Comments on: Glade-2 to .py http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html Titanium Exposé Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Swaroop C H http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html#comment-500 Swaroop C H Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500 <p>Hey Jerome,</p> <blockquote> I have been looking myself at GUI tools in Python and I seem to be leaning towards exploring wxPython simply because it is cross-platform but you seem to think its the other way around. Can you please explain this point?</blockquote> <p>Thanks! Swaroop www.swaroopch.info</p> Hey Jerome,

I have been looking myself at GUI tools in Python and I seem to be leaning towards exploring wxPython simply because it is cross-platform but you seem to think its the other way around. Can you please explain this point?

Thanks!
Swaroop
http://www.swaroopch.info

]]> By: Jkx http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html#comment-501 Jkx Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-501 <p>In theory, wxPython is the most cross-platform friendly. But the reality is more cruel. In fact, the window's version is always the bleeding edge, and commom apps usually need this version. So you need to install wxPython manually (and this is a really pain), and cannot use the default wxPython that's come w/ your distro. And even worst, some distro use wxPython as the core GUI.. so you need to install it twice. (one for your dev by hand, another one ..)</p> <p>I wrote 2 (quite big) apps w/ wxPython, and both works well on Win32, and have some strange behaviours (or lacking some functionnality) on my Linux setup.</p> <p>In the other hand, wxPython support very-well, Win32. You can wrote some systray app for example.</p> <p>I think my next app, will use GTK2. I know this is working quite very well on Win32 right now. But always keep in mind that Gtk + thread = nightmare + segfault (and even worst on Win32)</p> <p>-- Hope this helps;</p> In theory, wxPython is the most cross-platform friendly. But the reality is more cruel. In fact, the window’s version is always the bleeding edge, and commom apps usually need this version. So you need to install wxPython manually (and this is a really pain), and cannot use the default wxPython that’s come w/ your distro. And even worst, some distro use wxPython as the core GUI.. so you need to install it twice. (one for your dev by hand, another one ..)

I wrote 2 (quite big) apps w/ wxPython, and both works well on Win32, and have some strange behaviours (or lacking some functionnality) on my Linux setup.

In the other hand, wxPython support very-well, Win32. You can wrote some systray app for example.

I think my next app, will use GTK2. I know this is working quite very well on Win32 right now. But always keep in mind that Gtk + thread = nightmare + segfault (and even worst on Win32)

– Hope this helps;

]]> By: Swaroop C H http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html#comment-502 Swaroop C H Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-502 Thanks, that is quite an eye-opener for me :) Does PyGTK2 work well on Windows? Thanks, that is quite an eye-opener for me :)
Does PyGTK2 work well on Windows?

]]> By: Glyph Lefkowitz http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html#comment-503 Glyph Lefkowitz Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-503 <p>First of all - I'd recommend just using gtk.glade.XML rather than generating code. What's the advantage of introducing an extra build step into your application, and bloating it up with twice as much code? Plus, it's too tempting to go edit the generated code, which means you can kiss further use of Glade to fix your UI goodbye.</p> <p>As to PyGTK2 working on windows, here are some screenshots (not of the Py part, but of the Gtk part - and PyGTK does work):</p> <p><a class="reference" href="http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/">http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/</a></p> First of all - I’d recommend just using gtk.glade.XML rather than generating code. What’s the advantage of introducing an extra build step into your application, and bloating it up with twice as much code? Plus, it’s too tempting to go edit the generated code, which means you can kiss further use of Glade to fix your UI goodbye.

As to PyGTK2 working on windows, here are some screenshots (not of the Py part, but of the Gtk part - and PyGTK does work):

http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/

]]> By: lawgon http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/189.html#comment-504 lawgon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504 which version of wxPython did you use - sounds like 2.3 or earlier. which version of wxPython did you use - sounds like 2.3 or earlier.

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