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