[Pythoncard-users] Re: Time to share your PythonCard gripes

[Ade <sk...@bl...>]

Finding PythonCard was a blessing, it allowed me, when I was starting out
with Python, quick simple access to the most used settings/setup for a lot
of components used in wxPython. It seems to me very, very stable, flexible
and quick.

The interface.

It is good, as it is... very good. It has served well in my learning of
python without needing to expand much beyond it.

Annoyances.
Not being able to select more than one component.
Tab order, having an actual z-Order property number would solve this nicely.

What would be nice.
Double clicking on a component, it would be nice for it to put focus back to
the properties window and have that component selected. Or better yet have a
set up function to have double click do one of a number of quickly wanted
functions. Alternatively, having the whole properties 'thing' appear on a
right click menu?
For my part I have had to start dealing with wxPython to get some of the
components to perform differently, like removing the automatic linefeed at
the end of the text area ( now taken care of in 0.81 of cause ) or the
length of the list from a combo box or having two line button names. It
would be so, so nice to have most of the settings for most of the components
available in the script so they can be 'easily' and transparently modified
within the PythonCard script rather than in the murky depths of wxPython. As
a last resort I ended up modifying the standard component in PythonCard. I
first tried to add the modified component to the components menu but failed
:(. As an alternative a User components menu item where non-standard
components can be added with ease would be a compromise, however this still
requires the wxPython know-how. Might even generate contributions of
reworked components? This sounds like a lot of work though.

However as I said, I have happily used PythonCard for over 2 years.