R
Robin Dunn
Announcing
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The 2.7.2.0 release of wxPython is now available for download at
http://wxpython.org/download.php. This is expected to be the last
stepping stone in the path to the next stable release series,
2.8.x. We're pushing full speed ahead in order to get 2.8.0 included
with OSX 10.5, and so far we are very close to being on schedule. This
release has some house-keeping style changes, as well as some
user-contributed patches and also the usual crop of bug fixes. Source
and binaries are available for both Python 2.4 and 2.5 for Windows and
Mac, as well some pacakges for varous Linux distributions. A summary
of changes is listed below and also at
http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php.
What is wxPython?
-----------------
wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It
allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly
functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is
implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components
of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in
C++.
wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program
will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications.
Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux
or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.3+, in most
cases the native widgets are used on each platform.
Changes in 2.7.2.0
------------------
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 Frame 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.)
----------
The 2.7.2.0 release of wxPython is now available for download at
http://wxpython.org/download.php. This is expected to be the last
stepping stone in the path to the next stable release series,
2.8.x. We're pushing full speed ahead in order to get 2.8.0 included
with OSX 10.5, and so far we are very close to being on schedule. This
release has some house-keeping style changes, as well as some
user-contributed patches and also the usual crop of bug fixes. Source
and binaries are available for both Python 2.4 and 2.5 for Windows and
Mac, as well some pacakges for varous Linux distributions. A summary
of changes is listed below and also at
http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php.
What is wxPython?
-----------------
wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It
allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly
functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is
implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components
of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in
C++.
wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program
will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications.
Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux
or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.3+, in most
cases the native widgets are used on each platform.
Changes in 2.7.2.0
------------------
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 Frame 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.)
