Mailman 3 June 2008 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] Release 0.70.1 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 29 Jun '08

29 Jun '08

Hi, I'm happy to announce release 0.70.1 of Task Coach. This release optionally brings back the tabbed user interface that was removed in the previous release and fixes a few bugs. Bugs fixed: * The search control in the toolbar did not maintain state correctly for different viewers. Task Coach viewers now each have their own toolbar with search control. * Marking tasks completed or changing their priority would change the selection. * On Max OS X, put preferences menu item in the TaskCoach menu instead of the Edit menu to conform with Mac OS X standards. * Focus issues: On Mac OS X, text couldn't be edited while the timer was running. On Windows, notifications from other programs overlapping with the main window would take away focus from dialogs. * Prevent crash under Windows XP when dropping e-mail from Thunderbird if the APPDATA environment variable is not defined. * ImportError: No module named thirdparty.ElementTree. This exception would happen when using a source distribution of Task Coach or a package (rpm, deb) for Linux *and* when the default version of Python on the system is Python 2.4. Task Coach tried to import a module from the wrong package. * On Linux, when using a dark theme, use appropriate background colors for the category viewer and the text color buttons in the preferences dialog. * Remember whether the main window was maximized and if so, maximize the main window when starting the next time. * Correctly sort tasks on startup when sort column is 'Overall categories'. * Correctly redraw toolbar when it is 'damaged' by other windows. * Correctly sort effort for subtasks in effort per day, per week, and per month effort viewers. * Better navigation with tab key in dialogs. * Keep newlines in descriptions when printing or exporting to HTML. Feature added: * Task Coach can now use either the old tabbed user interface (whose layout still cannot be saved, by the way) or the 'managed frame' interface introduced in release 0.70.0. This can be changed in the Preferences dialog. What is Task Coach? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://www.taskcoach.org In addition to the source distribution, packaged distributions are available for Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux (Debian and RPM format). Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Frank

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[ANN] Update on Python-based Second Life client library (pyogp)
by Lawson English 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

Pyogp is the Python-based library being developed by Linden Lab, makers of Second Life, and the programming community of the users of Second Life under the auspices of the SL Architecture Working Group, in order to test and implement open protocols designed to allow anyone to create their own virtual world servers and clients compatible enough with Second Life so that avatars can travel to and from SL and other virtual worlds, keeping identity and inventory intact. https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Pyogp irc://irc.freenode.net/#pyogp Pyogp is starting to take shape. We've got several developers from Linden Lab contributing code as part of their job, as well as increasing participation from the SL community. We've standardized on using ZCA as the component architecture and are fleshing out the framework to handle the new inter-operability protocols as well as legacy protocols to allow pyogp clients to be used with the current Second Life and OpenSim servers as well as future virtual world architectures. Groups and Organizations involved in these and other related projects include: Linden Lab http://lindenlab.com/ --pyogp https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Pyogp --Architecture Working Group https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Architecture_Working_Group --AW Groupies https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/AW_Groupies#External_Resources IBM http://www.ibm.com/virtualworlds/ Cisco http://www.slcn.tv/programs/cisco-techchat OpenMetaverse http://openmv.org/wiki/Main_Page --libsecondlife http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenSimulator (OpenSim) http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenViewer http://openviewer.org/ realXtend http://www.realxtend.org/ Lawson English (Saijanai Kuhn, Second Life)

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OSCON discount code
by Aahz 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

If you're going to OSCON and haven't yet registered, you may use the following code to receive a 15% discount: os08pgm OSCON will be in Portland, Oregon 7/21-25. For more info: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "as long as we like the same operating system, things are cool." --piranha

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ANN: ConfigObj 4.5.3 Released
by Fuzzyman 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

A new version of ConfigObj is now available, version 4.5.3. This version is a minor bugfix release. It fixes a relatively obscure bug, where an exception could be raised when validating a config file with 'copy=True' and '__many__' sections. * Home Page: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html * Download: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/cgi-bin/voidspace/downman.py?file=configobj-4.5… ConfigObj is a Python module for the simple reading and writing of config files. It has many features, whilst remaining easy to use. With the assistance of validate it can validate a config file against a specification, and convert members to the expected type. Eggs for Python 2.4 & 2.5 are available from Python Package Index.

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ANN: RPyC 3.00 RC1
by sebulba 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

RPyC, the transparent RPC library for python, has reached 3.00 RC1. homepage: http://rpyc.wikispaces.com download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=155578 final released expected within 3-4 weeks. -tomer

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ANN: Leo 4.5 b1 released
by Edward K Ream 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

Leo 4.5 beta 1 is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html The highlights of Leo 4.5: -------------------------- - A major revision of Leo's node structures, compatible with so-called unified nodes. - A major revision of Leo's key-handling code. Most per-pane key bindings have been eliminated. - A major revision of Leo's outline drawing and focus handling code. Calls to c.beginUpdate and c.endUpdate simply request later redrawing in c.outerUpdate. - The beginning of usable vim-like bindings. More support is coming. - Many small improvements and bug fixes. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 Bzr: http://code.launchpad.net/leo-editor/ Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)yahoo.com Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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SciPy Conference Updates
by Travis Vaught 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Greetings, The SciPy Conference is not too far away. I thought I'd summarize some recent news about the conference in case some of you missed it: - Accommodations (news!): We've negotiated a group rate with a nearby Marriott hotel, for those that would like to take advantage of it. The hotel has set up a web site for our event here: http://cwp.marriott.com/laxot/scipyworkshop/ - Student Sponsorship: As you may have seen, the Python Software Foundation has agreed to partner with Enthought to sponsor 10 students' travel, registration, and accommodation for the tutorials, conference and (most importantly) sprints. If you're in college or a graduate program, please check out the details here: http://conference.scipy.org/sponsoring - Abstracts Submission Deadline Extended: The review committee is extending the deadline to Monday, June 30th. Please see the Call for Papers for instructions on abstract submission here: http://conference.scipy.org/call_for_papers Please drop me an email if you have any questions or comments. Best, Travis

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Docutils 0.5 released
by grubert＠users.sourceforge.net 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Short list of changes * Python2.1 support was dropped, as are Netscape0.4 compromises in the HTML writer. * Enhanced citation support and literal-block parametrization for LaTeX2e writer. * The PEP writer supports new python.org website structure and pep2pyramid.py. * New OO API for directives. Hebrew (and possibly other language) mappings. Configuration files are now assumed and required to be UTF-8-encoded. Some templates and enhanced emacs support. download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.5.tar.gz?download Changelog: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/0.5/HISTORY.html --

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pg/python release
by james.pye＠gmail.com 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

pg/python release ================= Date ``Sun Jun 22 15:57:42 MST 2008`` Summary ``Bug Fixes`` Changes ------- pg_proboscis-1.0.2: - Fix cursor-identifier based ``cursor`` creation. - Fix DB-API 2.0 connect() showstopper. (sigh) - Detect errno.ECONNRESET and properly mark the connection as 'LOST' (By not doing so, a superfluous exception would get thrown on close()) pg_pqueue-1.0.1: - Correct the signed-ness of tuple descriptor attributes. - Fix Describe(Portal) message handling. About ===== http://python.projects.postgresql.org/?utm_source=release&utm_medium=email&… pg/python is a project dedicated to improving the Python interfaces to PostgreSQL. pg/python is not a monolithic project. It isolates components to encourage targeted packaging and reusability without unwanted side- code. Projects -------- pg_proboscis The programmer's client providing both DB-API 2.0 and GreenTrunk interfaces. pg_teop The procedural language. ("PL/Py", In development) pg_foundation Basics. Exception hierarchy, optparse options, SQL string splitter, types, and much more. pg_typical Binary type I/O routines. Arrays, composite types, geo-types, primitives. Uses pg_foundation's ``postgresql.types`` to instantiate some types. pg_pqueue PQ protocol basics. What pg_proboscis uses to do PQ 3.0. pg_greentrunk The GreenTrunk APIs are specified in a module herein. pg_boss PostgreSQL cluster management. (In development) pg_tin Cluster management for developer testing. (In development) Driver Overview --------------- pg_proboscis is a Python programmer's client for PostgreSQL(driver/ interface). It distinguishes itself from other drivers by the following: - BSD/MIT licensed (from some drivers ;) - Pure-Python (Optional C-extension for reading wire messages) - Binary type transmission (no need to escape bytea, for instance) - Protocol level prepared statements (parameter types are dictated by the server) - Protocol level cursors (You can even open cursors created on the server via GT) Allows results to be streamed in. - Alternate database APIs (GreenTrunk, for those that aren't fond of DB-API 2.0) - Composite type support - Structured Arrays (including arrays of composite types for some versions of PG) - COPY interfaces that work with arbitrary iterators (See examples further down) - with_statement support for managing transactions, savepoints, and setting contexts - executemany()/query.load() takes advantage of PQ 3.0's extended protocol - So many unittests. Really. And more to come. - Obsessive dedication to creating *great* software. The GreenTrunk API is defined using the ``postgresql.protocol.greentrunk.api`` module. Getting help() on this module or using the included ``pg_greentrunk`` console script yields reference material for using GreenTrunk connections. However, pg_proboscis is not exclusively GreenTrunk, it includes a DB-API 2.0 compliant module as well. [('pyformat' paramstyle) postgresql.interface.proboscis.dbapi2] Downloading =========== It is suggested to just use easy_install:: $ python -m easy_install pg_proboscis $ python -m easy_install <project name> If that is not desireable, you'll have to download the files from: http://python.projects.postgresql.org/files/ Note: It is unlikely that pg_teop will be ever be installable via easy_install. Documentation ============= The places you will likely want to visit: http://python.projects.postgresql.org/doc/pg_proboscis-1.0.html?utm_source=… (How to make a connection, and the pb_python command) http://python.projects.postgresql.org/doc/pg_greentrunk-1.0.html?utm_source… (Connection APIs) http://python.projects.postgresql.org/doc/pg_foundation-1.0.html?utm_source… (optparse options, pgpass parser, all sorts of things postgres) GreenTrunk Examples =================== The use of the '~'-operation is exhibited quite freely here. When invoked, query objects return a cursor object, so in order to provide more convenient access to simple data, the '~' can be used to quickly get the first column of the first row of a single-column result set. ``gtx`` is the connection object. These examples come from a ``pb_python`` run. ``pb_python`` is a console script that establishes a connection, binds it to the ``__builtins__`` module as ``gtx``, and then runs the "python command"(provides a Python command with a database connection; ie, interactive console if no script is given). Protocol Level Prepared Statements by Default --------------------------------------------- :: # Create a prepared statement. >>> q = gtx.query('select * from pg_type where typname = $1') >>> q <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ClientPreparedStatement[pq:// jwp@localhost:5432]> >>> dir(q) ['__call__', '__class__', '__del__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__invert__', '__iter__', '__lshift__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__weakref__', '_input_io', '_output_attmap', '_output_io', '_rformats', 'close', 'closed', 'connection', 'defaults', 'finish', 'first', 'input', 'load', 'output', 'portal', 'prepare', 'prime', 'reprepare', 'statement_id', 'string', 'title'] # Bind a cursor. (typname = 'text') >>> r = q('text') >>> r <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ClientStatementCursor object at 0x2861790c> >>> r.query <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ClientPreparedStatement[pq:// jwp@localhost:5432]> >>> dir(r) ['__class__', '__del__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__new__', '__next__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__weakref__', '_contract', '_expand', '_mktuple', '_output_attmap', '_output_io', '_rformats', '_state', '_xp_fetchmore', '_xp_move', 'close', 'closed', 'connection', 'fetchcount', 'move', 'next', 'output', 'portal_id', 'query', 'read', 'scroll', 'seek', 'whence_map'] # Grab a row. >>> row1 = r.next() >>> row1 (u'text', 11, 10, -1, False, 'b', True, ',', 0, 0, 1009, u'textin', u'textout', u'textrecv', u'textsend', u'-', u'-', u'-', 'i', 'x', False, 0, -1, 0, None, None) >>> row1.keys() ['typmodin', 'typnamespace', 'typbyval', 'typsend', 'typdelim', 'typnotnull', 'typndims', 'typinput', 'typtypmod', 'typarray', 'typdefault', 'typdefaultbin', 'typtype', 'typisdefined', 'typlen', 'typelem', 'typrelid', 'typreceive', 'typbasetype', 'typalign', 'typname', 'typstorage', 'typanalyze', 'typmodout', 'typowner', 'typoutput'] >>> row1['typlen'] -1 Primitive Types --------------- :: >>> q=gtx.query('select $1::bytea, $2::int, $3::bigint, $4::text') >>> r=q('\x00\x01', 123, 2**34, u'ƒoobar').next() >>> r ('\x00\x01', 123, 17179869184L, u'\u0192oobar') Arrays ------ :: >>> ~gtx.query("select ARRAY[1::int, 2, 3, 256]") postgresql.types.array([1, 2, 3, 256]) >>> a=~gtx.query("select ARRAY[1::int, 2, 3, 256]") >>> a[0] 1 >>> a[-1] 256 >>> for x in a: ... print x ... 1 2 3 256 >>> Composite Types --------------- :: >>> gtx.execute('create type test as (i int, t text)') >>> cto = ~gtx.query("select (123, 'foo')::test") >>> cto (123, u'foo') >>> cto['t'] u'foo' >>> cto[-1] u'foo' >>> for x in cto: ... print x ... 123 foo COPY TO STDOUT -------------- :: >>> copy=gtx.query('copy (select i from generate_series(1,10) g(i)) to stdout')() >>> copy <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ResultHandle object at 0x2874dc6c> >>> copy.next() '1\n' >>> copy.next() '2\n' >>> copy.read(10) ['3\n', '4\n', '5\n', '6\n', '7\n', '8\n', '9\n', '10\n'] COPY FROM STDIN --------------- :: >>> gtx.execute('create temp table t (i int, t text)') >>> copy_t = gtx.query('copy t from stdin') >>> copy_t(['%d\t%s\n'%(x,str(x) + 'text') for x in xrange(1, 100)]) <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ResultHandle object at 0x28617d0c> >>> ~gtx.query('select count(*) FROM t') 99 >>> for i, t in gtx.query('select * from t where random() < 0.1'): ... print i, t ... 8 8text 9 9text 16 16text 17 17text 27 27text 48 48text 50 50text 62 62text 73 73text 76 76text Incremental COPY FROM STDIN --------------------------- :: >>> gtx.execute('create temp table t (i int, t text)') >>> copy_t = gtx.query('copy t from stdin') >>> ict = copy_t() >>> ict <postgresql.interface.proboscis.tracenull.ResultHandle object at 0x28617dac> >>> dir(ict) ['__call__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__weakref__', '_contract', '_discover_type', '_expand', '_expect_types', '_lastcopy', '_result_types', 'close', 'closed', 'command', 'complete', 'connection', 'count', 'next', 'query', 'read', 'type', 'write', 'xact'] >>> ict.write('3\tjust text\n') >>> ict.close() >>> ~gtx.query("select * from t where t.t = 'just text'") (3, u'just text') # Again, but use the faster __call__ interface that works on an iterator. >>> ict = copy_t() >>> ict(['3\ttext and %d\n' %(x,) for x in xrange(10)]) >>> ict.close() >>> ~gtx.query("select count(*) from t where t.t ~ 'text and '") 10 Transactions ------------ :: # Error Recovery >>> with gtx.xact: ... gtx.execute('selekt 1') ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 2, in <module> File "build/bdist.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/postgresql/interface/ proboscis/tracenull.py", line 1845, in execute self._complete() File "build/bdist.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/postgresql/interface/ proboscis/tracenull.py", line 2378, in _complete self._pop() File "build/bdist.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/postgresql/interface/ proboscis/tracenull.py", line 2408, in _pop raise xact_error SyntaxError: syntax error at or near "selekt" CODE: 42601 POSITION: 1 LOCATION: File 'scan.l', line 807, in base_yyerror >>> gtx.xact.failed >>> gtx.state 'I' # State difference >>> with gtx.xact: ... try: ... gtx.execute('selekt 1') ... except: ... print 'state: ', gtx.state ... print 'failed: ', str(gtx.xact.failed) ... state: E failed: True >>> gtx.state 'I' # Transaction manager details >>> import sys >>> gtx.tracer = sys.stderr.write >>> with gtx.xact: ... with gtx.xact: ... gtx.execute('select 1') ... ↑ 'Q'(18): 'START TRANSACTION\x00' ↓ 'C'(18): 'START TRANSACTION\x00' ↓ 'Z'(1): 'T' ↑ 'Q'(20): 'SAVEPOINT "xact(1)"\x00' ↓ 'C'(10): 'SAVEPOINT\x00' ↓ 'Z'(1): 'T' ↑ 'Q'(9): 'select 1\x00' ↓ 'T'(29): '\x00\x01?column? \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x17\x00\x04\xff\xff\xff\xff \x00\x00' ↓ 'D'(7): '\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x011' ↓ 'C'(7): 'SELECT\x00' ↓ 'Z'(1): 'T' ↑ 'Q'(18): 'RELEASE "xact(1)"\x00' ↓ 'C'(8): 'RELEASE\x00' ↓ 'Z'(1): 'T' ↑ 'Q'(7): 'COMMIT\x00' ↓ 'C'(7): 'COMMIT\x00' ↓ 'Z'(1): 'I' >>> del gtx.tracer

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ANN: wxPython 2.8.8.0
by Robin Dunn 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Announcing ---------- The 2.8.8.0 release of wxPython is now available for download at http://wxpython.org/download.php. This release has had a number of further refinements and enhancements on the stable 2.8 source tree since the previous release. On Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) the Python 2.5 binaries of wxPython are able to be used with either Apple's system Python, or with the Python.org version. Source code is available, as well as binaries for Python 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5, for Windows and Mac, as well some packages for various 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 to provide a 100% native look and feel for the application. Changes in 2.8.8.0 ------------------ Added the PlateButton class from Cody Precord. Added wx.PyEvtHandler, which supports overriding the ProcessEvent method in derived classes. Instances of this class can be pushed onto the event handler chain of a window in order to hook into the event processing algorithm, and its ProcessEvent method will be called for every event sent to the window. With much help from Anthony Tuininga the code generated by the img2py tool is now cleaner, simpler and smaller. Instead of writing the data for the images as printable ascii with hex escapes it now uses base64 to encode the images into a string. In addition, instead of top-level functions for returning the image data and bitmaps, the embedded images now use a simple class with methods for returning the image as a bitmap, icon, or etc. By default in 2.8.x top-level aliases will be generated to make the code backward compatible with the old functional interface, but you can use -F to turn that off. In 2.9 and beyond the default will be to generate only the new class interface, but -f can be used to turn the old behavior back on. The PyEmbeddedImage class added for the new img2py support can also be used for image data that may be acquired from some other source at runtime, such as over the network or from a database. In this case pass False for isBase64 (unless the data actually is base64 encoded.) Any image type that wx.ImageFromStream can handle should be okay. See the wx.lib.embeddedimage module for details. Exposed the wx.GenericDatePickerCtrl to wxPython. On wxGTK and wxMac this is exactly the same as the normal date picker, but on wxMSW it allows you to avoid the native wx.DatePickerCtrl if so desired. Also fixed a bug that caused an assert if you tried to set the date to wx.DefaultDateTime even if wx.DP_ALLOWNONE was specified. Made a little hack in wx.lib.masked.TextCtrl that allows it to be wrapped around an already existing TextCtrl instead of always creating its own. This is useful for example with the wx.TextCtrl that is built-in to the customizable wx.combo.ComboCtrl, or with a textctrl that is part of an XRC layout. To use it you need to do a little trick like this:: existingTextCtrl = combo.GetTextCtrl() maskedCtrl = wx.lib.masked.TextCtrl.__new__(wx.lib.masked.TextCtrl) maskedCtrl.this = existingTextCtrl.this maskedCtrl.__init__(parent) Enhanced the Widget Inspection Tool with some new functionality. Added tools to the toolbar to expand and collapse the widget tree, which is very helpful for not getting lost in very large applications with many hundreds of widgets. Also added a toolbar tool for highlighting the currently selected widget or sizer in the live application. The tool will flash top-level windows and for all other items it will draw an outline around the item for a few seconds. Copied the sized_controls module to the wx.lib package as the first step of phasing out the wxaddons package. Added an implementation of wx.Window.SetDoubleBuffered on Windows. (GTK already has one, and Mac doesn't need one because everything is always double buffered by the system there.) Added a wrapper to wx.TopLevelWindow for MacGetTopLevelWindowRef to facilitate calling the Carbon APIs directly for things that are not supported in wx, similar to how we can use ctypes or PyWin32 with window.GetHandle() to do custom stuff on Windows. (On wxMac GetHandle returns the ControlRef, which is different than the WindowRef, hence the need for a 2nd method.) Here is an example to set the modified flag in the caption:: >>> import ctypes >>> carbon = ctypes.CDLL('/System/Library/Carbon.framework/Carbon') >>> carbon.SetWindowModified(frame.MacGetTopLevelWindowRef(), True) Added a new light-weight solution for embedding ActiveX controls in wxPython applications that uses ctypes and the comtypes package available from http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/comtypes/. Comtypes allows us to use and provide an interface with full dynamic dispatch abilities, much like PyWin32's COM interfaces but with much reduced external dependencies. See wx/lib/activex.py for more details. IMPORTANT: Be sure to get at least version 0.5 of comtypes, see the docstring in the wx.lib.activex module for details. The wx.lib.iewin, wx.lib.pdfwin, and wx.lib.flashwin modules were switched to use the new and improved activex module. The APIs provided by these modules should be mostly compatible with what was there before, except for how the COM events are handled. Instead of sending wx events it relies on you overriding methods with the same names as the COM events. You can either do it in a or derived class, or you can set an instance of some other class to be the event sink. See the ActiveX_IEHtmlWindow sample in the demo for an example. If you would rather continue to use the old version of these modules they are available in the wx.lib with "_old" added to the names. Added the wx.lib.resizewidget module. This module provides the ResizeWidget class, which reparents a given widget into a specialized panel that provides a resize handle for the widget. When the user drags the resize handle the widget is resized accordingly, and an event is sent to notify parents that they should recalculate their layout. -- Robin Dunn Software Craftsman http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? Relax with wxPython!

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Python-announce-list June 2008