1.0.0!!! Congrats! I look forward to trying out the popup widgets.
~ Nathan On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Ian Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Announcing Urwid 1.0.0 > ---------------------- > > Urwid home page: > http://excess.org/urwid/ > > Manual: > http://excess.org/urwid/wiki/UrwidManual > > Tarball: > http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-1.0.0.tar.gz > > > About this release: > =================== > > This is a major feature release for Urwid: > > It's the first official release that has support for Python 3. > > There's a new experimental Terminal widget so you can terminal while you > terminal or write a screen-clone. > > There's a new example showing how to serve Urwid interfaces to many > users simultaneously over ssh with Twisted. > > There are new classes to help with creating dynamic tree views of > anything you have that's tree-like. > > There are new widgets for working with pop-ups so you can now have all > the menu bars, drop-downs and combo-boxes you can write. > > The old requirement to sprinkle draw_screen() calls around your > callbacks is gone. Urwid now updates the screen automatically after > everything else is done. > > There's a new simple MainLoop method for catching updates from other > threads and processes. No need to manually fumble with os.pipe() and > event loops. > > And lots more... > > Happy 1.0 Urwid! It's been a great nearly-seven years since our first > release. Huge thanks to everyone that's contributed code, docs, bug > reports and help on the mailing list and IRC. > > > New in this release: > ==================== > > * New support for Python 3.2 from the same 2.x code base, > requires distribute instead of setuptools (by Kirk McDonald, > Wendell, Marien Zwart) everything except TwistedEventLoop and > GLibEventLoop is supported > > * New experimental Terminal widget with xterm emulation and > terminal.py example program (by aszlig) > > * Edit widget now supports a mask (for passwords), has a > insert_text_result() method for full-field validation and > normalizes input text to Unicode or bytes based on the caption > type used > > * New TreeWidget, TreeNode, ParentNode, TreeWalker > and TreeListBox classes for lazy expanding/collapsing tree > views factored out of browse.py example program, with new > treesample.py example program (by Rob Lanphier) > > * MainLoop now calls draw_screen() just before going idle, so extra > calls to draw_screen() in user code may now be removed > > * New MainLoop.watch_pipe() method for subprocess or threaded > communication with the process/thread updating the UI, and new > subproc.py example demonstrating its use > > * New PopUpLauncher and PopUpTarget widgets and MainLoop option > for creating pop-ups and drop-downs, and new pop_up.py example > program > > * New twisted_serve_ssh.py example (by Ali Afshar) that serves > multiple displays over ssh from the same application using > Twisted and the TwistedEventLoop > > * ListBox now includes a get_cursor_coords() method, allowing > nested ListBox widgets > > * Columns widget contents may now be marked to always be treated > as flow widgets for mixing flow and box widgets more easily > > * New lcd_display module with support for CF635 USB LCD panel and > lcd_cf635.py example program with menus, slider controls and a > custom font > > * Shared command_map instance is now stored as Widget._command_map > class attribute and may be overridden in subclasses or individual > widgets for more control over special keystrokes > > * Overlay widget parameters may now be adjusted after creation with > set_overlay_parameters() method > > * New WidgetPlaceholder widget useful for swapping widgets without > having to manipulate a container widget's contents > > * LineBox widgets may now include title text > > * ProgressBar text content and alignment may now be overridden > > * Use reactor.stop() in TwistedEventLoop and document that Twisted's > reactor is not designed to be stopped then restarted > > * curses_display now supports AttrSpec and external event loops > (Twisted or GLib) just like raw_display > > * raw_display and curses_display now support the IBMPC character > set (currently only used by Terminal widget) > > * Fix for a gpm_mev bug preventing user input when on the console > > * Fix for leaks of None objects in str_util extension > > * Fix for WidgetWrap and AttrMap not working with fixed widgets > > * Fix for a lock up when attempting to wrap text containing wide > characters into a single character column > > > About Urwid > =========== > > Urwid is a console UI library for Python. It features fluid interface > resizing, Unicode support, multiple text layouts, simple attribute > markup, powerful scrolling list boxes and flexible interface design. > > Urwid is released under the GNU LGPL. > > _______________________________________________ > Urwid mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.excess.org/mailman/listinfo/urwid >
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