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Added a note about Help and ctb missing in carbon.
author Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>
date Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:02:43 +0000
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1 Changes in 2.1b2 since 2.0
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2 --------------------------
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4 These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
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5 for machine-independent changes. Changes since 2.1b1 are
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6 marked with [*] and at the bottom of the list.
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8 - This release is Carbon-based, so it runs natively on MacOS 8.6 or
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9 later and MacOSX. (Note that on MacOSX MacPython will run as a normal Mac application,
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10 if you want to run Python from the BSD commandline get a unix-Python distribution
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11 from www.python.org).
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12 - Alternatively there is a classic PPC interpreter as well. There are two reasons you
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13 might want to use this: (a) you have a pre-MacOS9 system and don't want to install
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14 CarbonLib, or (b) you need Tkinter, for which no Carbon version is available yet.
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15 - Distutils is included and seems to work.
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16 - There's a new module (package, actually) mkcwproject which builds CodeWarrior
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17 projects from simple templates. See Distutils or :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py
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18 for examples of use.
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19 - The Numerical extension has moved to :Lib:site-python from :Extensions. As Numerical
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20 is now distutils-based you can easily install newer versions when they become
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21 available.
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22 - The Help and ctb modules are not available under Carbon because that functionality is
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23 not in Carbon.
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24 - Windows and Dialogs can now be different beasts, so you may have to call
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25 dlg.GetDialogWindow() where you used to be able to call window methods straight
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26 on the dialog. This also has consequences for code using FrameWork.DialogWindow.
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27 THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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28 - ctl.GetControlDataHandle() has been renamed to GetControlData_Handle(), and similarly
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29 for the other variants of GetControlData and SetControlData. This was needed
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30 because Carbon defines a completely different routine with the name GetControlDataHandle.
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31 THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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32 - Method mac.xstat() has disappeared. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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33 - Menu.SetPopupData() and GetPopupData() are gone. Use SetPopupMenuHandle() and
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34 SetPopupMenuID() (and the getters) in stead. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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35 - Various methods have disappeared when running under Carbon. The script
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36 :Mac:scripts:missingcarbonmethods.py can check your sources, but you need unix to run
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37 it. Or use it as documentation and search by hand. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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38 - The good news is that "direct access to toolbox structs" still works from Python,
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39 so Python programmers have a lot less to fix than C programmers.
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40 That's because the lowlevel code simply uses the accessors internally. The accessors
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41 are available both in Carbon and Classic MacPython.
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42 - Scrap under Carbon is, you guessed it, the Carbon Scrap Manager. Some workarounds are
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43 provided, though. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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44 - The Internet Config routines that are missing from Carbon have been removed. This
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45 is no problem if you use the "ic" module, but may be if you use "icglue" directly.
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46 THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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47 - Various old toolbox names (CountMItems, EnableItem, etc) have disappeared. Use the
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48 new forms (CountMenuItems, EnableMenuItem, etc). THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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49 - Waste now uses Waste 2.0.
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50 - The default memory size for the interpreter has been upped again.
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51 - The MacOS error messages have been updated to reflect the current state of
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52 things. This was long overdue.
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53 - The crash in BuildApplication has been fixed.
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54 - struct.pack related problems (in Audio_Mac, for example) have been fixed.
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55 - (src/dev/cvs only): The project files now use the .mcp extension in stead of .prj.
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56 Projects for almost all plugins and the img modules are automatically generated
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57 with :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py (also called by fullbuild). The .mcp files
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58 are not in the repository, if you don't want to use genpluginprojects you can import
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59 the .mcp.xml files in CodeWarrior.
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60 - ConfigurePython has been replace by two applets: ConfigurePythonClassic and
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61 ConfigurePythonCarbon. These will select either execution model for machines
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62 supporting both, and it will also build all the standard applets.
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63 - PythonInterpreterCarbon and PythonInterpreterClassic are now files of type "Atmp", not
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64 "APPL", so there should not be any confusion as to what the real application is
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65 (PythonInterpreter).
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66 - A BBEdit language module by Chris Stern is included in the :Mac:Contrib folder.
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67 - The ConfigurePython applets will now detect if the preference file refers to a different
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68 folder than where they live. They offer to remove the preference file in this case.
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69 - Import case-check was broken in 2.1b1, this is fixed. [*]
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70 - A side-effect of the previous fix is that getpass works again. [*]
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71 - BuildApplication was broken under Carbon. Fixed. [*]
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74 What is not in this distribution
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77 - The garbage collection mods have not been enabled, mainly due to lack of test-time.
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78 - Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.1 yet. If/when it becomes available
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79 Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
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81 Known problems
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82 --------------
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84 This list is far from complete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
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85 http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
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87 - Tkinter does not work under Carbon.
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88 - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
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89 - After running a Tkinter program your menubar may end up dead, with command-alt-escape
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90 the only way to terminate Python.
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91 - Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then
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92 you cannot access it from Python).
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93 - Aliases do not work in sys.path entries.
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94 - The menu bar isn't always correctly restored before MacPython turns to <<terminated>>.
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95 - Under Carbon only you may occasionally see a spurious KeyboardInterrupt. I have absolutely
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96 no clue as to what is causing this.
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97 - PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use
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98 PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only.
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99 - Under MacOSX Public Beta ConfigurePython cannot put PythonCore in the global CFMSupport
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100 folder. Therefore applets have to live in the Python folder, otherwise they cannot find
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101 PythonCore. There is a workaround if you want to have an applet in a different folder:
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102 put an alias PythonCoreCarbon (pointing to the PythonCoreCarbon in the Python folder)
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103 in the same folder as your applet.
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104 This problem should in all probability not occur in the release version of MacOSX.