Re: [Visualpython-users] Cocoa-based VPython desperately needed on the Mac

[Joe H. <hea...@gm...>]

> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:52:26 -0600
> From: Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>
> Subject: Re: [Visualpython-users] Cocoa-based VPython desperately
> 	needed on the Mac
> 
> No doubt that Qt is capable of producing cross-platform applications
> with native look and feel, but the VPython situation is not one of
> producing an "application" but an add-on to a programming language
> (Python). Recall that experts on the Cocoa mailing list said that it
> had been extremely difficult to get Java working in a Cocoa
> environment, for the same reasons that it looks extremely difficult
> for VPython (in particular, who owns the interact loop). And working
> through Qt sounds even more indirect than what was apparently done for
> Java.
> 
> So I should rephrase my question to ask whether there is reason to
> hope that Qt could be used as a base for VPython on the Mac.

As my feeble attempt to add to this conversation, I offer the following.

Software Bisque (www.bisque.com) uses Qt for many (all?) of their flagship products. I know this because I  know one of their developers; we're star party buddies. He's also an OpenGL expert. I'll tell him about VPython (come to think of it, I've already shown it to him at least twice) and I'll see whether he thinks implementing Visual on OS X will work with Qt.

Joe Heafner
Sent from my MacBook Pro