Thanks for the help. Is it possible to significantly shrink Python23.dll? Under my current build, it's 1252k, which is a big chunk of a PPC's memory. I don't need the console, or even bytecode-compilation, if all I run are pre-compiled pyc's, right? So I'm hoping there's a smaller "minimal" build for me.
I've tried removing some of the .obj files from PCbuild\WinCE\binaries\ARMRel420\pythoncore, then running lib & link, but all the object files I've tried so far are referred to by obviously necessary files, like import.obj. Is this as small as it gets? -----Original Message----- From: Stewart Midwinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:35 PM To: Jesse Davis Cc: pythonce@python.org Subject: Re: [PythonCE] Build minimized Python2x.dll for WinCE/PPC? Welcome Jesse: well there certainly is a version of Python2.x for Pocket PC. The latest built version is 2.3.4; I'm using it myself on a Toshiba e830. You can find it here: http://fore.validus.com/~kashtan/, I'm building an app that uses socket communications with a client talking via WiFi to a server on a network. the main issue is not the socket per se, but rather the interaction of threads with my Tkinter GUI... Look in the archives on this list and you'll find lots of goodies. Couple gotchas: 1. you can install the whole thing to an external card, but make sure you edit the Python Install.lnk file to reflect the location before running it or else double-clicking in Explorer won't work. 2. your source code apps can go anywhere, but you'll need to add a line to add your python location to the sys.path, and another so Tkinter can be found. Best way is to create a module in your docs folder called, say, pythonrc.py, and in it put something like: import sys sys.path.append('\\SD Card\\Program Files\\Python\\Lib') sys.path.append('\\SD Card\\Program Files\\Python\\Lib\\python23.zip\\lib-tk') sys.path.append('\\SD Card\\') docHome = ('\\My Documents\\Python') Also, so that I can run my apps on either PocketPC or Windows desktop at my leisure, I add the following to them: if __name__ == '__main__': OS = os.name.lower() if OS == 'ce': import osce import pythonrc #contains the sys.path.append() commands import Pmw docHome = pythonrc.docHome else: # we are on the desktop global thisDir thisDir = sys.path[0] docHome = thisDir sys.path.append('c:\\programs') import Pmw Note that there's an osce.py that you can find on this list. Also, Ed Blake has put together a mini version of idle called idleCE, which youcan find at: http://kitsu.petesdomain.com/files/IdleCE.py there's also a VGA version of the PythonCE.exe, though you may need a utility like ForceHiRes to get it to actually run in hi-res mode. I've found that the Tkinter apps look *much* nicer when run that way. cheers S -- Stewart Midwinter [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PythonCE mailing list PythonCE@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce
