RE: [Pythoncard-users] FW: more details on PythonCard question

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

>David LeBlanc
>
> I installed PyCard under my Python21 directory and all the samples i've
> tried do work more or less (get to that in a minute) except that
> I don't see
> how to get the turtle example to run any of it's scrpts. (.txt files).
> running (for example) "python wxturtlechaos.py" causes nothing to happen -
> no errors, nothing at all. (Later: AH! python test_turtle.py!! I ran this
> before but I guess I was focused on the shell and not the app window - got
> the scripts running - wow!)

Sounds like you figured it out. The turtle uses other modules which are in
the same directory, so I don't know how to get around the problem of knowing
which file to run other than to put it in the readme.txt. Suggestions
anyone?

> The only real glitches i've noted so far is that buttons and text
> tend to be
> scrunched, especially noticable on the DbBrowser sample. (Speaking of the
> DbBrowser sample, it works at times and at other times does not. It also
> does not deal well with mysql not running when it's started - croaks.)

Can you provide a JPEG screenshot? If you simply mean that the default font,
which on NT should be 8 point, then that is the default and normal and yes
it will look small depending on the size of your monitor and the resolution
you run at.

> All the samples report memory leaks, but that's probably not news in a
> prototype running samples. Here is a sample from running test_turtle.py:
>
> 20:33:20: There were memory leaks.
> 20:33:20: ----- Memory dump -----
> 20:33:20: wxFont at $1321AC8, size 12
> 20:33:20: wxClientDC at $13685B8, size 280
> 20:33:20: wxPen at $136BBC8, size 12
> 20:33:20: wxPen at $136DB28, size 12
> 20:33:20:
> 20:33:20:
> 20:33:20: ----- Memory statistics -----
> 20:33:20: 2 objects of class wxPen, total size 24
> 20:33:20: 1 objects of class wxClientDC, total size 280
> 20:33:20: 1 objects of class wxFont, total size 12
> 20:33:20:
> 20:33:20: Number of object items: 4
> 20:33:20: Number of non-object items: 0
> 20:33:20: Total allocated size: 316

Yes, the one time I ran with the debug wxPython I noticed that. Actually
until a few weeks ago PythonCard wouldn't even run with the debug wxPython,
but sadly I had to find that out by myself late at night after doing a
release ;-)

I have no clue whether these memory leaks are real leaks that need to be
fixed (nor do I know where to start looking) or something to expect with
code like wxPython which is wrapping C++ classes. Robin, Neil, somebody?

ka