From: Peter M. <Pe...@re...> - 2009-04-08 20:24:18
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Personally I don't think that Pmw is dead at all. It may (???) perhaps look like it from a (external) casual glance based on the widget base seemly not expanding and there not being as many widgets as other packages. But once you get a true appreciation of the power of using MegaWidgets then the power, depth and versatility of Pmw is amazing! I have written some GUI interfaces for my Python programs that do some pretty amazing stuff - behaviour which I would have had to go to a lot of trouble with other packages to accomplish! What impresses me the most about Pmw is the ability to extend Pmw megawidgets and the dynamic behaviour of options at run time. Almost every Pmw GUI that I have written (once I got over the initial learning curve and realised the power held therein :-)) allows at some stage the dynamic restructuring of the pages presented to the user - and using Pmw I found it extremely easy to add these features. So I would strongly recommend adding Pmw to your GUI arsenal. Like any tool, there is a time and place and it may not always be the most appropriate - but in combination with other packages then I don't think you can beat it. Peter ________________________________ From: Wayne Watson [mailto:sie...@sb...] Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 10:07 PM To: pmw...@li... Subject: [Pmw-general] Getting to Know Pmw I'm a Win user of Python. Grayson's old posting of a few chapters from his book have intrigued me. I'd like to try some of his examples. Another reason for posting here is that I was told that Pmw is pretty much dead. However, another source, Core Python by Chun appears not to think so. When I looked at the home page for Pmw, it looks more up to date that other Python graphics tools. Is see some ways to install it on Linux, but nothing about Win. I suppose it may be very much like that shown for Linux. Go to the folder with Python, and enter something like: python setup.py install. I'm not quite sure how it knows where the install package is, so I must not understand something here. -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.01 Deg. W, 39.26 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) "Less than all cannot satisfy Man." -- William Blake Warning: Copyright ResMed. Where the contents of this email and/or attachment includes materials prepared by ResMed, the use of those materials is subject exclusively to the conditions of engagement between ResMed and the intended recipient. This communication is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. By the use of email over the Internet or other communication systems, ResMed is not waiving either confidentiality of, or legal privilege in,the content of the email and of any attachments. If the recipient of this message is not the intended addressee, please call ResMed immediately on +61 2 8884 1000 Sydney, Australia. |