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- Changes between 1.3.3 and 1.3.2
- --------------------------------
-
- A major change since 1.3.2 is in the organization of the files: The
- Mac folder has mac-specific demo programs, attempts at documentation and
- more. Browse the HTML files in Mac:Demo for more info.
-
- Also, Toolbox:bgen is not needed anymore for normal use: the relevant
- python modules have been moved to Mac:Lib:toolbox.
-
- Other changes:
- - Uses final Tk 4.1 and Tcl 7.5 distributions.
- - Override preferences (stored in the interpreter/applet application)
- allow overriding of system-wide preferences. Explained in
- "using.html".
- - New functionality in FrameWork.py:
- - ScrolledWindow class
- - enable(), settext(), setitem(), setmark(), seticon(),
- checkmenu() and delete() methods for menu entries.
- - event parameter added to idle() method
- - windowbounds() function helps programmer with staggering windows.
- - Erase only visRgn on an update event.
- - TextEdit interface module added
- - Waste interface module added
- - Demos for waste, including skeleton for html editor
- - Scrap manager interface added
- - Ctl.FindControl() could return reference to deleted object. Fixed.
- - GrafPorts have an _id attribute (address of grafport) allowing them
- to be compared (since a new python object is created each time).
- - Standard File folder no longer changed on chdir() (this was
- introduced in 1.3.2).
- - sys.argv can now be set if you option-drag or option-click a python
- source.
- - Various dialogs now have sensible defaults.
- - binhextree is now a bit more intelligent about when to binhex.
- - gensuitemodule fixed to hand '****' type arguments.
-
- Changes between 1.3.2 and 1.3.1
- -------------------------------
-
- The main reason for the 1.3.2 distribution is the availability of Tk
- for the mac. The Tk port and its integration in Python is definitely
- not bug-free, hence this distribution should be treated as beta
- software at best.
-
- Another major change in this release is that the Python I/O system is
- now based on the GUSI library. This is an I/O library that attempts to
- mimic a Posix I/O system. Hence, modules like socket and select are
- now available in MacPython. If you build dynamically loaded modules
- and you use any unix-like feature such as stat() calls you should
- compile using the GUSI include files.
-
- A third major change is that the MacOS creator code has been changed
- from 'PYTH' to 'Pyth', due to a conflict. This means that you will
- have to change the creator of all your old python programs. The
- distribution contains a script "FixCreator.py" that does this
- recursively for a whole folder.
-
- Here are all the changes since 1.3.1, in no particular order:
- - complex number support added
- - cmath module added
- - startup options ("option-drag" dialog) can be retrieved from the
- preferences file. EditPythonPrefs hasn't been updated yet, though.
- - Creator changed from PYTH to Pyth
- - {mac,os}.unlink is now also called {mac,os}.remove
- - {mac,os}.mkdir second arg optional
- - dup and fdopen calls added
- - select module added
- - socket module added
- - open(file, '*r') for opening resource forks has been removed. It is
- replaced by MacOS.openrf(file, 'r'), which returns a simple
- file-like object to read (or write) resource forks.
- - Added AppleEvent URL suite
- - Added AppleEvent netscape suite
- - QuickDraw globals are now all accessible, as Qd.qd.xxxx
-
-
- Mac-specific changes between 1.3 and 1.3.1
- --------------------------------------
-
- Aside from the changes mentioned here there have also been some
- changes in the core python, but these are not documented here.
- However, these changes are mainly bugfixes, so there shouldn't be any
- incompatabilities.
-
- - imgsgi and imgpbm modules added
- - Various hooks installed to allow integration with MacTk (currently
- disabled)
- - Added support for MacOS Fixed type in toolbox arguments (represented
- as floats in python)
- - Added option to keep output window open on normal termination
- - Decreased minimum heapsize to run interpreter
- - Added progress-bar to EasyDialogs
- - Fixed socket.getportname()
- - Renamed MACTCP.py to MACTCPconst.py
-
- - Many fixes to FrameWork.py:
- - Added window.SetPort() method
- - Added optional bounds and resid parameters to Window.open()
- - Fixed apple-menu DA handling
- - Fixed activate-event handling
- - Added default Application.makeusermenus() (File:Quit only)
- - Fixed bug with keyboard input handling
- - added idle() method, called from event loop if there are no events
- pending
-
- Toolbox modules:
- - component manager module added
- - quicktime module added
- - font manager module added
- - Added color window support
- - Added support to obtain pixmap from a window
- - Added BitMap type
- - Added GrafPort type
- - Added support for PenState, Patterns, FontInfo, RGB colors,
- - Fixed GetPen and SetPt arguments
- - Added read access to members of {C}GrafPort objects
- - Added support for cursors
- - Provide access to some QuickDraw globals
- - Fixed InsetRect, OffsetRect, MapRect
- - Added support for various handles such as PatHandle, CursHandle
- - Added functions to access members of Window objects
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