Re: [Gnumed-devel] Mac OS X: displaying frames problem

[Jim Busser]

On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:02 AM, Dominique Buenzli wrote:
> So what can we do ? Wait another version of the wxPython port ?

Are the problems from Mac versions of  wxWindows (now wxWidgets), 
wxPython, or both?

I checked the following sites and noted:

http://www.wxwidgets.org/
> May 31st, 2004: wxWidgets 2.5.2 has been released. You can download it 
> from the simplified download page, here. This is a development 
> snapshot. Amongst other improvements, sizers are working properly 
> again in 2.5.2, and wxMac has come on leaps and bounds.


http://www.wxpython.org/
>         Finally!  wxPython 2.5.1 is released!
>
> http://www.wxpython.org/recentchanges.php
>         2.5.1.5
> 	There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual 
> Installer package now only installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython 
> extension modules and Python pacakges, and also the command-line tool 
> scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles 
> for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk 
> image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they 
> want to put them.
>
>         wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
>
> 	To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac 
> I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too) 
> that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing 
> it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and 
> simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac 
> only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options 
> menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with 
> it.
>
> 	AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile, 
> MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
>
>         2.4.1.2
>         Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.


http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#binaries (available: 
wxPythonOSX-2.5.1.5-panther-Py2.3.dmg)
> NOTE: Just after the source code snapshot for this release was taken a 
> number of far reaching fundamental changes for the wxMac port of 
> wxWidgets were checked in to CVS. Consequently, although most things 
> work very well there are a few known issues with this wxPythonOSX 
> release that were not able to be fixed because those other big changes 
> were in progress. A new release of wxPython will be made when issues 
> resulting from those big changes have been resolved.