Fwd: [ANN] wxPython 2.4.1.2

[Robert Olson]

fyi.

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>Subject: [ANN] wxPython 2.4.1.2
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>Announcing
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>
>I'm pleased to announce the 2.4.1.2 release of wxPython, now available
>for download at http://wxpython.org/download.php or
>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10718&release_id=166530
>
>
>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 popular
>wxWindows cross platform GUI 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, and Macintosh OS X.
>
>New with this release is an experimental build of wxPython using GTK+
>2.x for the underlying GUI platform and it is also built with UNICODE
>support turned on.  The RPMs for this build were made on a Mandrake
>9.1 system but should probably work on other distributions with very
>up to date libraries.  If not, an SRPM is included that can be used to
>rebuild the RPM on your system.  If you experiment with this build
>please send feedback to the wxPython-users mail list.  The files are
>currently available only on the SourceForge download page, look for
>the wxPythonGTK2 files at the bottom:
>
>https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10718&release_id=166532
>
>
>
>
>Changes in 2.4.1.2
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>
>Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
>
>Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
>
>Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
>be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use spam(*args, **kw) syntax
>instead.  Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
>informative.
>
>Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
>Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
>and wxWindows match.
>
>Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
>the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar.  That means that
>people can do imports without "import *" and can use names like
>wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame.  This is phase 1 of a full transition
>to the new namespace.
>
>Updated Scintilla to 1.52.  I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
>instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
>use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
>worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
>
>Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
>includes several new tools.  As part of the change the location of the
>pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
>import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.)  There
>are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
>that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
>package.  These will be removed in a future release.
>
>Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
>and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method.  This allows
>code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
>
>Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
>
>Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
>passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
>
>Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
>and Will Sadkin.  Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
>
>When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
>the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
>
>Added wxTreeListCtrl.  (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
>wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
>wxTreeCtrl.)
>
>Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
>a call to any Python callable object.
>
>Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
>wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
>to override the C++ virtual methods.
>
>Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
>the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
>still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
>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.
>
>
>
>--
>Robin Dunn
>Software Craftsman
>http://wxPython.org  Java give you jitters?  Relax with wxPython!
>
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