[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] v.coordinate.sh - improve this script?

[Michael Barton]

We are using wxPython instead of wxWindows. There was a long  
discussion about this a couple years back. As I understand it, both  
wxWindows and QT are natively built in C++. This, and related factors  
of how one actually operationalizes an interface, makes their  
programming considerably more difficult for the GRASS development  
group (mostly scientists rather than dedicated programmers) to develop  
and maintain.

However, wxPython (Python bindings for wxWindows) runs under Python.  
This is much more widely known and easier to develop in. This means  
that there are more potential developers available--and user/ 
scientists like me can actually work with it. It also has the added  
value of ultimately making Python a dependency of GRASS, which makes  
it a favored scripting environment. Like native wxWindows and QT,  
wxPython is completely cross-platform. AFAICT, its development closely  
parallels that of wxWindows, giving us access to the power of  
wxWindows with the easy of Python.

Michael
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On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:34 AM, Luca Casagrande wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2008 4:28 PM, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>  
> wrote:
>
>> Since the new GUI will be in Python, I strongly suggest that we start
>> developing new scripts in Python and for anyone with time on their
>> hands ;-) start to create Python versions of existing scripts. The
>> more scripts that are available in Python, the more people will make
>> sure that Python is installed and will take a look at it, which will
>> lead to more scripts in Python, etc...
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I have started studying python more deeper for using it in pyWPS and
> for creating new Qgis modules (with QT).
> Just for knowing, is there any reason for using wxWindow instead of Qt
> for the new GUI?
> is it a matter of license?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Luca