From e6a5dac664ff1399e2939dc912f1495ca1e0dfba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Dunn Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:29:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] typos fixed and more notes on some changes git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@25270 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775 --- wxPython/docs/CHANGES.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/wxPython/docs/CHANGES.txt b/wxPython/docs/CHANGES.txt index 0ff773b52a..1628f4f375 100644 --- a/wxPython/docs/CHANGES.txt +++ b/wxPython/docs/CHANGES.txt @@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ from wxBookCtrl. Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the wx.lib.plot module. +I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the +Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can +happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL. + +The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake in +Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. They are also +installing icons and *.desktop items in the generic KDE and GNOME +locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu items on +non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my RH-9 build +box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas for how to +improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more distros please +send me a patch. + +The RPMs are now built on a RH-9 box, and I have tested installing +them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box. + +There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual +Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython +extension modules and pacakges, and also the command-line tool +scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles +for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk +image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they +want to put them. + + 2.4.2.4 diff --git a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt index aca5b30ffa..8e5da9fe2e 100644 --- a/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt +++ b/wxPython/docs/MigrationGuide.txt @@ -361,10 +361,9 @@ For example:: Sizers ------ -The hack allowing the old "option" keyword parameter has been -removed. If you use keyworkd args with wxSizer Add, Insert, or -Prepend then you will need to use the "proportion" name instead of -"option". +The hack allowing the old "option" keyword parameter has been removed. +If you use keyworkd args with wxSizer Add, Insert, or Prepend methods +then you will need to use the "proportion" name instead of "option". When adding a spacer to a sizer you now need to use a wxSize or a 2-integer sequence instead of separate width and height parameters. @@ -387,13 +386,12 @@ into a single extension module, the "core" module is now just a few extensions that are linked independently, and then merged together later into the main namespace via Python code. -Because of the above, the "internal" module names have changed, but -you shouldn't have been using them anyway so it shouldn't bother -you. ;-) +Because of the above and also because of the way the new SWIG works, +the "internal" module names have changed, but you shouldn't have been +using them anyway so it shouldn't bother you. ;-) -The wxPython.help module no longer exists and the classes therein are -now part of the core module imported with wxPython.wx or the wx -package. +The help module no longer exists and the classes therein are now part +of the core module imported with wxPython.wx or the wx package. wxPyDefaultPosition and wxPyDefaultSize are gone. Use the wxDefaultPosition and wxDefaultSize objects instead. @@ -414,3 +412,5 @@ wxPyTypeCast has been removed. Since we've had the OOR (Original Object Return) for a couple years now there should be no need to use wxPyTypeCast at all. +If you use the old wxPython package and wxPython.wx namespace then +there are compatibility aliases for much of the above items.