On Nov 3, 2007 6:06 PM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-11-03, David Bolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I'm looking for GUI toolkits that work with directly with the > >> Linux frambuffer (no X11). It's an embedded device with > >> limited resources, and getting X out of the picture would be a > >> big plus. > > > > Sounds like a reasonably modern "embedded" system since traditionally > > neither X (nor Python) would likely have even been plausible in such > > environments. > > Yes, it's "modern" enough to run Linux/X11 -- horsepower-wise > it's sort of in the PDA class of devices. wxWidgets has been > tried, but it's pretty sluggish. Hence the search for something > a littler lighter weight. Using Python is probably going to be > a little bit of a stretch, but using open-source libraries and > something like Python for the application langauge seems to be > an important part of the business model. >
There's a DFB port of wx, although I'm not sure how much attention it's received lately. I know it's been actually used for at least one application. Gtk can also run directly on a framebuffer - that's what openmoko does, for example. > > Depending on the higher level GUI functionality you require > > That's still a bit up in the air. Routines to render text > would be nice, as would sprite graphics. I don't think text > entry or much in the way of windowing is required. > Sounds like a full scale widget toolkit is quite a bit heavier than you need, though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
