functionality. On the Mac this control is implemented using the +native HISearchField control, on the other platforms a generic control +is used, although that may change in the future as more platforms +introduce native search widgets.

Added a set of button classes to wx.lib.buttons from David Hughes that +uses the native renderer to draw the button.

2.7.2.0

7-Nov-2006

Patch [ 1583183 ] Fixes printing/print preview inconsistencies

Add events API to wxHtmlWindow (patch #1504493 by Francesco Montorsi)

Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot)

Added New Zealand NZST and NZDT timezone support to wx.DateTime.

wx.Window.GetAdjustedBestSize is deprecated. In every conceivable +scenario GetEffectiveMinSize is probably what you want to use instead.

wx.Image: Gained support for TGA image file format.

wx.aui: The classes in the wx.aui module have been renamed to be more +consistent with each other, and make it easier to recognize in the +docs and etc. that they belong together.

+FrameManager --> AuiManager +FrameManagerEvent --> AuiManagerEvent +PaneInfo --> AuiPaneInfo +FloatingPane --> AuiFloatingPane +DockArt --> AuiDockArt +TabArt --> AuiTabArt +AuiMultiNotebook --> AuiNotebook +AuiNotebookEvent --> AuiNotebookEvent

wx.lib.customtreectrl: A patch from Frank Niessink which adds an +additional style (TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT) that (un)checks a parent when +all children are (un)checked.

wx.animate.AnimationCtrl fixed to display inactive bitmap at start +(patch 1590192)

Patch from Dj Gilcrease adding the FNB_HIDE_ON_SINGLE_TAB style flag +for wx.lib.flatnotebook.

wx.Window.GetBestFittingSize has been renamed to GetEffectiveMinSize. +SetBestFittingSize has been renamed to SetInitialSize, since it is +most often used only to set the initial (and minimal) size of a +widget.

The QuickTime backend for wx.media.MediaCtrl on MS Windows works +again. Just pass szBackend=wx.media.MEDIABACKEND_QUICKTIME to the +constructor to use it instead of the default ActiveMovie backend, +(assuming the quicktime DLLs are available on the system.)

2.7.1.3

26-Oct-2006

wxGTK: The wx.ALWAYS_SHOW_SB style is now supported.

Fixed name errors in the old wxPython package namespace. As a +reminder, use of this package is deprecated and you are encouraged to +switch your programs over to the wx package.

Fixed wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas.SetCurrent to be compatible with prevoius +versons.

Added wx.StandardPaths.GetTmpDir.

Bug fixes in the wx.ListCtrl on Mac from Kevin Olivier, allowing it to +send events properly again. There is also a new native implementation +of wx.ListCtrl available, which will be used for wx.LC_REPORT style +list controls if you set the "mac.listctrl.always_use_generic" +SystemOption to zero. In a future release this will be the default.

Added a sample to the demo that shows some of what can be done with +the new wx.GraphicsContext and wx.GraphicsPath classes.

2.7.1.2

21-Oct-2006

Fixed a bug in the MaskedEdit controls caused by conflicting IsEmpty +methods.

Patch #1579280: Some mimetype optimizations on unix-like systems.

wxMac: Several wx.webkit.WebKitCtrl enhancements/fixes, including:

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new methods for increasing/decreasing text size, getting +selection, getting/setting scroll position, printing, enabling +editing, and running JavaScripts on the page.
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added new event (wx.webkit.WebKitBeforeLoadEvent) for catching, and +possibly vetoing, load events before they occur.
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wx.webkit.WebKitCtrl now fires mouse events for certain events +that it was eating before. This improves wxSplitterWindow +resizing behavior.
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refactoring of the sizing logic to move the Cocoa view. Tested +with splitter windows, panels, notebooks and all position +correctly with this.
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Some improvements to the drawing code in CustomTreeCtrl.

Fixed refcount leak in wx.Window.GetChildren.

2.7.1.1

18-Oct-2006

The following deprecated items have been removed:

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wx.Bitmap SetQuality and GetQuality methods
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The wx.GetNumberFromUser function
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wx.EVT_LIST_GET_INFO and wx.EVT_LIST_SET_INFO
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wx.BookCtrlSizer and wx.NotebookSizer
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The PostScript-specific methods of wx.PrintData
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wx.PrintDialogData SetSetupDialog and GetSetupDialog methods
+
wx.FontMapper SetConfig method
+
wx.html.HtmlSearchStatus.GetContentsItem method
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wx.html.HtmlHelpData.GetContents, GetContentsCnt, GetIndex, and +GetIndexCnt methods
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+

wx.EventLoop is now implemented for wxMac.

Added wxPython wrappers for the new wx.Treebook and wx.Toolbook +classes.

wx.DC.BeginDrawing and EndDrawing have been deprecated in the C++ +code, so since they never really did anything before they are now just +empty stubs in wxPython.

Solved a problem that has been around for a very long time in how C++ +methods are virtualized for overriding in derived Python classes. +Previously we couldn't do it for methods that needed to also exist in +the base class wrappers such that they could be called normally. (The +reasons are long and complex, but suffice it to say that it was due to +mixing C++'s dynamic dispatch, and Python's runtime lookup of the +method attributes resulting in endless recursion of function calls.) +Because of this problem I used a hack that I have always hated, and +that is renaming the base class methods with a "base_*" prefix, for +example wx.Printout.base_OnBeginDocument. Now that the problem has +finally been solved I have replaced all the base_Whatever() methods +with the real Whatever() method as well as a simple wrapper named +base_Whatever that is marked as deprecated. So now instead of writing +your overridden methods like this:

+def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
+    # do something here
+    return self.base_OnBeginDocument(start, end)
+

You can now call the base class method the normal way, like this:

+def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
+    # do something here
+    return Printout.OnBeginDocument(self, start, end)
+

Or like this with super():

+def OnBeginDocument(self, start, end):
+    # do something here
+    return super(MyPrintout, self).OnBeginDocument(start, end)
+

Note that the old way with the "base_*" function still works, but you +will get a DeprecationWarning from calling base_OnBeginDocument. The +classes affected by this are:

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wx.DropSource
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wx.DropTarget
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wx.TextDropTarget
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wx.FileDropTarget
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wx.PyLog (also added the ability to override Flush)
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wx.PyApp (also added the ability to override ExitMainLoop)
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wx.Printout
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wx.PyPrintPreview
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wx.PyPreviewFrame
+
wx.PreviewControlBar
+
wx.Process
+
wx.PyControl
+
wx.PyPanel
+
wx.PyScrolledWindow
+
wx.PyWindow
+
wx.Timer
+
wx.grid.PyGridCellRenderer
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wx.grid.PyGridCellEditor
+
wx.grid.PyGridCellAttrProvider
+
wx.grid.PyGridTableBase
+
wx.html.HtmlWindow
+
wx.wizard.PyWizardPage
+
+

Added the wx.DC.GradientFillConcentric and wx.DC.GradientFillLinear +methods.

wxGTK: wx.ListBox and wx.CheckListBox are now using native GTK2 +widgets.

Added wx.ListBox.HitTest() from patch 1446207

Bumped up to SWIG 1.3.29. This provides some more runtime performance +boosts, gets rid of the dreaded Ptr classes, and some other nice new +things.

Added wx.Window.GetScreenPosition and GetScreenRect which returns the +position of the window in screen coordinates, even if the window is +not a top-level window.

Added GetResourcesDir and GetLocalizedResourcesDir to +wx.StandardPaths.

Added a GetReceivedFormat method to wx.DataObjectComposite. You can +use this to find out what format of data object was recieved from the +source of the clipboard or DnD operation, and then you'll know which +of the component data objects to use to access the data.

Changed how the stock objects (wx.RED, wx.RED_PEN, wx.RED_BRUSH, etc.) +are initialized. They are now created as uninitialized instances +using __new__. Then after the wx.App has been created, but before +OnInit is called, the .this attribute of each object is initialized. +This was needed because of some delayed initialization functionality +that was implemented in wxWidgets, but the end result is cleaner for +wxPython as well, and allowed me to remove some ugly code previously +hidden under the covers.

Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir.

Added wx.RendererNative.DrawCheckButton.

wx.ProgressDialog.Update now returns a tuple of two values. The first +is a continue flag (what was returned before) and the second is a skip +flag. If the dialog has the wx.PD_CAN_SKIP flag and if the Skip +button is clicked, then the skip flag is set to True the next time +Update is called.

A DeprecationWarning is now issued when the old wxPython package is +imported. If you are still using the old namespace please convert +your code to use the new wx package instead.

Added wrappers for Julian's new wxRichTextCtrl class, visible in +wxPython as wx.richtext.RichTextCtrl window. It still needs some more +work, but it is a great start.

wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin: Fixed the double END_LABEL_EDIT +event problem in TextEditMixin by checking if the editor was already +hidden before continuing with the CloseEditor method. Also added code +to OpenEditor to send the BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT event and to not allow the +opening of the editor to continue if the event handler doesn't allow +it.

wx.StaticBoxSizer now keeps better track of the wx.StaticBox, and it +will destroy it if the sizer is destroyed before the parent window is.

Added wx.HyperlinkCtrl.

Added battery and power related functions and events (wxMSW only so +far.) See wx.PowerEvent, wx.GetPowerType and wx.GetBatteryState.

Added wx.ListCtrl.HitTestSubItem which returns the sub-item (i.e. the +column in report mode) that was hit (if any) in addition to the item +and flags.

Added wrappers for wx.ColourPickerCtrl, wx.DirPickerCtrl, +wx.FilePickerCtrl, and wx.FontPickerCtrl.

Patch #1502016 wx.Image.ConvertToGreyscale now retains the alpha +channel.

Added wrappers for the wxAUI classes, in the wx.aui module.

Added the PseudoDC class from Paul Lanier. It provides a way to +record operations on a DC and then play them back later.

Upgraded to Scintilla 1.70 for wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl.

Added CanSetTransparent and SetTransparent methods to the +wx.TopLevelWindow class, with implementations (so far) for wxMSW and +wxMac.

SetDefaultItem() and GetDefaultItem() are now members of +wx.TopLevelWindow, not wx.Panel.

wxGTK: Stock items (icons) will be used for menu items with stock +IDs.

Added wx.lib.combotreebox from Frank Niessink

Added wx.ImageFromBuffer, wx.BitmapFromBuffer and +wx.BitmapFromBufferRGBA factory functions. They enable loading of an +image or bitmap directly from a Python object that implements the +buffer interface, such as strings, arrays, etc.

Added wx.App.IsDisplayAvailable() which can be used to determine if a +GUI can be created in the current environment. (Still need an +implementation for wxMSW...)

The wx.html.HTML_FONT_SIZE_x constants are no longer available as the +default sizes are now calculated at runtime based on the size of the +normal GUI font.

wx.Colour now includes an alpha component, which defaults to +wx.ALPHA_OPAQUE. This is in preparation for allowing various new +alpha blening functionality using wx.Colour objects, such as drawing +with pens and brushes on a wx.DC.

Added wx.NativePixelBuffer, wx.AlphPixelBuffer and related iterator +and accessor classes. They allow platform independent direct access +to the platform specific pixel buffer inside of a wx.Bitmap object.

The beginnings of support for RTL languages has been added, thanks to +a Google SoC project.

Added wx.lib.dragscroller from Riaan Booysen. It provides a helper +class that can used to scroll a wx.ScrolledWindow in response to a +mouse drag.

Applied patch 1551409: Adds support for indeterminate mode gauges.

wxMac: I've turned on the compile option for using the native toolbar +on the Mac now that it supports hosting of controls. If the toolbar +is managed by the frame via either CreateToolBar() or SetToolBar() +then the native toolbar will be used. Additional toolbars, or +toolbars that are not children of the frame, are managed by sizers or +what-not will still use the emulated toolbar because of platform +restrictions in how/where the native toolbar can be used.

Added Python properties for many of the getter/setter methods of wx +classes. In order for the names to be predicatble for somebody +already familiar with wxPython the property names are simply the name +of the getter with the "Get" dropped. For example, wx.Window has a +property named "Size" that maps to GetSize and SetSize. So far there +is only one known name conflict using this naming convention, and that +is wx.KeyEvent.KeyCode, however since KeyCode was formerly a +compatibility alias for GetKeyCode (and has been for a long time) it +was decided to just switch it to a property. If you want to use the +method then change your calls to event.KeyCode() to +event.GetKeyCode(), otherwise you can use it as a property just by +dropping the parentheses.

Updated the C++ code for wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl from the wxCode +project. This has resulted in some minor API changes, most of which +were worked around in the wrapper code.

Added wx.lib.delayedresult from Oliver Schoenborn.

Added wx.lib.expando, a multi-line textctrl that expands as more lines +are needed.

wx.Image.Scale and Rescale methods now take an extra parameter +specifying type of method to use for resampling the image. It +defaults to the current behavior of just replicating pixels, if +wx.IMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH is passed then it uses bicubic and box averaging +resampling methods for upsampling and downsampling respectively.

Added the wx.lib.buttonpanel module, which is a tweaked version of +Andrea Gavana's FancyButtonPanel module.

Added the wx.lib.flatnotebook module, from Andrea Gavana.

Renamed wx.FutureCall to wx.CallLater so it is named more like +wx.CallAfter. wx.FutureCall is now an empty subclass of wx.CallLater +for compatibility of older code.

Added the wx.lib.customtreectrl module from Andrea Gavana.

Added ChangeSelection to wx.BookCtrl (the base class for wx.Notebook +and other book controls) that is the same as SetSelection but doesn't +send the change events.

Added wx.TextCtrl.ChangeValue() which is the same as SetValue() but +doesn't send the text changed event.

For consistency, all classes having an Ok() method now also have +IsOk(), use of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't +been deprecated yet

Added the wx.AboutBox() function and wx.AboutDialogInfo class. They +provide a way to show a standard About box for the application, which +will either be a native dialog or a generic one depending on what info +is provided and if it can all be shown with the native dialog.

The code in the animate contrib has been moved into the core wxWidgets +library, and refactored a bit along the way. For wxPython it still +exists in the wx.animate module, but has basically been reduced to two +classes, wx.animate.Animation, and wx.animate.AnimationCtrl. You load +the animated GIF (and hopefully there will be other supported formats +in the near future) in the Animation object, and then give that to the +AnimatedCtrl for display. See the demo for an example. There is also +still a GIFAnimationCtrl class that provides some level of backwards +compatibility with the old implementation.

wxMac: The compile option that turns on the use of CoreGraphics (a.k.a +Quartz) for wxDC is now turned on by default. This means that all +drawing via wxDC is done using the new APIs from apple, instead of the +old Quick Draw API. There are, however, a few places where Quartz and +wxDC don't fit together very well, mainly the lack of support for +logical drawing operations such as XOR, but there is work in progress +to provide other ways to do the same sort of thing that will work with +Quartz and also on the other platforms.

The first parts of a new 2D drawing API has been added with the +wx.GraphicsPath and wx.GraphicsContext classes. They wrap GDI+ on +Windows, Cairo on wxGTK and CoreGraphics on OS X. They allow path-based +drawing with alpha-blending and anti-aliasing, and use a floating +point cooridnate system. Currently they can only target drawing to +windows, but other wx.DC backends are forthcoming. The APIs may +evolve a bit more before they are finalaized with the 2.8 release, but +there is enough there now to get a good feel for how things will work. +There is also a transitional wx.GCDC class that provides the wx.DC API +on top of wx.GraphicsContext. Docs and a demo are still MIA.

Added a wx.AutoBufferedPaintDC that is a subclass of wx.PaintDC on +platforms that do double buffering by default, and a subclass of +wx.BufferedPaintDC on the platforms that don't. You can use this +class to help avoid the overhead of buffering when it is not +needed. There is also a wx.AutoBufferedPaintDCFactory function that +does a little more and actually tests if the window has +double-buffering enabled and then decides whether to return a +wx.PaintDC or wx.BufferedPaintDC. This uses the new +wx.Window.IsDoubleBuffered method.

2.6.3.3

15-July-2006

wx.lib.pubsub updates from Oliver Schoenborn:

fixed the hash problem with non-hashable objects
now supports listeners that use *args as an argument +(listener(*args) was not passing the validity test)
corrected some mistakes in documentation
added some clarifications (hopefully useful for first time +users)
changed the way singleton is implemented since old way prevented +pydoc etc from extracting docs for Publisher

DocView and ActiveGrid IDE updates from Morgan Hua:

New Features: In Tab-View mode, Ctrl-number will take the user to +the numbered tab view. Modified files now show an '*' astrisk in +the view title. Debugger framework can now support PHP debugging. +Not important for python development, but at least that means the +debugger framework is more generalized.

Undeprecated wx.GetNumberFromUser and added wx.NumberEntryDialog.

Made necessaary changes for building wxPython for Python 2.5. There +may still be some issues related to the new Py_ssize_t type and 64-bit +machines, but at least all compile errors and warnings related to it +have been resolved.

2.6.3.2

3-April-2006

Fixed reference leak in wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl.GetSelections.

wxMSW: Fixed sizing issue with wx.Choice and wx.ComboBox. This change +was implemented by reverting a prior fix for a different problem +(contiuous painting/resizing when a combobox is used as a widget in a +wx.html.HtmlWindow) so a method to fix both problems is still being +investigated.

wxGTK: Fixed potential buffer overrun when pasting from the +clipboard.

Fixed problem in wx.lib.splitter when used on 64-bit platforms. Used +the current length of the list for specifying an append instead of +sys.maxint.

wxMSW: Support added for XP themed owner drawn buttons and bitmap +buttons. For example, if you change the foreground color of a button +it will now be drawn with the XP themed style rather than an ugly +generic button style.

XRCed: Fix for Copy/Paste objects with international characters.

Fixed the equality and inequality operators for some of the basic +data types (wx.Point, wx.Size, wx.Colour, etc.) to no longer raise a +TypeError if the compared object is not compatible, but to just return +a boolean as expected. For example:

+wx.Colour(64,0,64) == 123      ==> False
+

wxMSW: Fixed (again) sizing/positioning issues of calling Realize on +a wx.ToolBar that is not manaaged directly by a frame and that is +already shown.

wxMSW: Fixed wx.Choice/wx.ComboBox so they send events when a new item +is selected only with the keyboard.

2.6.3.0

27-March-2006

Change the wx.ListCtrl InsertStringItem wrapper to use the form that +takes an imageIndex, and set the default to -1. This ensures that on +wxMSW that if there is an image list but they don't specify an image, +the native control doesn't use one anyway.

wxMSW: wx.ListCtrl in report mode is now able to support images in +other columns besides the first one. Simply pass an image index to +SetStringItem. For virtual list controls you can specify the image to +use on the extra columns by overriding OnGetItemColumnImage in your +derived class. It is passed the item number and the column number as +parameters, and the default version simply calls OnGetItemImage for +column zero, or returns -1 for other columns.

Switched to using SWIG 1.3.27 for generating the wrapper code. There +are some small changes needed to SWIG to work around some bugs that +wxPython exposes, and to be able to generate code that matches that +which wxPython is using. If you are building wxPython yourself and +need to modify any of the *.i files or to add your own, then you will +want to be sure to use a matching SWIG. See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt +in the source tarball for details.

wx.Image.Copy, Mirror, and GetSubImage now also do the right thing +with the alpha channel.

wxMSW: Fixed problem in wx.TextCtrl where using SetValue and +wx.TE_RICH2 would cause the control to be shown if it was hidden.

wxMSW: Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys in +key events.

wxMSW: Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control +correctly if an extra row is removed or added.

wxMSW: On XP fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation +not available in the themed version.

Added wx.Toolbar.GetToolsCount.

Added wx.GridSizer.CalcRowsCols.

Added wx.OutputStream.LastWrite.

wxGTK: EVT_SET_CURSOR is now sent.

wxGTK: Fix RequestMore for idle events.

wxGTK: Implement user dashes for PS and GNOME printing.

wxGTK: Correct update region code. Don't always invalidate the whole +window upon resize. Reenable support for thewx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE +flag. Also disable refreshing custom controls when focusing in and out.

wx.lib.pubsub: Publisher is now able to parse a dotted notation string +into a topic tuple. For example: subscribing to "timer.clock.seconds" +is the same as subscribing to ("timer", "clock", "seconds").

Applied patch #1441370: lib.plot - allow passing in wx.Colour()

Added wx.CommandEvent.GetClientData.

Updated wxStyledTextCtrl to use version 1.67 of Scintilla. +NOTE: The STC_LEX_ASP and STC_LEX_PHP lexers have been deprecated, +you should use STC_LEX_HTML instead.

wxSTC: Implemented Fix for SF Bug #1436503. Delay the start of the +DnD operation in case the user just intended to click, not drag.

Updated the analogclock.py module to the new analogclock package from +E. A. Tacao.

Added the wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.CheckListCtrlMixin class from Bruce +Who, which makes it easy to put checkboxes on list control items.

Applied a patch from Christian Kristukat to wx.lib.plot that adds +scrollbars when the plot is zoomed in, and also the ability to grab a +zoomed plot and move it around with a mouse drag.

XRCed updated to allow wxMenuBar to be created inside a wxFrame.

Added wx.StandardPaths.GetDocumentsDir() (patch 1214360)

2.6.2.1

10-Jan-2006

wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with +bitmaps.

wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the +selections. This was done to make it consistent with the other +platforms.

wxMSW: Always set flat toolbar style, even under XP with themes: this +is necessary or separators aren't shown at all.

Fixes for bug #1217872, pydocview.DocService not correctly initialized.

Fix for bug #1217874, Error in parameter name in DocManager.CreateView.

Added wrappers for the wx.RendererNative class.

Added the wx.lib.splitter module, which contains the +MultiSplitterWindow class. This class is much like the standard +wx.SplitterWindow class, except it allows more than one split, so it +can manage more than two child windows.

Docview and IDE patch from Morgan Hua with fix for bug #1217890 +"Closing view crashes Python" plus some new features:

+New feature added to the IDE is 'Extensions'. Under +Tools|Options|Extensions, you can add calls to external programs. +For example you can add a "Notepad" extension (under windows) that +will exec Notepad on the currently open file. A new "Notepad" +menu item will appear under the Tools menu.

Some fixes to XRCed to make encoding errors a bit more user friendly.

XRCed changes from Roman Rolinsky:

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+
Added new controls (Choicebook, Listbook, StatusBar, +DatePicker), and completed style flags. Test window is opened +for an available parent control if no specific view +defined. Better handling of exceptions (highlighting does not +'stick' anymore).
+
Use system clipboard for Copy/Paste.
+
Improved some dialogs (window styles, growable cols). Changed +the range for wxSpinCtrl min/max to all integers (default 0/100 +is not always good).
+
+

Updates for wx.lib.foldpanelbar and wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea +Gavana.

Fix for Bug #1283496: wxPython TheClipboard class causes problems for +pychecker. Ensure the app has been created before initializing +wx.TheClipboard.

Fix for Bug #1352602: FileBrowseButtonWithHistory can't type in Value.

wxHTML: Added space after list item number.

wx.lib.printout: Applied patch #1384440.

wxMSW: Fix for Bug #1293225 Window_FromHWND crashes if parent is +None.

Fix for Bug #1261669, use a wx.TE_RICH2 style for the Process demo so +it doesn't fill up too soon.

Applied Patch #1354389: wxPython MenuItem SetBitmaps fix.

Applied Patch #1239456: wxPython wx.DataObject.GetAllFormats fix.

Applied Patch # #1230107 which allows image handlers to be written in +Python by deriving from wx.PyImageHandler.

Applied patch #1072210: generalize printout.py to allow text printing.

Applied patch #1243907: Give Throbber much more flexibility by +allowing the user to set the rest image, the direction, the current +index, custom sequence. Allows user to manually step through the +sequence with Next(), Previous(), Increment(), Decrement() & +SetCurrent(). Very handy if you have multiple throbbers that you want +to synchronize with a single timer.

Fix for bug #1336711: wx.lib.calendar.CalenDlg can yield incorrect +result.

Applied patch from Morgan Hua for updates to ActiveGrid code +(pydocview, ActiveGrid IDE, etc.)

Applied patch #1326241: Supporting "setup.py install --install-headers=path"

Applied patch from Morgan Hua to fix bug #1219423: CommandManager +should not repeat old commands after a branch.

Applied patch #1238825 adding search backward capabilities to the +demo. Modified to use the up/down options in the wx.FindReplaceDialog +instead of a separate menu item.

Fix for bug #1266745 and #1387725 in the wx.FindReplaceDialog on MSW. +Actually check we are using MSLU before doing the hack designed to +workaround a bug in MSLU!

wxMSW: wx.lib.iewin.IEHtmlWindow now properly handles tabbing, return +and other special keys properly.

Lots of PyCrust enhancments started by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker, +and Sebastian Haase, and which in turn were further enhanced, fixed +tweaked and finished up by me. The changes include the following:

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+
The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually +with Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space.
+
In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings, +window size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the +next run.
+
Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key +bindings.
+
Added a new text completion function that suggests words from +the history. Bound to Shift-Return.
+
F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame.
+
switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*().
+
Display of line numbers can be toggled.
+
F12 toggles a "free edit" mode of the shell buffer. This mode +is useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output +or errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste. +The free edit mode is designated by the use of a red, +non-flashing caret.
+
Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines.
+
General code cleanup and fixes.
+
Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config +files.
+
Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows.
+
Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to +the PyShell app too. Additionally, other apps that embed a +PyCrust or a PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and +have the Py code save/restore its settings to/from there.
+
All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to +save/load their own settings instead of putting all the +save/load code in one place that then has to reach all over the +place to do anything.
+
Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be +the file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir +if PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment.
+
Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when +PyShell or PyCrust starts.
+
PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that +pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook. +Added code to raise that tab when pp() is called.
+
Added an option for whether to insert text for function +parameters when popping up the call tip.
+
Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the +wx.FindReplaceDialog.
+
+

Applied patches from Will Sadkin for wx.lib.masked modules:

+
+
Now ignores kill focus events when being destroyed.
+
Added missing call to set insertion point on changing fields.
+
Modified SetKeyHandler() to accept None as means of removing +one.
+
Fixed keyhandler processing for group and decimal character +changes.
+
Fixed a problem that prevented input into the integer digit of a +integerwidth=1 numctrl, if the current value was 0.
+
Fixed logic involving processing of "_signOk" flag, to remove +default sign key handlers if false, so that +SetAllowNegative(False) in the NumCtrl works properly.
+
Fixed selection logic for numeric controls so that if +selectOnFieldEntry is true, and the integer portion of an +integer format control is selected and the sign position is +selected, the sign keys will always result in a negative value, +rather than toggling the previous sign.
+
+

wx.FontMapper.SetConfig is deprecated. You should instead just set an +application-wide config object with wx.Config.Set, which wx.FontMapper +will use by default.

Added wx.GetMouseState which returns the current state of the mouse. +It returns an instance of a wx.MouseState object that contains the +current position of the mouse pointer in screen coordinants, as well +as boolean values indicating the up/down status of the mouse buttons +and the modifier keys.

Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData

A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added +DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and +Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects.

+WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather +than individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and +ellipses to take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should +be easy to accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis +pair: (...x, y, ...) ---> (...(x,y), ...)

2.6.1.0

4-June-2005

@@ -38,8 +740,8 @@ calls.

wx.FileConfig: fixed DeleteEntry to set the dirty flag properly so the change will get written at the next flush.

2.6.0.1

30-May-2005

@@ -151,8 +853,8 @@ usual.

there is a range of allowed values (so a wx.SpinCtrl is used instead of a wx.TextCtrl.)

2.6.0.0

26-Apr-2005

@@ -229,8 +931,8 @@ EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.

2.5.5.1

8-Apr-2005

@@ -298,8 +1000,8 @@ list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.

folks.

Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.

2.5.4.1

16-Mar-2005

@@ -532,8 +1234,8 @@ wx.Image.

2.5.3.1

9-Nov-2004

@@ -689,8 +1391,8 @@ it.

wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.

2.5.2.8

27-Aug-2004

@@ -721,8 +1423,8 @@ wxCheckListBox.

2.5.2.7

14-Aug-2004

@@ -820,8 +1522,8 @@ in the PyShell:

wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo box.

2.5.1.5 (the 'this is not a joke' release)

2-Apr-2004

@@ -905,8 +1607,8 @@ migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.

Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.

2.4.2.4

1-Oct-2003

@@ -918,8 +1620,8 @@ demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.

Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.

Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.

2.4.1.2

19-Jun-2003

@@ -973,8 +1675,8 @@ release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter, and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter

Added wxCursorFromBits.

2.4.0.7

24-Mar-2003

@@ -995,8 +1697,8 @@ flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more details.

2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)

11-Mar-2003

@@ -1004,8 +1706,8 @@ details.

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)

7-Mar-2003

@@ -1013,8 +1715,8 @@ think I am testing in the future...

Updated pycolourchooser.

Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.

2.4.0.4

7-Mar-2003

@@ -1074,8 +1776,8 @@ doesn't have a standard place for them.

Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.

Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust

2.4.0.2

23-Jan-2003

@@ -1083,8 +1785,8 @@ doesn't have a standard place for them.

Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.

Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.

2.4.0.1

10-Jan-2003

@@ -1093,15 +1795,15 @@ enhancements.

Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.

2.3.4.2

21-Dec-2002

Various bug fixes.

2.3.4.1

18-Dec-2002

@@ -1158,8 +1860,8 @@ windows when desired.

HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built and added a script to launch the doc viewer.

2.3.3.1

19-Sep-2002

@@ -1304,8 +2006,8 @@ example.

Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.

Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.

2.3.2.1

20-Dec-2001

@@ -1314,8 +2016,8 @@ well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.

Added some patches from library contributors.

2.3.2

11-Dec-2001

@@ -1400,8 +2102,8 @@ SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more details.

2.3.1

10-Jul-2001

@@ -1417,8 +2119,8 @@ subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...

Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.

Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran

2.3.0

22-May-2001

@@ -1517,16 +2219,16 @@ please send it to me for inclusion in this package.

by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in wxPython/samples.

2.2.7

19-Jun-2001

No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.

2.2.5

30-Jan-2001

@@ -1569,8 +2271,8 @@ mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.

integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an XML-RPC server.

New in 2.2.2

26-Oct-2000

@@ -1609,16 +2311,16 @@ libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.

wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.

New in 2.2.1

22-Aug-2000

Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.

Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.

New in 2.2.0

17-Jul-2000

@@ -1626,8 +2328,8 @@ wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.

Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.

Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.

New in 2.1.16

12-Jun-2000

@@ -1662,8 +2364,8 @@ OnCloseWindow OnScroll

Added wxSpinCtrl.

New in 2.1.15

25-Apr-2000

@@ -1706,8 +2408,8 @@ can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)

What's new in 2.1.13

3-Feb-2000

@@ -1772,8 +2474,8 @@ package.

than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)

What's new in 2.1.11

13-Nov-1999

@@ -1810,8 +2512,8 @@ Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.

wxGTK...

Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.

What's new in 2.1.5

12-Oct-1999

@@ -1819,8 +2521,8 @@ wxGTK...

crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new major features.

What's new in 2.1.4

7-Oct-1999

@@ -1934,8 +2636,8 @@ bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some problems...)

What's new in 2.1b3

1-Sep-1999

@@ -1970,8 +2672,8 @@ two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.

What's new in 2.1b2

6-Aug-1999

@@ -2017,8 +2719,8 @@ for unix systems.

SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled in wx.cpp.

What's new in 2.1b1

28-Jun-1999

@@ -2039,8 +2741,8 @@ of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!

What's new in 2.0b9

1-May-1999

@@ -2064,8 +2766,8 @@ wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.

Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl methods.

What's new in 2.0b8

28-Mar-1999

@@ -2073,24 +2775,24 @@ methods.

Several missing methods from various classes.

Various bug fixes.

What's new in 2.0b7

15-Mar-1999

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

4-Mar-1999

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

25-Feb-1999

@@ -2111,8 +2813,8 @@ it should just work... More news on this later.

wxRegConfig class.

As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.

What's new in 0.5.3

30-Jan-1999

@@ -2120,8 +2822,8 @@ wxRegConfig class.

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 @@ -2134,8 +2836,8 @@ prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."

objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.

Other assorted fixes and additions.

What's new in 0.4.2

21-Oct-1998

@@ -2148,8 +2850,8 @@ 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

2-Oct-1998

@@ -2164,8 +2866,8 @@ version segfault shortly after starting up.

Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.

wxPython 0.3

9-Aug-1998