[wxPython-users] Re: ANNOUNCE: wxPython 2.6.3.2

Kevin Walzer sw at wordtech-software.com
Tue Apr 4 14:03:04 EDT 2006


Robin Dunn wrote:
> 
> Announcing
> ----------
> 
> The 2.6.3.2 release of wxPython is now available for download at
> http://wxpython.org/download.php.  This is a mostly bug fix release
> and takes care of several "unfortunate features" discovered in the
> 2.6.3.0 release made last week.  A summary of changes is listed below
> and 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 10.2+, in most
> cases the native widgets are used on each platform.
> 
> 
> Changes in 2.6.3.2
> ------------------
> 
> 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
> (continuous 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.
> 
> 
> 
Is the new build of wxPython-Mac a universal binary?

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Kevin Walzer
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