| Changes between 1.4b3 and 1.3.3 |
| ------------------------------- |
| |
| Aside from all the changes Guido made to the machine-independent part |
| of Python the following mac-specific changes have been made: |
| |
| - The standard 68K Python is built for CFM68K. This means that PPC and |
| 68K Python are now largely compatible, both supporting dynamically |
| loaded modules, python applets, etc. |
| As a result of this there have been numerous subtle changes in |
| filenames for PPC plugin modules and such, but these changes should |
| be transparent to Python programs. |
| The one missing module in cfm68k is Macspeech, for which no CFM68K |
| interface library is available (yet?). |
| - Raise MemoryError on stack overflow. |
| - Python now always uses 8-byte doubles. |
| - Removed mactcp, macdnr and stdwin modules from standard |
| distribution. |
| - New releases of Tcl/Tk (4.1p1), CWGUSI (1.7.2) and Waste (1.2f) have |
| been incorporated. |
| - Macfs.SetFolder method added, which sets initial folder for standard |
| file dialogs. |
| - New py_resource module to handle PYC resources. |
| - List mgr objects "selFlags" and "listFlags" members now accessible. |
| - QuickDraw got a few new symbolic constants. |
| - Qt and Cm modules now live in a separate dynamically loadable |
| module, so other toolbox modules work if you don't have QuickTime |
| installed. |
| - Old sound mgr calls {Set,Get}SoundVol removed, version number |
| interface changed. |
| - Added convenience routines setarrowcursor and setwatchcursor to |
| FrameWork. |
| - Bugfixes to time.sleep(), FrameWork, macostools, |
| - Minor fixes/additions/updates to demos and documentation in the Demo |
| folder. |
| - Internal changes: |
| - Ported to CW9 |
| - mwerks_????_config.h organization rationalized |
| - Projects renamed to reflect architecture (ppc, cfm68k, 68k). |
| - various defines (HAVE_CONFIG_H, USE_MAC_DYNAMIC_LOADING) no longer |
| needed. |
| - shared-library architecture made more conforming to metrowerks |
| documentation. Check xx plugin projects if you have built your own |
| dynamically loaded modules. |
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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 |
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| |
| 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 |
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| 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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