Hi Luke,
this is best suited for the pyobjc-dev list, but the summary is that
no, pyobjc works only the mac, simply because while ObjC itself is a
free standard, the only mature libraries/runtime are Apple's. There is
GNUStep, which aims to reimplement a lot of things for free software
platforms, but AFAIK it's been unmaintained for some time now, and
therefore support for it was removed from PyObjC.
Orestis
On 25 Jun 2009, at 19:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/examples/pyobjc-framework-WebKit/WebKitInterpreterPlugin/source--WebKitInterpreter.py.html
wow - is that an NPAPI plugin (for webkit), but in... python??
ok - the reason i'm interested in this is because when i first started
on webkit, i thought "python bindings to a DOM model would make a
stonking desktop widget API". so i looked around. python-xpcom was a
pile of pants. i spoke to apple developers, they said, "oh, yes, you
can use the objective-c bindings and then use python bindings to
those, that way you get access to the DOM". i said, "does that work
on gnu/linux platforms?" and they didn't really answer.
so, anyway, i went ahead and added glib/gobject bindings to webkit,
and then put python bindings on top of those, and then got into a
bun-fight with apple employees over their fascist dictatorship style
of management of webkit.
so - i'm looking for an alternative, and an answer to the original
question: can you get pyobjc to work (somehow) on free software
platforms?
l.
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