On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:34 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote:
> If one is developing Python/Dabo applications, how do you program
> for OS
> specific issues like:
>
> - screen size and color resolution
Native functions in wxPython. Use sizers to make display changes
irrelevant.
> - desktop space available for application (single/multi-monitor
> setups)
Again, detectable via wxPython.
> - system metrics (default colors, sounds, fonts, etc)
There are a bunch of these functions, many of which we wrap in Dabo,
such as dabo.ui.getAvailableFonts(), which returns a list of all
installed fonts for a given machine.
> - interface to clipboard
> - printer properties and control
Via wxPython.
> - available memory and ability to control max memory usage like
> sys(3050)
Not sure if this applies. Python doesn't do the same "grab all
available memory" stuff that Fox does.
> - pointing device properties and events (mouse wheel events)
> - common dialogs (file, folder, color, font, messagebox, etc)
These are all wrapped by Dabo.
> - path related information
The os.path module.
> - OS event binding
It would probably depend on the event.
> - timer events, system date/time values
dabo.ui.dTimer; the datetime module.
> - keyboard events
wrapped by Dabo.
> - access to environment variables (SET <var>=<value>)
The os module.
> - network card mac address
Never checked into this, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was a
module to do this.
> - guid generation
Provided by Dabo.
> - name and path of running executable (and is it already running)
The sys module.
> - list of drives and drive properties (size, free space)
The os module.
> - access to command line parameters
The sys module.
> - font discovery
Didn't you already ask that?
> - number and type of CPUs
> - OS version info
> - starting, enumerating/monitoring, and stopping other processes/tasks
> - returning application exit codes
> - currently logged in user
> - system power status (battery info, etc)
> - pipes, shared memory, mutexes
> - audio, video output
> - scanner based input
Gotta run, but before I do, just do some simple Googling, and I'll
bet you'll find the answers to all of these pretty easily.
-- Ed Leafe
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