[GRASS-dev] Python GUI toolkits

[Trevor Wiens]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:50:19 -0700
Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:

> Does this mean that a scrolling tree widget, for example, that I coded in
> wxPython (using my Mac as a development machine with the installation of
> wxWidgets that comes with wxPython) might not work properly in Linux? Or
> that it might not 'look' the same?
> 
> I'm not trying to be overly picky, but trying to find out whether this is or
> is not really an issue for a GUI that simply sits on top of GRASS. The web
> page propaganda says code once and have it run on all, of course.
> 

This is a long thread so I'm unsure which response to reply to. I
picked this as it was near the bottom.

It seems to me that out of this discussion wxPython seems to be
standing out as general contender because of the weakness of pyGTK on
the Mac at this time. If we don't want to be dependent on libglade would
it be worth considering something like PythonCard? From what I can tell
it has no special run time requirements and its use is not required, but
it may speed certain aspects of the development cycle. 

Opinions?

T
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