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1.5a3 relnotes (1.5a4 to follow later)
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1 Release notes for MacPython 1.5a3
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4 Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible
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5 changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only
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6 more to the bottom. Changes marked with a [*] are new changes, since
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7 1.5a2. And, of course, all Guido's 1.5a3 changes are incorporated.
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9 - Installation is now through an installer [*]
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10 - mkapplet and MkPluginAliases have been renamed to BuildApplet and
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11 ConfigurePython [*]
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12 - Applescript classes and properties are now exported by suites. Very
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13 sketchy documentation added to applescript.html [*]
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14 - Tkinter now uses tcl/tk 8.0 [*]
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15 - imports should be faster due to caching path information [*]
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16 - Generated suites now live in Mac:Lib:scripting [*]
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17 - Added zlib module [*]
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18 - Tkinter setfilehandler() did not work for sockets, fixed [*]
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19 - "Delay console window" option didn't work, fixed. Also check out the
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20 quietconsole.py module [*]
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21 - Menu bar is restored (if needed) when keeping console open after
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22 exit [*]
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23 - Influencing command-. and event processing (formerly MacOS.SetYield
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24 and MacOS.SetScheduleTimes) has been changed, see the manual [*]
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25 - FrameWork (or your own windowing code) can use asynchronous
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26 callbacks to keep user interface responsive during long computations [*]
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27 - Module to interface to Internet Config added
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28 - Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines
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29 from MacOS toolboxes
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30 - gdbm module added
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31 - ctb error handling fixed, and some memory leaks plugged
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32 - Various of the documentation files in Mac:Demo have been updated
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33 - MacOS.string_id_to_buffer is a new hack: the number you have to
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34 add to the id() of a string object to get the (data) memory address
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35 - MacOS.splash() double-free fixed
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36 - macfs.FSSpec.as_pathname() was incorrect for disk toplevel folders
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37 - QT.NewMovieFromFile has an extra parameter and an extra return value
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38 - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar has changed both in layout and interface
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39 - FrameWork.Application has a new cleanup() method which asks all windows
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40 to close themselves.
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41 - Loading of PYC resources from the application greatly speeded up,
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42 especially for CDROM based applications
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43 - interrupt check/eventloop only entered 10 times per second, giving
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44 big speedup
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45 - Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet
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46 - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed
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47 - sys.path preference can now be longer than 255 chars
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48 - cfmfile module allows parsing and merging of CFRG resources
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49 - PythonFAT and PythonApplet are now fat (PPC/CFM68K) applications, so
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50 applets can be moved between architectures.
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51 - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed
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52 - mkapplet now uses a progress bar in stead of print statements
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53 - unshar made a bit more mac-friendly (input output dialogs)
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54 - img: added png, xbm, bmp support
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55 - img: jpeg now uses IJG v6 library
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56 - img: import of imagefile support modules delayed until needed
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57 - img: better error handling for truncated images and such
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58 - img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte
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60 - We now use CW Pro 1, with multitarget projects and such goodies [*]
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61 - fixed xx plugin project for cfm68k [*]
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62 - All files updated to new Py_ naming convention
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63 - Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers
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64 - nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath()
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65 - Added support for Metrowerks profiler
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66 - Standard MW/MSL runtime libraries used in stead of homegrown version
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67 - Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet
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68 - Malloc now returns cache-line-aligned memory on PPC, which speeds
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69 things up, especially on a 604. Dictionaries put this to good use.
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70 - statically linked pythons won't inadvertantly load .slb modules
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71 - Removed dependencies on PLStringFuncs and/or StdCLib
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72 - Project "segment" structure changed to more-or-less follow folder
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73 structure
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74 - fullbuild redesigned
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75 - Added PyMac_Initialize() call, for use by embedding programs.