[GRASS-dev] Re: gis.m issues

[syd visser]

We are moving over to Python and wxPython for most of our development 
work and therefore would definitely be in favor of grass going in that 
direction.
I noticed there are some VTK modules in grass now.
Has anyone looked at what Enthought (  http://www.enthought.com/ ) is 
doing using Python and wxPython especially MayaVi2 (3D visualization 
using VTK) https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/MayaVi.

Syd


 > From: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
 > Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:24:39 +1200
 > To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
 > Cc: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
 > Subject: Re: gis.m issues
 >
 > Michael Barton wrote:
 >

 >I've done considerable background research and strongly favor wxPython.
 >Jachym, Trevor, and David Finlayson seem on board on this. Glynn is 
overall
 >neutral, though favoring PyGTK a bit. I'm sold on the Python platform and
 >think the wxWidgets extension is better cross-platform. I don't know 
whether
 >GTK has some better widgets or not, but wxPython has more than we need for
 >now and the future.

 >WxPython for Linux uses GTK; it uses native Mac and Windows widgets on 
those
 >platforms. AFAICT, wxPython creates a very nice interface in all supported
 >platforms using the same code. There are a few sections that are 
specific to
 >Windows, Linux, or Mac, but they are easy to avoid.

 >So that's what I think. Jachym, Trevor, David, and I are trying to 
create a
 >prototype wxPython interface to see if it works OK on Mac, Linux, and
 >Windows before we completely commit to it, however.

 >I'm gone on vacation for a week and a half, but will be working on this
 >afterwards, going through the new book on wxPython.

 >Cheers,
 >Michael

 >__________________________________________
 >Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
 >School of Human Evolution & Social Change
 >Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
 >Arizona State University

 >phone: 480-965-6213
 >fax: 480-965-7671
 >www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton

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