Re: [Boa Constr] correct version of wxPython to use with Boa CVS?

[Steve N. <yah...@yo...>]

Hi again Riaan
You have reached God status in my book today.  

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:25:55 +0200 Riaan Booysen wrote:

> Interesting typo! 'tired of' and/or 'tied to'? ;)

hm.. I meant "tired of" but as you suggest both were true!

> My current commercial project is pure Python, but the previous one
> was a Zope project. 
> 
> Note that Boa does not completely replace the Browser, its main 
> focus is on supporting the base Zope objects and Document/Source 
> editing.

Yes I'm aware of this, Boa gives me exactly what I've been looking for, a tool to quickly edit Document/Source, changing properties etc is a bonus.  I got tired of the slowness of the browser interface and decided to investigate what the other options were.  I knew I would quickly out grow VI/FTP if I went down that route so worth investing time into Boa so I can use the debugging features etc.

> wxPython 2.3.2 still has fewer serious issues than 2.3.3 on linux :(

Ok I will keep this in mind, if things get to frustrating I will down grade, it takes about 2 hours to compile wxGTK & wxPython on this box so it will be last option at the moment.

Is wxPython 2.3.3 ok on Windows with Boa?  My colleague works on Win2000, he doesn't have proper Internet access at the moment so I was going to put everything on a CD and post it to him.

> 
> On linux there is a serious CPU usage issue, please make sure this
> Preference is turned off (Preferences->Platform or prefs.gtk.rc.py):
> 
> edUseCustomSTCPaintEvtHandler = false

You have answered my next question with this and the Editor is much faster now.  I noticed the Boa process was using over 40% CPU and got so slow it was almost un-responsive with a document open in the Editor window.
 
> Under the Editor menu Windows->All window dimensions-> there are 
> options to save/load the current settings. Position your windows
> and save it. This positions windows absolutely, so it should avoid
> window manager issues (if that is the cause)

Yes fantastic another one solved, this is the main reason I had so much problem with setting up Zope access originally because I couldn't see the properties in the Inspector.

> It seems that you don't have expat installed, this is part of 
> standard Python...

separate package on Debian "python-xmlbase", quick apt-get and fixed:).
 
> This (including the auto install problem) are all symptoms of 
> specifying an incorrect password. 

Now this is really frustrating as I checked it over again, I must have been doing something wrong entering it in the Explorer.gtk.cfg as I was changing the file directly due to not being able to see the properties.  Just did it again from the Inspector and it works fine now.  Looking at  Explorer.gtk.cfg I see it is encrypted with double quote, the other instance is plan text single quoted with an "A" at the beginning so no wonder I was having so many problems by entering it directly.

> The docs are on the Sourceforge downloads page. The Boa app
> help/tutorial
> is part of the source distro on the downloads page.

Now I feel really silly, I read through the lists/forums and decided to go straight to the CVS version, I looked everywhere bar the downloads page.

This is the one I got
http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/Help/Docs.tar.gz
is it any different to the boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.docs.zip version?

Wow, thanks again Riaan you've solved all my problems, tomorrow will probably be the most productive day for me compared with the last few weeks.  I'm relatively new to python and Zope, my colleague does most of the programming, I do the system admin but need to get more into the programming side of things.  Boa is really going to help me because the click and wait of the browser interface was doing my head in (I don't know how Richard has put up with it) and I'm sure the debugging features will help me learn faster as well.

I see your email is .za, are you based in South Africa?

thanks and have a fantastic day.
Steve.