ANNOUNCE: python-gammu 0.4 and Wammu 0.5 (original) (raw)

Michal Cihar michal@cihar.com
Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:21:50 +0100

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releasing Wammu version 0.5, news:

New features:

Searching for phone.
Backup and import functionality.
Deleting of multiple entries at once.
Reply on message.
Playback of ringtones using timidity.
More decoded SMS parts are now recognized (especially Nokia ones were not recognised before).
Unexpected exceptions are handled and reported as bugs.
Czech localisation.

Bug fixes:

HTML displayer now should display non ascii texts correctly.
Reads really all sms.
Better handling of exceptions when reading data.
Broken wxListCtrl.GetColumn on wxPython 2.4.1.2 is workarounded.
Workaround charset conversion problems in wxPython.
Fixed creating multiple roots in tree control.

Wammu is phone manager built on top o python-gammu. It supports many phones (check Gammu project for details). You can reach it on http://www.cihar.com/gammu/wammu/

it requires python-gammu 0.4, which comes also with few new features:

SMS with some data are now converted to/from Pyyhon correctly.
Added work with SMS folders.
Added support for creating categories.
Ringtone parts of SMS are now also converted.
Can save ringtones.
Support for reading/writing backups.
Works much better in multi thread applications - releases Pythons global lock for communication with phone.

python-gammu is binding between Python and Gammu. It currently does not support all Gammu features, but only those needed for Wammu, URL is http://www.cihar.com/gammu/python/

-- Regards Michal Cihar http://cihar.com

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