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 Changes in 2.2 since 2.1.1
 ----------------------------

 These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
 for machine-independent changes.


 - The main change is that all toolbox modules have moved to a package called Carbon.
   So things like "import Res" should be changed to "from Carbon import Res", and
   "from Res import *" to "from Carbon.Res import *". Please see the readme file for
   some open questions and join the discussions on pythonmac-sig if you have anything
   to contribute. Aside from reducing clutter this change will also benefit the
   port to Mach-O/OSX Python later.
 - All toolbox modules have been updated to Universal Headers 3.4.
 - Toolbox modules are weaklinked against InterfaceLib (for PPC builds) and raise
   an exception when you call an unimplemented one on an old MacOS.
 - On input MacPython now accepts either \n (unix style) or \r (mac style) newlines
   for text files. This behaviour can be turned off with a preference.
   This is an experimental feature; again: feedback is requested.
 - The IDE looks better on OS X, but still not as good as on OS9.
 - Command-dot handling has been improved a lot: scripts are now much easier to interrupt,
   and they only scan for cmd-. while in the foreground.
 - "Copy" from the MacPython console window was always disabled. Fixed.
 - This release should run on MacOS 8.1 again.
 - A new, rather different GUSI I/O library is used.
 - time.time() returns positive values again.
 - There is a new module macresource which makes it easier to open a resource file
   accompanying your script when the script is not (yet) converted to an applet.
   This module will later also do the right thing in Mach-O/OSX Python.
 - (Carbon only) experimental modules Carbon.CG (CoreGraphics) and CarbonEvt have
   been added.
 - A new, experimental module hfsplus is included, which gives access to some of the
   functionality of the HFS+ API.
 - A new, experimental module gives access to Carbon Events.
 - Threads had a stack that was too small for many serious Python applications (20K).
   They now get 64K. There is still no overflow check, though.
 - Garbage collection and the gc module have (finally) been enabled.
 - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar now has indeterminate progressbars if you specify maxval=0.
   This is also the new default. Patch supplied by Dean Draayer.
 - There are new preferences for enabling old-style division warnings and for
   accepting unix-style newlines in text input files. These can also be set during
   startup, and in addition you can select very verbose import tracing.
 - The NavServices override for StandardFile has moved from early startup to the
   time you import macfs. This speeds up MacPython startup.
 - Various outdated scripts have been moved to :Mac:Unsupported.
 - Various outdated items from :Mac:Lib:test have been removed.
 - C Developers: you know have control over the Python console if you are embedding
   MacPython in another application, thanks to Alexandre Parenteau. :Mac:Demo:embed.html
   has very minimal documentation.
 - BuildCGIApplet works again.
 - The CodeWarrior OSA suite missed quit(). It is back.
 - Contrib:morefindertools is gone, the functionality has been integrated into
   the standard module findertools.py.

 Known problems
 --------------

 This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
 http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.

 - MacPython 2.2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X
   machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected,
   hints/clues/workarounds are solicited. This problem also occurs intermittently on fast
   OS X single-processor machines.
 - Tkinter does not work under Carbon.
 - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
 - Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then
   you cannot access it from Python).
 - The IDE object and class browser look funny on OSX, but they work fine.
 - Aliases may not work in sys.path entries.
 - PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use
   PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only. This is especially
   true under OSX.
 - AliasMenu 2.2 conflicts with the Carbon version of Python. This is most likely a problem
   with AliasMenu (which is from 1999, and thus predates Carbon altogether).
	Changes in 2.2 since 2.1.1
	----------------------------

	These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
	for machine-independent changes.


	- The main change is that all toolbox modules have moved to a package called Carbon.
	So things like "import Res" should be changed to "from Carbon import Res", and
	"from Res import " to "from Carbon.Res import ". Please see the readme file for
	some open questions and join the discussions on pythonmac-sig if you have anything
	to contribute. Aside from reducing clutter this change will also benefit the
	port to Mach-O/OSX Python later.
	- All toolbox modules have been updated to Universal Headers 3.4.
	- Toolbox modules are weaklinked against InterfaceLib (for PPC builds) and raise
	an exception when you call an unimplemented one on an old MacOS.
	- On input MacPython now accepts either \n (unix style) or \r (mac style) newlines
	for text files. This behaviour can be turned off with a preference.
	This is an experimental feature; again: feedback is requested.
	- The IDE looks better on OS X, but still not as good as on OS9.
	- Command-dot handling has been improved a lot: scripts are now much easier to interrupt,
	and they only scan for cmd-. while in the foreground.
	- "Copy" from the MacPython console window was always disabled. Fixed.
	- This release should run on MacOS 8.1 again.
	- A new, rather different GUSI I/O library is used.
	- time.time() returns positive values again.
	- There is a new module macresource which makes it easier to open a resource file
	accompanying your script when the script is not (yet) converted to an applet.
	This module will later also do the right thing in Mach-O/OSX Python.
	- (Carbon only) experimental modules Carbon.CG (CoreGraphics) and CarbonEvt have
	been added.
	- A new, experimental module hfsplus is included, which gives access to some of the
	functionality of the HFS+ API.
	- A new, experimental module gives access to Carbon Events.
	- Threads had a stack that was too small for many serious Python applications (20K).
	They now get 64K. There is still no overflow check, though.
	- Garbage collection and the gc module have (finally) been enabled.
	- EasyDialogs.ProgressBar now has indeterminate progressbars if you specify maxval=0.
	This is also the new default. Patch supplied by Dean Draayer.
	- There are new preferences for enabling old-style division warnings and for
	accepting unix-style newlines in text input files. These can also be set during
	startup, and in addition you can select very verbose import tracing.
	- The NavServices override for StandardFile has moved from early startup to the
	time you import macfs. This speeds up MacPython startup.
	- Various outdated scripts have been moved to :Mac:Unsupported.
	- Various outdated items from :Mac:Lib:test have been removed.
	- C Developers: you know have control over the Python console if you are embedding
	MacPython in another application, thanks to Alexandre Parenteau. :Mac:Demo:embed.html
	has very minimal documentation.
	- BuildCGIApplet works again.
	- The CodeWarrior OSA suite missed quit(). It is back.
	- Contrib:morefindertools is gone, the functionality has been integrated into
	the standard module findertools.py.

	Known problems
	--------------

	This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
	http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.

	- MacPython 2.2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X
	machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected,
	hints/clues/workarounds are solicited. This problem also occurs intermittently on fast
	OS X single-processor machines.
	- Tkinter does not work under Carbon.
	- The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
	- Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then
	you cannot access it from Python).
	- The IDE object and class browser look funny on OSX, but they work fine.
	- Aliases may not work in sys.path entries.
	- PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use
	PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only. This is especially
	true under OSX.
	- AliasMenu 2.2 conflicts with the Carbon version of Python. This is most likely a problem
	with AliasMenu (which is from 1999, and thus predates Carbon altogether).