- assume that Python 2.4 and 2.5 are compatible and allow checking for
fallout.
- remove PYTHON_VERSIONS_COMPATIBLE that are obsoleted by the 2.3+
default. Modify the others to deal with the removals.
Full changelog is at http://excess.org/urwid/wiki/ChangeLog
- Rendering is now significantly faster.
- The curses_display module can now draw in the lower-right corner of the screen.
- New Widget base class for all widgets. It includes automatic caching of rows() and render() methods. It also adds a new __super attribute for accessing methods in superclasses.
- Widgets must now call self._invalidate() to notify the cache when their content has changed.
- To disable caching in a widget set the class variable no_cache to a list that includes the string "render".
- Canvas classes have been reorganized: Canvas has been renamed to TextCanvas and Canvas is now the base class for all canvases. New canvas classes include BlankCanvas, SolidCanvas and CompositeCanvas.
- All display modules now have start() and stop() methods that may be used instead of calling run_wrapper().
- Many internal string processing functions have been rewritten in C to improve their performance.
- Compatible with Python >= 2.2. Python 2.1 is no longer supported.
- Improved performance in UTF-8 mode when ASCII text is used.
- Added a clear() function to the the display modules to force the screen to be repainted on the next draw_screen() call.
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From changelog:
* tons of bugfixes
* Added initial support for fixed widgets - widgets that have a
fixed size on screen.
* New BigText class that draws text with fonts made of grids of
character cells.
* Overlay class can now accept a fixed widget as the widget to
display "on top".
* New Canvas functions: pad_trim(..) and pad_trim_left_right(..).
* Fixed Unicode conversion and locale issues when using Urwid with
Python < 2.4.
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Changes since 0.8.4:
- Many new widgets including Filler, Button, RadioButton, CheckBox, etc.
- Improved support for CJK encodings.
- Expanded tutorial.
- Bug fixes.
Urwid is a curses-based user interface library. It includes many
features useful for text console application developers including,
fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing / fbset on Linux
console), support for 8-bit and CJK encodings, multiple text alignment
and wrapping modes built-in, ability to register user-defined text
alignment and wrapping modes, simple markup for setting text
attributes, powerful list box that handles scrolling between different
widget types, list box contents may be managed with a user-defined
class, flexible edit box for editing many different types of text, and
easy interface for creating HTML screen shots.
