Merging appropriate 2.1.1 fixes back into the main trunk.
diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes b/Mac/Relnotes
index 772ea56..f776efd 100644
--- a/Mac/Relnotes
+++ b/Mac/Relnotes
@@ -1,83 +1,42 @@
-Changes in 2.1 since 2.0
+Changes in 2.1.1 since 2.1
--------------------------
These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
-for machine-independent changes. Changes since 2.1b2 are
-marked with [*] and at the bottom of the list.
+for machine-independent changes.
-- This release is optionally Carbon-based, so it runs natively on MacOS 8.1 or
- later and MacOSX. (Note that on MacOSX MacPython will run as a normal Mac application,
- if you want to run Python from the BSD commandline get a unix-Python distribution
- from www.python.org).
-- Alternatively there is a classic PPC interpreter as well. There are two reasons you
- might want to use this: (a) you have a pre-MacOS9 system and don't want to install
- CarbonLib, or (b) you need Tkinter, for which no Carbon version is available yet.
-- Distutils is included and seems to work. On 8.1 you may want to get Apple's
- CarbonLib installer even if you plan to run classic, it contains the newer Appearance
- Mgr which Python needs (according to rumour).
-- There's a new module (package, actually) mkcwproject which builds CodeWarrior
- projects from simple templates. See Distutils or :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py
- for examples of use.
-- The Numerical extension has moved to :Lib:site-python from :Extensions. As Numerical
- is now distutils-based you can easily install newer versions when they become
- available.
-- The Help and ctb modules are not available under Carbon because that functionality is
- not in Carbon.
-- Windows and Dialogs can now be different beasts, so you may have to call
- dlg.GetDialogWindow() where you used to be able to call window methods straight
- on the dialog. This also has consequences for code using FrameWork.DialogWindow.
- THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- ctl.GetControlDataHandle() has been renamed to GetControlData_Handle(), and similarly
- for the other variants of GetControlData and SetControlData. This was needed
- because Carbon defines a completely different routine with the name GetControlDataHandle.
- THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- Method mac.xstat() has disappeared. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- Menu.SetPopupData() and GetPopupData() are gone. Use SetPopupMenuHandle() and
- SetPopupMenuID() (and the getters) in stead. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- Various methods have disappeared when running under Carbon. The script
- :Mac:scripts:missingcarbonmethods.py can check your sources, but you need unix to run
- it. Or use it as documentation and search by hand. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- The good news is that "direct access to toolbox structs" still works from Python,
- so Python programmers have a lot less to fix than C programmers.
- That's because the lowlevel code simply uses the accessors internally. The accessors
- are available both in Carbon and Classic MacPython.
-- Scrap under Carbon is, you guessed it, the Carbon Scrap Manager. Some workarounds are
- provided, though. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- The Internet Config routines that are missing from Carbon have been removed. This
- is no problem if you use the "ic" module, but may be if you use "icglue" directly.
- THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- Various old toolbox names (CountMItems, EnableItem, etc) have disappeared. Use the
- new forms (CountMenuItems, EnableMenuItem, etc). THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
-- Waste now uses Waste 2.0.
-- The default memory size for the interpreter has been upped again.
-- The MacOS error messages have been updated to reflect the current state of
- things. This was long overdue.
-- The crash in BuildApplication has been fixed.
-- struct.pack related problems (in Audio_Mac, for example) have been fixed.
-- (src/dev/cvs only): The project files now use the .mcp extension in stead of .prj.
- Projects for almost all plugins and the img modules are automatically generated
- with :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py (also called by fullbuild). The .mcp files
- are not in the repository, if you don't want to use genpluginprojects you can import
- the .mcp.xml files in CodeWarrior.
-- ConfigurePython has been replace by two applets: ConfigurePythonClassic and
- ConfigurePythonCarbon. These will select either execution model for machines
- supporting both, and it will also build all the standard applets.
-- PythonInterpreterCarbon and PythonInterpreterClassic are now files of type "Atmp", not
- "APPL", so there should not be any confusion as to what the real application is
- (PythonInterpreter).
-- A BBEdit language module by Chris Stern is included in the :Mac:Contrib folder.
-- The ConfigurePython applets will now detect if the preference file refers to a different
- folder than where they live. They offer to remove the preference file in this case.
-- Import case-check was broken in 2.1b1, this is fixed.
-- A side-effect of the previous fix is that getpass works again.
-- BuildApplication was broken under Carbon. Fixed.
-- Morefindertools functionality integrated into findertools. [*]
-- ped.py from Mac:Demo crashed, this has been fixed by making Win.WhichWindow more robust. [*]
-- Tkinter mainloop is now a little less aggressive in eating events. [*]
-- The Python console window is raised to the front when input is read. This fixes a hang
- (for Carbon only) when crashing with a modal dialog open. [*]
-- The menu bar is (again) restored when Python is terminating. [*]
-
+- Handling non-ascii characters in sys.path on non-MacRoman systems should be fixed,
+ iff MacPython has a codec for the charset. Otherwise you should get an error, at least.
+ Pathnames in sys.path also retain their original case again.
+- IDE could crash on corrupt preferences. Fixed.
+- IDE will now work if you use either pre or sre as re.
+- Evt.WaitNextEvent could give an error when bit 15 was set, which could cause a problem
+ with IDE in classic mode. Fixed.
+- MacOS8.X users in classic mode had problems with Fm not loading, which also caused
+ IDE not working. Fixed.
+- Fm.IsAntiAliasedTextEnabled and Fm.SetAntiAliasedTextEnabled have gone for now, to
+ fix the problem above.
+- Disabled the Tkinter file I/O event handler, which was there but didn't work anyway.
+- Problems with loading dynamic modules that are part of a package into BuildApplication-
+ generated programs were fixed.
+- The order of the EasyDialogs yes/no/cancel buttons has been conformed to the Mac
+ standard.
+- Handling of Dialogs and Windows that were not created by Python is a bit more graceful
+ now, which may fix some crashes.
+- Ctl.SendControlMessage has gone. But it didn't work anyway.
+- Various problems with the TextEdit and Waste demos have been fixed.
+- Embedding/extending only: in preparation to allowing the use of MacPython modules in
+ unix-Python on OSX the xxx_New and xxx_Convert routines are now optionally vectored via
+ glue routines in macglue.c. The only change that may be needed for embedders/extenders is
+ that you may want to include pymactoolbox.h in your sources.
+- Embedding/extending only: Most MacPython source is now much more Mach-O friendly, and
+ should work with Universal Headers 3.4.
+- Experimental: an Mlte module has been added, an interface to the Multi Lingual Text
+ Engine. There is a minimal example in :Mac:Demos:mlte.
+- Experimental: some support for FSRef objects has been added. You can do little more that
+ convert them to/from FSSpecs. Carbon only.
+- Experimental: the CF module has some support for CoreFoundation types. CFString
+ and CFURL work, to a degree, and can be converted to/from Python strings and Unicode
+ objects. Carbon only.
What is not in this distribution
--------------------------------
@@ -92,6 +51,9 @@
This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
+- MacPython 2.1.1 (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.
- 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
@@ -102,3 +64,5 @@
- 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).