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author Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
date Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:54:41 +0000
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1 Changes in 2.0 since 1.5.2
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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.
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7 Unfortunately I have messed my administration up, so I can't give complete
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8 Mac-specific release notes for the changes in this release. So, I will
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9 have to leave it at the highlights:
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11 - 68K support has been dropped, this release is PPC only.
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12 - Threads support (through standard Python threads module).
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13 - Tkinter works again! At least: it doesn't immedeately crash in obvious ways.
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14 - Appearance support through App module and added calls in many other modules.
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15 Most dialogs and applets have also been converted to Appearance. There's also a
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16 ControlAccessor module that handles [GS]etControlData with their plethora of
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17 argument types.
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18 - Navigation Services support, with macfs StandardFile calls transparently
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19 replaced by their NavServices counterparts.
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20 - Offscreen QuickDraw and GWorld support through Qdoffs module.
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21 - Drag manager support (Drag module).
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22 - Much better CGI support and examples, see :Mac:Tools:CGI.
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23 - Better OSA/AppleEvent support.
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24 - Up/downcasting of handle-based types is now unified and implemented in the
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25 inherting module, e.g.
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26 handleobj = ctlobj.as_Resource()
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27 ctlobj = Ctl.as_Control(handle)
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28 - Added macos.FreeMem(), MaxBlock() and CompactMem(), mainly so apps in Python can
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29 give low-memory warnings.
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30 - MediaDescr module parses some QuickTime media descriptions (but definitely not all).
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31 - A new method EasyDialogs.GetArgv() which makes it easy for the end-user to provide
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32 unix-style sys.argv arguments. (new since 2.0b1)
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33 - There's a new package, mkcwproject, that creates and builds CodeWarrior
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34 projects. (new since 2.0b1)
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35 - The "keep console open" options are now always, never, on error and on
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36 unseen output. The latter is the new default. There is also a call
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37 MacOS.KeepConsole() which allows programs to override the behaviour, and
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38 a call MacOS.OutputSeen() which acknowledges all output until now.
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39 (new since 2.0b1)
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40 - Missing Numeric modules are included. They may not be on sys.path, however. (new since 2.0b1)
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41 - gdbm works again. (new since 2.0b1)
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42 - Command-. and threads don't bite each other as badly anymore. (new since 2.0c1)
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43 - InstallPython will optionally copy PythonCore in stead of creating an alias, when
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44 needed. (new since 2.0c1)
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45 - All bugs reported to the pythonmac-sig in the 2.0c1 period have been fixed.
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48 What is not in this distribution
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51 - The garbage collection mods to 2.0 have not been enabled, mainly due to lack of test-time.
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52 - Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.0 yet. If/when it becomes available
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53 Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
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54 - Carbon support is not in here, but should be happening as soon as GUSI is ready.
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55 - Distutils is incomplete for the Mac, unfortunately. A newer version should be available
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56 soon and will be announced on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
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58 Known problems
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61 This list is far from complete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
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62 http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
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64 - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
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65 - Aliases do not work in sys.path entries.