Did I miss the announcement on this list that a release was
imminent?
(I would have pushed harder to get my next set of changes in
had I
known...) Can I ask when the next point release is
expected, so I
can plan accordingly?
Thanks in advance,
/Will Sadkin
author, lib.masked
Robin Dunn wrote:
> Announcing
> ----------
>
> The 2.8.3.0 release of wxPython is now available for
download at
> http://wxpython.org
/download.php. This release includes a number of
> bug fixes and also some new enhancements, including
updates to the
> XRCed tool and the new InspectionTool.
>
> Source code is available, as well as binaries for both
Python 2.4 and
> 2.5, for Windows and Mac, as well some pacakges for
various Linux
> distributions. A summary of changes is listed below
and also at
> http://wxpytho
n.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 to
provide a 100%
> native look and feel for the application.
>
>
> Changes in 2.8.3.0
> ------------------
>
> Added wx.ToolBar.SetToolNormalBitmap and
SetToolDisabledBitmap
> methods. (Keep in mind however that the disabled
bitmap is currently
> generated on the fly by most native toolbar widgets, so
this
> SetToolDisabledBitmap method won't have any affect on
them...)
>
> Refactored the inspection tool such that it can be used
as a wx.App
> mix-in class as it was used before (with the
wx.lib.mixins.inspect
> module) and also as a non mix-in tool (using
> wx.lib.inspect.InspectionTool).
>
> Add wx.lib.mixins.treemixin from Frank Niessink.
>
> Added the wx.SizerFlags class, and also added AddF,
InsertF and
> PrependF methods to wx.Sizer. The wxSizerFlags class
provides a
> convienient and easier to read way to add items to a
sizer. It was
> added as a new set of methods of the wx.Sizer class so
as to not
> disturb existing code. For example, instead of
writing::
>
> sizer.Add(ctrl, 0, wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL, 10)
>
> you can now write::
>
> sizer.AddF(ctrl,
wx.SizerFlags().Expand().Border(wx.ALL,10))
>
>
> Will Sadkin provided a patch for the wx.lib.masked
package that fixes
> its support for using the navigation keys on the
numeric keypad.
>
> wx.lib.plot: patch #1663937 to allow user to turn off
scientific
> notation on plot.
>
> wxGTK: Most of the remaining TODOs for the
wx.GraphicsContext on wxGTK
> have been done. This includes implementations for
GetTextExtent,
> Clip, DrawBitmap, fixing the drawing position of text
to be at the
> upper left corner instead of the baseline, etc.
>
> wx.lib.customtreectrl patches from Andrea:
>
> 1. ExpandAll has been renamed as ExpandAllChildren,
and the new
> ExpandAll now takes no input arguments
(consistent with
> wx.TreeCtrl)
>
> 2. ctstyle keyword is now defaulted to 0: every
style related to
> CustomTreeCtrl and the underlying
wx.PyScrolledWindow should be
> declared using the keyword "style"
only. For backward
> compatibility, ctstyle continues to work as I
merged ctstyle and
> style in the __init__ method.
>
> 3. GetClassDefaultAttributes is now a classmethod.
>
> 4. UnselectAll bug fixed.
>
>
> Renamed the wx.lib.inspect and wx.lib.mixins.inspect
modules to
> inspection, in order to avoid conflicts with the
inspect module in the
> standard Python library.
>
> Lots of changes to XRCed from Roman Rolinsky:
>
>
> * Preferences for default "sizeritem"
parameters for new panels and
> controls can be configured
("File">"Preferences...").
>
> * Implemented comment object for including simple
one-line comments
> and comment directives as tree nodes. No
validation is performed
> for a valid XML string so comments must not
contain "-->".
> Comment directive is a special comment starting
with '%'
> character, followed by a line of python code. It
is executed
> using 'exec' when the resource file is opened.
This is useful to
> import plugin modules containing custom handlers
which are
> specific to the resource file, hovewer this is of
course a
> security hole if you use foreign XRC files. A
warning is
> displayed if the preference option 'ask' is
selected (by
> default).
>
> * Added support for custom controls and plugin
modules. Refer to
> this wxPythonWiki for the details:
> http:
//wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/XRCed#custom
>
> * Tool panel sections can be collapsed/expanded by
clicking on the
> label of a tool group.
>
> * Some undo/redo and other fixes.
>
> * Fixes for wxMSW (notebook highlighting, control
sizes, tree
> Unselect).
>
> * Notebook page highlighting fix. Highlight resizes
when the window
> is resized. ParamUnit spin button detects event
handler re-entry
> (wxGTK probably has a bug in wxSpinButton with
repeated events).
>
> * Fix for dealing with empty 'growable' property,
using MiniFrame
> for properties panel, the panel is restored
together with the
> main window.
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