Re: [Pythoncard-users] Boa as an IDE for PythonCard?

[Ronald D S. <rd...@ea...>]

Well, I am experimenting with Boa Constructor, and the more I learn about wxPython, the more I like Boa and the more usable I find
it to be. So, I would be happy to see Boa used as an IDE for PythonCard. One could do a lot worse.

Having said that, I still think Boa is a bit over-complex. It would be nice to have an IDE for PythonCard that was simpler but still
as powerful, but I guess you can't have everything ;-))).

My ideal IDE for PythonCard would include a programmable,  hypertext cardfile metaphor; but then I'm really dreaming and I'm not
sure I know what I am even talking about ;-))).

But it would sure be nice to use any parts of Boa that are possible. Boa is impressive and represents an awful lot of work.

Here's hoping the license issues don't get in the way.

Ron Stephens
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Altis" <al...@se...>
To: "pythoncard-Users" <pyt...@li...>
Cc: <riaan@e.co.za>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: [Pythoncard-users] Boa as an IDE for PythonCard?


> A couple of weeks ago I contacted Riaan Booysen about his IDE for wxPython
> called Boa. I was interested in using his frame designer and property editor
> code in PythonCard, since those parts of the Boa UI seemed to work pretty
> well, but I hadn't looked at his code yet.
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short, I ended up writing my own code. The
> issue we left unresolved was whether Boa should support editing PythonCard
> apps, in particular the .rsrc.py files, but it could also act as a full IDE
> for PythonCard. Suffice it to say that adding this support is non-trivial
> and Riaan won't be doing it, someone on the PythonCard team would have to
> pursue it.
>
> Another issue is that Riaan would need to grant use to us with his modifed
> GPL, or MPL as he calls it. From an earlier email:
>
> Kevin: Anyway, I would like to give it a shot, but I will not be locked into
> the GPL.
>
> Riaan: That's why I mentioned the MPL, if there was some sort of
> collaboration, I could relicense those core Boa files under the MPL
> which means those core files are 'like' GPL files (you have the
> make changes to those files available for free) but with the MPL
> you can integrate very easily to the core with code from any license.
> It only 'infects' things in the core. Not things that just use or
> integrate with it.
>
> Boa is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/boa-constructor/
>
> What I would like to know is whether anyone interested in PythonCard is
> using Boa or whether you think you would be interested in an IDE environment
> like Boa that integrates Zope support, cvs, editing, a shell, and other
> features [Now is the time for you to speak up Patrick  ;-)]
>
> ka
>
>
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