Re: [Visualpython-users] install w/ rpm

[Bruce S. <ba...@an...>]

Dave Scherer developed the Visual module, and the much-improved version of 
IDLE, on Windows, and that is the platform we have been using with our 
physics students. Members of the VPython group have worked to build 
packages for other platforms. In particular, Ari Heitner has carried most 
of the burden of making Linux versions available, and David Andersen has 
been working on the Macintosh version (which is even harder than the Linux 
version).

We have tried to incorporate into the FAQ tips from Linux users about what 
they had to do to get VPython to work, and we would be delighted to get 
further information to share.

As to how VPython works, Visual is a module implemented in C++ but 
importable by Python as though it were any other ordinary Python module, 
thanks to some glue. We have given the name VPython to the combination of 
Python with the Visual module (and the improved IDLE).

Bruce Sherwood