Hi! Yes, this sounds like a perfect use case for pygame. Just set up a screen, then run your main loop and when a new state is calculated, blit the corresponding JPEG to the screen.
I've already posted the code that you need to implement this setting. -- Sincerely yours, Yury V. Zaytsev On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 13:21 -0500, Jack Uretsky wrote: > Hi- > Thanks very much. My "more detailed explanation" seems to have > confused the issue. Here is a more detailed, more detailed explaation: > The principal program calculates the state of a 3-"spin" assembly, > each spin can either be up or down - there are, accordingly, 8 possible > states. The spins "flip" singly and randomly, as described in the Cornell > ArXiV 0912.4068 (gen phys). I have prepared .jpg's showing the 8 possible > configurations. When the principal program calculates a new > configuration, I would like to show the relevant .jpg. > There are undoubtedly a plethora of ways to illustrate the process > I am discussing. Did I choose one that is too difficult for a simple > python progam? > Regards, > Jack > > > "Trust me. I have a lot of experience at this." > General Custer's unremembered message to his men, > just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley > > > > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: > > > On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 18:18 -0500, Jack Uretsky wrote: > > > >> In answer to your question, > >> this is a simulation. The "events" are program generated; I'm trying to > >> approximate a Poisson process, so the times between event pairs are > >> exponentially distributed. > > > > Hi! > > > > It seems to me that you are consistently trying out wrong tools for the > > job. Maybe next time you should really start by explaining what you want > > to achieve in the first place? > > > > What you really need is pygame. It is a simple Python SDL wrapper, that > > is absolutely great to use for simulations visualization. This is the > > code you need to get what you want: > > > > # Center window on the screen > > os.environ["SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED"] = "1" > > pygame.init() > > pygame.display.set_mode(self.screen_size, 0) > > screen = pygame.display.get_surface() > > > > # CYCLE > > > > # Create the backgound > > background = pygame.image.load(fullpath) > > background = background.convert() > > > > # Display the background > > screen.blit(background, (0, 0)) > > pygame.display.flip() > > > > I have written a 2D n-body problem simulator that I used as teaching > > material for a Python course this spring, so if you want a more complete > > example I can send it to you, but either way, I think it's better off > > this list. > > > > -- > > Sincerely yours, > > Yury V. Zaytsev > > _______________________________________________ Image-SIG maillist - Image-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig
