On 19 April 2013 15:49, Frank Schiro <fahra...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi I have a question about modules ... > > Im trying to use a 3rd party module called pywinatuo. It said I had to > install 2 other modules. 1 was called sendkeys.py, the other was ctypes. > Ctypes was included in the python library I had, but sendkeys was not. > > After I found SendKeys, I put it in a directory I found in sys.path, and > then type import SendKeys. I got an error because sendkeys was trying to > import from another file called _sendkeys. After searching I found > _sendkeys, but it is .c
Did these files also come with a file called setup.py? Normally, a Python module is not installed by manually copying the files to the appropriate places but by running 'python setup.py install' in the terminal. This will compile any C code and copy files to the appropriate places. Note that you will need to have separately installed a C compiler to be able to compile C code. > > I know that you can somehow extend python with c from reading this article : > http://docs.python.org/2/extending/extending.html Try reading this one instead: http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html > > But... how do I get the interpreter to recognize the _sendkeys.c file when > sendkeys.py trys to import it ? I get errors right away since c uses * to > comment so python doesnt recognize it and errors on all of the comments from > _sendkeys.c Yeah, that won't work. C code needs to be compiled by a C compiler, not Python. > > Basically how do I correctly import this module that doesnt have a setup.py > ? Oh okay, no setup.py. Where did you get this from? What does it have? Is there a Makefile or something? Oscar _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
