Saw a link to Kivy, which seems to be a newish GUI for python, works on most platforms, including iOS and Android.
Anyone played around with it? Seems to offer a basic canvas with draw ops. On a quick look, couldn't see any more complex widgets, except for buttons, but they may be there (the documentation is not that straight forward). Mick (looking for a cross-platform pythin GUI) On 10 July 2013 11:35, Paul Wiseman <poal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 July 2013 17:12, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> > wrote: >> >> oops, sent only to Paul the first time.... >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Chris Barker - NOAA Federal <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> >> >> Paul, >> >> > Qt looks great from my first impressions but one thing I'm not too sure >> > about is how native it can go, I know the controls are native and will >> > use >> > carbon/cocoa underneath on mac for example. >> >> Personally I've used wxPython for years -- it would be a good option >> as well (and does use Cocoa under the hood in recent versions, so >> injecting some custom Ma-only code in there is quite doable. >> >> A lot of folks like QT a lot, it may be a good way to go -- honestly, >> I've stuck with wx mostly due to inertia -- never really considering >> alternatives. >> > > I've used wxpython a lot in the past, and maintain some code that uses it > and I do like it, there are a couple of bits that have put me off though. > There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to implement an MVC type pattern > with it. I haven't used Qt much at all yet but QML looks extremely > interesting and pretty powerful. This signal and slots in qt reminds me a > lot of the outlet actions in the iOS world as well which helps a lot at > keeping everything de-coupled. I've found an awful lot of bugs with wx over > the time I've been using it as well which has put me off somewhat, but > that's probably true for a lot of systems/frameworks of that size that you > get very familiar with and use a lot. > >> >> However, there is a key design difference -- wx wraps the native >> widgets, and QT, for the most part, re-implements them with low-level >> primitives. So while a QT Window is probably a Cocoa Window, the >> individual buttons, etc are not native. I don't know to what extent >> you can override this, but I do know that most of the QT apps I've >> seen on the Mac are not very native: not even using the native file >> open dialogs and the like. I'd be shocked if you couldn't do better >> with some care, but QT does not appear to do a very good job of native >> out of the box. > > > Do you know any Qt apps for mac? It would be quite useful to take a look at > a few to help weigh up my options. > >> >> >> wxPython requires a bit of care to look and feel truly native as well, >> but it gets closer by default. >> >> IIUC, PySide is essentially an alternative to PyQT with a different >> (more liberal) licence. It is certainly under active development. For >> example, Enthought, Inc is relying on it for a lot of their stuff, and >> has hired Robin Dunn (ironically the wxPython founder/developer) to >> work on it. There was a sprint at last weeks' SciPy conference as >> well. >> >> If you do want to cal native code, PYObjC is likely the easiest way, >> but if that doesn't look right to you, Cython may be worth a shot -- >> it's a good way to call C and C++ APIs. >> >> HTH, >> -Chris >> >> -- >> >> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. >> Oceanographer >> >> Emergency Response Division >> NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice >> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax >> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception >> >> chris.bar...@noaa.gov >> >> >> -- >> >> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. >> Oceanographer >> >> Emergency Response Division >> NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice >> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax >> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception >> >> chris.bar...@noaa.gov >> _______________________________________________ >> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >> unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG > > > _______________________________________________________ > Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting > http://www.doteasy.com _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
