On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:05 AM, taserian <taser...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I'm ready to start working with some simple graphic output. > Currently, I've got the basics of a Python program that calculates full > tours of a honeycomb structure, going through each cell exactly once. The > output from the program shows the paths as coordinates of each cell; what > I'd like to do is create a simple window that would show the tour in > graphical format, and using keystrokes to go through all of the tours that > have been collected. I'm already accounting for eliminating duplicates by > rotational symmetry by restricting the starting point to the cells in the > "northernmost" row of hexes, but the ending point to be any of the edge > hexes. I'm trying to identify duplicates by reflexive symmetries as well, > but I'd like to get the visualization component up first. > > My problem is that I have no GUI experience outside of Visual Studio-style > drag-and-drop IDEs. Which Python GUI system would you recommend for > neophytes that would allow line drawing and a simple graphic load of a > honeycomb structure in a JPG, for example, as a background? > I don't *think* the turtle module allows loading a jpg as a background, but definitely allows you to draw a line. Tkinter's canvas PyGTK's DrawingArea Pygame pyglet matplotlib and even just using the PIL (Python Image(ing?) Library) could all accomplish parts if not all of your goals. HTH, Wayne
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