Christopher Barker wrote: >HI all, > >Perhaps this is getting bit off-topic, but other seemed interested, so here >goes. By the way, I didn't intend to send my whole diatribe about Windows >security to the list, sorry about that. > > Nah. I LOVED it! :-)
> Well, matplotlib and wxPython solve very different problems. MPL by > itself is > >not intended to build applications with. to do that, you use another GUI >toolkit (wxPython, PyGtk, TkInter), and if you need plotting, you can embedd >MPL windows in your app. There has been a long recent thread about doing this >with wxPython on the MPL list recently. If you need plotting in your apps, be >sure to read it. > > Thanks will do (if I get some time). >You might also want to check out wx.lib.floatcanvas. It's designed to display >and interact with data in arbitrary floating point coordinates. It provides >zooming and panning and simple projections(for maps). It could be useful. If >it looks like it is, let me know and I'll send you the latest version and >some more examples of how to use it (I wrote it). > > This sounds good. You are a handy guy. >Yes, it is, but it takes a lot longer to write GUI code than simple raw0input >calls! > > Yep. KISS is what I try to do to avoid the last 'S'. :-) >Get yourself on the wxPython-users list. In particular, check the recent >threads initiated by Rich Shepard. he's like you: A scientist without a whole >lot of CS background, learning wxPython for apps to drive his models. > > Yikes! Another email list, but sounds like good info. thanks. >I'd remove that setenv call altogether, It might override Apple's defaults, >and break other things. If you switch to bash, that will kill it. Then you'll >probably need a .profile file with at least this in it: > >export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin" >or >export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" > >depending on whether you want your stuff or Apple's as default in your shell. > > Got a .profile started already. Thanks. >Rob Managan wrote: > > >>While I have not tried WxPython I have built C modules for python >>using SWIG and python's distutils. That trades the headaches of >>makefiles for writing a setup.py file. I can give an example and they >>really are not that bad once you have done it once! >> >> > >I'd love to see an example. Does it run SWIG for you too? > > It's the example that comes with the Swig down load, called, appropriately, 'example'. -- Cheers, Lou Pecora Code 6362 Naval Research Lab Washington, DC 20375 USA Ph: +202-767-6002 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
