Marco, You can read the history of the discussions that led to wxPython on the GRASS WIKI.
Michael On 6/6/08 1:04 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Glynn, > > Thanks for the explanation. > Since we are talking about, why an interpretated language for the GUI and not, > for example, QT-OpenSource (that is compiled, cross-platform, GPL and has also > Python bindings)? It's not a critic, just curiosity ;-) > > Marco > > PS: I didn't ignore your last e-mail about locking on Win; I'm just waiting to > finish the new MSYS environment and then work again on the GRASS code... > > > > Da: Glynn Clements [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: ven 06/06/2008 3.19 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Michael Barton; [email protected] > Oggetto: Re: [GRASS-dev] WinGRASS Plans > > > > Marco Pasetti wrote: > >>> > > Maybe this is what you have in mind, but I think that the wx-config is >>> > > only >>> > > needed for compiling vdigit, not for using it. >> > >> > Good! sorry, confused: I always thought that Python was an interpreted >> > language. > > It is. But it also supports extension through binary modules > (libraries) written in e.g. C or C++. > >> > I don't know anything about the new vdigit: does it have some C or >> > C++ code parts to be compiled in Python? > > The vdigit module has a mixture of C++ and Python code. The C++ code > is compiled into a binary module (.so, .dll); you need to configure > with --with-wxwidgets, which needs wx-config to get the compilation > and linking switches for the C++ code. > > -- > Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies 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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