[PyOpenGL-Users] Separating OpenGL window from widgets

[Rick M. <rm...@sa...>]

Thanks to help given by Mike and others on this list, I've develop and 
released a little program that uses Python, OpenGL, and wxwidgets to do 
simple molecular visualization. The program is called Vimes, and is 
available at http://vimes.sf.net

I would like to separate the widgets from the OpenGL window. Currently, 
I use wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas() to put an OpenGL window inside of a wx 
widget. However, for portability and flexibility, I'd like to separate 
the two, and have a separate OpenGL window and a separate set of wx 
widgets.

The problem is that I don't know how to handle the event loops. I 
assume that the wx event loop is handling everything for me right now, 
and I don't know how to work with two separate event loops. Do I spawn 
a separate process for the viewer? If so, how do I talk to it?

Has anyone done anything along these lines? If so, I'd be grateful for 
pointers.

Rick

Rick Muller - rm...@sa... - http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~rmuller
Computational Materials Methods
Sandia National Laboratories
PO Box 5800, M/S 1110
Albuquerque, NM  87185-1110