pygame-ce 2.2.0

Demo of transform grayscale, invert, and blur routines. Invert and blur new in this release.

# if you're switching over from pygame/pygame,
# remove it first to avoid conflicting namespace
pip uninstall pygame
pip install pygame-ce==2.2.0

Welcome to the newest release of pygame-ce! We're excited to share the last month's worth of merged
enhancements, bugfixes, and cleanups.

What's Changed

Enhancements

@Emc2356 and @yunline added pygame.FRect, a version of pygame.Rect that supports floating point values! The FRect class supports the whole pygame.Rect API. This is useful so that one can use floating point values for position, while still being a Rect. #1944, #2046
@Starbuck5 accelerated many types of alpha blitting using AVX2 instructions, achieving a 30-300% performance gain when blitting with transparent Surfaces (on supported systems). #2019
@robertpfeiffer made it possible to use VSYNC in a normal (non-SCALED) pygame display setup, also added is_vsync, get_current_refresh_rate, get_desktop_refresh_rates functions. #1874
@ScriptLineStudios added pygame.transform.invert, which inverts the RGB color of each pixel in a Surface. #1911
@yunline added pygame.transform.box_blur and pygame.transform.gaussian_blur. #1836, #2026, #2028
@Starbuck5 and @ankith26 added a new module! pygame.system is for miscellaneous system information. Right now it has get_pref_path to create a persistent data directory and get_pref_locales to get system locale information. #1897
@MyreMylar accelerated the BLEND_PREMULTIPLIED blend mode using AVX2 instructions (2-6x faster). #5, #2005
@oddbookworm added a new copy-paste API in the scrap module, which is easier to use and more portable. #1984
@novialriptide added a Font.name attribute, to get the proper name of the font. #1971
@avaxar implemented swizzling for pygame.Color-- I.e. color.rgb, color.bgr, color.garb. #1935, #1994
@avaxar updated several object representations to better conform to Python standards. For example, pygame.Rect(1,2,3,4) is now represented as Rect(1, 2, 3, 4) instead of <rect(1, 2, 3, 4)>. #1995
@yunline added full support for keyword arguments in the image module. #2010

Bugfixes

@robertpfeiffer and @oddbookworm ensured that circles will draw properly even if way off screen. #2003, #2032
@yunline fixed a possible segfault in Surface.convert() on 8-bit surfaces. #2007
@Temmie3754 fixed issues where pygame.draw.line could be cut off across Surfaces. #1998

Deprecations, Potential Breaking Changes, and Removals

Legacy pygame.scrap functions are now deprecated. Contributed by @oddbookworm. #1984
pygame.fastevent has been removed. Contributed by @gresm. #1966
pygame.mixer now raises a FileNotFoundError when the sound isn't found on the filesystem. Contributed by @Temmie3754. #2001

Docs, Examples, and Types

@oddbookworm and @Temmie3754 improved the documentation content. #1992, #1996, #2024
@yunline improved the textinput example. #2009, 2015
@yunline improved documentation CSS slightly. #2004
@yunline added type hints for draw_triangle and draw_quad in sdl2_video. #2018

Cleanups and Robustness

@Starbuck5, @itzpr3d4t0r, and @simplyrohan contributed refactors in the codebase. #1993, #2002, #2011, #2013
@zoldalma999 and @MyreMylar submitted some internal changes for controller and sprite. #1903, #1942
@simplyrohan made sure the version checking of SDL_ttf versions is correct. #1991

Operations

@oddbookworm added venv to gitignore. #1985
@yunline removed a now unnecessary GH actions workaround. #2012

New Contributors

@simplyrohan made their first contribution in #1991

Governance

Since last release, we're proud to welcome three new members of the project!
Congratulations to @yunline, @itzpr3d4t0r, and @dr0id.

We've also elected (among the contributors) a group of three contributors to the "steering council" -- responsible for releases and for resolving debates. The current steering council is @MyreMylar, @ankith26, and @Starbuck5. See https://github.com/pygame-community/pygame-ce/wiki/The-Steering-Council.

Full Changelog: 2.1.4...2.2.0

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