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Announcing wxPython 4.2.1
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=========================
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PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wxPython/4.2.1
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Extras: https://extras.wxPython.org/wxPython4/extras/
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Pip: ``pip install wxPython==4.2.1``
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New and improved in this release:
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* This release was built using the wxWidgets' v3.2.2.1 release tag.
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* Added Python 3.11 to the build system.
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* Added Python 3.12 (beta) to the build system.
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* Added wrappers for wxGenericStaticBitmap.
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* Added wx.ThreadEvent.
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What is wxPython?
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-----------------
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wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for the Python programming
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language. It allows Python programmers to create programs with a
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robust, highly functional graphical user interface, simply and
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easily. It is implemented as a set of Python extension modules that
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wrap the GUI components of the popular wxWidgets cross platform
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library, which is written in C++. Supported platforms are Microsoft
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Windows, Mac OS X and macOS, and Linux or other unix-like systems with
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GTK2 or GTK3 libraries. In most cases the native widgets are used on
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each platform to provide a 100% native look and feel for the
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application.
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What is wxPython Phoenix?
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wxPython's Project Phoenix is a new from-the-ground-up implementation
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of wxPython, created with the intent of making wxPython “better,
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stronger, faster than he was before.” In other words, this new
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implementation is focused on improving speed, maintainability and
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extensibility of wxPython, as well as removing most of the cruft that
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had accumulated over the long life of Classic wxPython.
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The project has been in development off and on, mostly behind the
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scenes, for many years. For the past few years automated snapshot
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builds have been available for those adventurous enough to try it, and
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many people eventually started using the snapshots in their projects,
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even for production releases. While there are still some things on
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the periphery that need to be completed, the core of the new wxPython
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extension modules which wrap the wxWidgets code has been stable for a
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long time now.
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Due to some things being cleaned up, reorganized, simplified and
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dehackified wxPython Phoenix is not completely backwards compatible
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with wxPython Classic. This is intended. In general, however, the API
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differences tend to be minor and some applications can use Phoenix
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with slight, or even with no modifications. In some other cases the
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correct way to do things was also available in Classic and it's only
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the wrong way that has been removed from Phoenix. For more
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information there is a Migration Guide document available at:
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https://docs.wxpython.org/MigrationGuide.html
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The new wxPython API reference documentation, including all
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Python-specific additions and customizations, and docs for the wx.lib
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package, is located at: https://docs.wxpython.org/
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