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- Release notes for MacPython 1.5a2, 28-May-97
- --------------------------------------------
+ Release notes for MacPython 1.5a3
+ ---------------------------------
Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible
changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only
-more to the bottom:
+more to the bottom. Changes marked with a [*] are new changes, since
+1.5a2. And, of course, all Guido's 1.5a3 changes are incorporated.
+- Installation is now through an installer [*]
+- mkapplet and MkPluginAliases have been renamed to BuildApplet and
+ ConfigurePython [*]
+- Applescript classes and properties are now exported by suites. Very
+ sketchy documentation added to applescript.html [*]
+- Tkinter now uses tcl/tk 8.0 [*]
+- imports should be faster due to caching path information [*]
+- Generated suites now live in Mac:Lib:scripting [*]
+- Added zlib module [*]
+- Tkinter setfilehandler() did not work for sockets, fixed [*]
+- "Delay console window" option didn't work, fixed. Also check out the
+ quietconsole.py module [*]
+- Menu bar is restored (if needed) when keeping console open after
+ exit [*]
+- Influencing command-. and event processing (formerly MacOS.SetYield
+ and MacOS.SetScheduleTimes) has been changed, see the manual [*]
+- FrameWork (or your own windowing code) can use asynchronous
+ callbacks to keep user interface responsive during long computations [*]
- Module to interface to Internet Config added
- Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines
from MacOS toolboxes
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- img: better error handling for truncated images and such
- img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte
-
+- We now use CW Pro 1, with multitarget projects and such goodies [*]
+- fixed xx plugin project for cfm68k [*]
- All files updated to new Py_ naming convention
- Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers
- nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath()