X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c8000995b55c058d1b3f5b0e01ff132a54c3e834..b887061dd1d7b3a49a111513309b1bb5c308537c:/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt index c2a63f8326..c469b3808f 100644 --- a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt +++ b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt @@ -9,12 +9,27 @@ usual to see info about the not so major changes and other things that have been added to wxPython. +wxName Change +------------- + +The **wxWindows** project and library is now known as +**wxWidgets**. Please see here_ for more details. + +.. _here: http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm + +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. + + Module Initialization --------------------- The import-startup-bootstrap process employed by wxPython was changed -such that wxWindows and the underlying gui toolkit are **not** +such that wxWidgets and the underlying gui toolkit are **not** initialized until the wx.App object is created (but before wx.App.OnInit is called.) This was required because of some changes that were made to the C++ wxApp class. @@ -28,7 +43,7 @@ potential problems are that the C++ side of the "stock-objects" (wx.BLUE_PEN, wx.TheColourDatabase, etc.) are not initialized until the wx.App object is created, so you should not use them until after you have created your wx.App object. If you do then an exception will -be raised telling you that the C++ object has not bene initialized +be raised telling you that the C++ object has not been initialized yet. Also, you will probably not be able to do any kind of GUI or bitmap @@ -117,7 +132,8 @@ automatically generate a new ID if -1 is given, similar to using -1 with window classess. This means that you can create menu or toolbar items and event bindings without having to predefine a unique menu ID, although you still can use IDs just like before if you want. For -example, these are all equivallent other than ID values:: +example, these are all equivallent other than their specific ID +values:: 1. item = menu.Append(-1, "E&xit", "Terminate the App")