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| author | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> |
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| date | Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:48:57 +0000 |
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| 6474 | 1 Release notes for MacPython 1.5a4 |
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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 |
| 6474 | 7 1.5a3. And, of course, all Guido's 1.5a4 changes are incorporated. |
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| 6474 | 9 - Balloon help in set-preferences dialog and EditPythonPrefs [*] |
| 10 - An interface to the Help Maganer has been added [*] | |
| 11 - New modules "preferences" and "pythonprefs" which allow access to | |
| 12 Python preferences and implements a general preference-handling | |
| 13 framework. New EditPythonPrefs uses this. [*] | |
| 14 - Applescript suite modules are now in a separate Mac:Lib:scripting | |
| 15 folder [*] | |
| 16 - Most modules now export their type objects [*] | |
| 17 - MacOS.SysBeep() and MacOS.GetTicks() added [*] | |
| 18 - sys.prefix and sys.exec_prefix are now set correctly [*] | |
| 19 - Installation is now through an installer | |
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20 - mkapplet and MkPluginAliases have been renamed to BuildApplet and |
| 6474 | 21 ConfigurePython |
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22 - Applescript classes and properties are now exported by suites. Very |
| 6474 | 23 sketchy documentation added to applescript.html |
| 24 - Tkinter now uses tcl/tk 8.0 | |
| 25 - imports should be faster due to caching path information | |
| 26 - Generated suites now live in Mac:Lib:scripting | |
| 27 - Added zlib module | |
| 28 - Tkinter setfilehandler() did not work for sockets, fixed | |
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29 - "Delay console window" option didn't work, fixed. Also check out the |
| 6474 | 30 quietconsole.py module |
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31 - Menu bar is restored (if needed) when keeping console open after |
| 6474 | 32 exit |
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33 - Influencing command-. and event processing (formerly MacOS.SetYield |
| 6474 | 34 and MacOS.SetScheduleTimes) has been changed, see the manual |
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35 - FrameWork (or your own windowing code) can use asynchronous |
| 6474 | 36 callbacks to keep user interface responsive during long computations |
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37 - Module to interface to Internet Config added |
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38 - Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines |
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39 from MacOS toolboxes |
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40 - gdbm module added |
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41 - ctb error handling fixed, and some memory leaks plugged |
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42 - Various of the documentation files in Mac:Demo have been updated |
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43 - MacOS.string_id_to_buffer is a new hack: the number you have to |
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44 add to the id() of a string object to get the (data) memory address |
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45 - MacOS.splash() double-free fixed |
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46 - macfs.FSSpec.as_pathname() was incorrect for disk toplevel folders |
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47 - QT.NewMovieFromFile has an extra parameter and an extra return value |
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48 - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar has changed both in layout and interface |
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49 - FrameWork.Application has a new cleanup() method which asks all windows |
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50 to close themselves. |
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51 - Loading of PYC resources from the application greatly speeded up, |
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52 especially for CDROM based applications |
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53 - interrupt check/eventloop only entered 10 times per second, giving |
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54 big speedup |
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55 - Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet |
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56 - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed |
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57 - sys.path preference can now be longer than 255 chars |
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58 - cfmfile module allows parsing and merging of CFRG resources |
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59 - PythonFAT and PythonApplet are now fat (PPC/CFM68K) applications, so |
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60 applets can be moved between architectures. |
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61 - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed |
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62 - mkapplet now uses a progress bar in stead of print statements |
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63 - unshar made a bit more mac-friendly (input output dialogs) |
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64 - img: added png, xbm, bmp support |
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65 - img: jpeg now uses IJG v6 library |
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66 - img: import of imagefile support modules delayed until needed |
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67 - img: better error handling for truncated images and such |
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68 - img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte |
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| 6474 | 70 - build numbers work and are maintained in macbuildno.h by fullbuild.py [*] |
| 71 - We now use CW Pro 1, with multitarget projects and such goodies | |
| 72 - fixed xx plugin project for cfm68k | |
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73 - All files updated to new Py_ naming convention |
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74 - Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers |
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75 - nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath() |
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76 - Added support for Metrowerks profiler |
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77 - Standard MW/MSL runtime libraries used in stead of homegrown version |
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79 - Malloc now returns cache-line-aligned memory on PPC, which speeds |
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80 things up, especially on a 604. Dictionaries put this to good use. |
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81 - statically linked pythons won't inadvertantly load .slb modules |
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82 - Removed dependencies on PLStringFuncs and/or StdCLib |
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83 - Project "segment" structure changed to more-or-less follow folder |
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86 - Added PyMac_Initialize() call, for use by embedding programs. |