wxPython OGL future
Hi Everyone, I am sort of a new developer to python and working in an academic environment. I climbed the learning curve on wxPython far enough to get the functionality I want out of it so far... Now Im in need of a diagramming library (something visio-like) to use for my software and the only option I have seen is OGL. Yet I read that OGL is dead, no longer maintained, obsucure and lacking documentation. Instead of taking a leap of faith and walking off a cliff, Ide appreciate if some people out there who have come across a similar problem have any solutions or suggestions for me... I am so disappointed at the moment I think Im about ready to throw in the towel and crawl back to java. I love python, but it has some real difficulties when it comes to making library choices on what _to_ and _not to_ get yourself into. I appreciate your guidance, Pouya -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
What are you looking to do exactly? I don't know what OGL is. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:50:51 -0800 (PST), PD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, I am sort of a new developer to python and working in an academic environment. I climbed the learning curve on wxPython far enough to get the functionality I want out of it so far... Now Im in need of a diagramming library (something visio-like) to use for my software and the only option I have seen is OGL. Yet I read that OGL is dead, no longer maintained, obsucure and lacking documentation. Instead of taking a leap of faith and walking off a cliff, Ide appreciate if some people out there who have come across a similar problem have any solutions or suggestions for me... I am so disappointed at the moment I think Im about ready to throw in the towel and crawl back to java. I love python, but it has some real difficulties when it comes to making library choices on what _to_ and _not to_ get yourself into. I appreciate your guidance, Pouya -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Thomas G. Willis http://paperbackmusic.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
Hi Tom, OGL is a library that is part of wxPython (wx.lib.ogl). I am trying to put together some kind of schematic editor. It would be a block diagram of modules and sometimes a statemachine type of figure. Similar to something Visio does, but about a gazillion times simpler. Thanks Pouya -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
PD wrote: Hi Everyone, I am sort of a new developer to python and working in an academic environment. I climbed the learning curve on wxPython far enough to get the functionality I want out of it so far... Now Im in need of a diagramming library (something visio-like) to use for my software and the only option I have seen is OGL. Yet I read that OGL is dead, no longer maintained, obsucure and lacking documentation. Instead of taking a leap of faith and walking off a cliff, Ide appreciate if some people out there who have come across a similar problem have any solutions or suggestions for me... Well OGL still works as far as I know. Check out also pyxel. It hasn't been updated in almost a year though: http://bellsouthpwp.net/p/r/prochak/pyxel.html I am so disappointed at the moment I think Im about ready to throw in the towel and crawl back to java. I love python, but it has some real difficulties when it comes to making library choices on what _to_ and _not to_ get yourself into. Python baby, you broke my heart :) You can still use python in java, see jython. There is a similar tool that works in Java or .NET called Piccolo: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo/ I'm using it with boo, a python-like language for .NET and Mono: http://boo.codehaus.org/ but you can also use it with IronPython or Jython. On the Linux side, see DiaCanvas (can use from CPython with pygtk) and DiaCanvas-Sharp (can use from boo or ironpython): http://diacanvas.sourceforge.net/ http://diacanvas.sourceforge.net/csharp.php -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
PD wrote: I am sort of a new developer to python and working in an academic environment. I climbed the learning curve on wxPython far enough to get the functionality I want out of it so far... Now Im in need of a diagramming library (something visio-like) to use for my software and the only option I have seen is OGL. Yet I read that OGL is dead, no longer maintained, obsucure and lacking documentation. Not actually having used it, I can't help much, but the code is all there, runs fine in the latest demo, and looks pretty clean. Maybe you should examine it before you decide against it. If it does what you need, or if you can easily add the missing functionality, what else would you want out of it? -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
Hi D H, Thank you for the suggestions. I would be interested in Jython but I had some rough runs with it and I think I would kind of want to stick to wxWidgets since I think the GUI is kind of cleaner. Im trying to avoid reinventing the wheel so pyxel is a too little of a framework for me. I looked at piccollo though, and that is very appealing to me. What has your experience been with Jython? I personally had a bad run in with jython when I tried to run some example code with Swing and got all sorts of weird behaviour (this was in their demos by the way...) Have you ever seen some serious projects written with jython that I could look at maybe? I greatly appreciate your help, Thank you Pouya -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
Hi Peter, I did look at the code, and did run several examples on it. It _is_ pretty well organized and easy to read through, and youre right, I think i might be able to add missing functionality if need be. I don't think I want that much out of it necessarily. I just feel really weird writing new software with deprecated libraries. By the time Im done with my project, I have to put all these disclaimers on how the new versions of wxWidgets might not work. The thing I am really concerened about is if wxPython decides to drop OGL because it is deprecated... anyhow thats my 2 cents. I actually saw several other discussions on OGL and think its such a shame its been abandoned. It seems like a lot of people are interested in having this kind of functionality present in the library. Who knows... maybe if i decide to use it and get good at it, I should do my share and contribute something back to the open-source community :) Thank you, Pouya -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: wxPython OGL future
PD wrote: I don't think I want that much out of it necessarily. I just feel really weird writing new software with deprecated libraries. By the time Im done with my project, I have to put all these disclaimers on how the new versions of wxWidgets might not work. The thing I am really concerened about is if wxPython decides to drop OGL because it is deprecated... anyhow thats my 2 cents. Actually, I think the information on the wxpython wiki is now out of date. OGL was implemented in C and wxpython provided a wrapper. That version is now dead. But they rewrote OGL in pure python. So it isn't obsolete yet I believe. Since it is written in python you can easily extend it or whatever. Instead of saying import wx.ogl as ogl, say import wx.lib.ogl as ogl. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
