Announcing ---------- The 2.7.2.0 release of wxPython is now available for download at http://wxpython.org/download.php. This is expected to be the last stepping stone in the path to the next stable release series, 2.8.x. We're pushing full speed ahead in order to get 2.8.0 included with OSX 10.5, and so far we are very close to being on schedule. This release has some house-keeping style changes, as well as some user-contributed patches and also the usual crop of bug fixes. Source and binaries are available for both Python 2.4 and 2.5 for Windows and Mac, as well some pacakges for varous 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. Changes in 2.7.2.0 ------------------ Patch [ 1583183 ] Fixes printing/print preview inconsistencies Add events API to wxHtmlWindow (patch #1504493 by Francesco Montorsi) Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot) Added New Zealand NZST and NZDT timezone support to wx.DateTime. wx.Window.GetAdjustedBestSize is deprecated. In every conceivable scenario GetEffectiveMinSize is probably what you want to use instead. wx.Image: Gained support for TGA image file format. wx.aui: The classes in the wx.aui module have been renamed to be more consistent with each other, and make it easier to recognize in the docs and etc. that they belong together. FrameManager --> AuiManager FrameManagerEvent --> AuiManagerEvent PaneInfo --> AuiPaneInfo FloatingPane --> AuiFloatingPane DockArt --> AuiDockArt TabArt --> AuiTabArt AuiMultiNotebook --> AuiNotebook AuiNotebookEvent --> AuiNotebookEvent wx.lib.customtreectrl: A patch from Frame Niessink which adds an additional style (TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT) that (un)checks a parent when all children are (un)checked. wx.animate.AnimationCtrl fixed to display inactive bitmap at start (patch 1590192) Patch from Dj Gilcrease adding the FNB_HIDE_ON_SINGLE_TAB style flag for wx.lib.flatnotebook. wx.Window.GetBestFittingSize has been renamed to GetEffectiveMinSize. SetBestFittingSize has been renamed to SetInitialSize, since it is most often used only to set the initial (and minimal) size of a widget. The QuickTime backend for wx.media.MediaCtrl on MS Windows works again. Just pass szBackend=wx.media.MEDIABACKEND_QUICKTIME to the constructor to use it instead of the default ActiveMovie backend, (assuming the quicktime DLLs are available on the system.) -- Robin Dunn Software Craftsman http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? Relax with wxPython!