On 2008-01-17, Heiko Niedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I'm learning Python from scratch, I don't care wether to use (=learn) > TKinter or PyQt or whatever, I just need some advice, which suits my > needs best. > It would be nice to have the programm working under win and linux > (shouldn't be a big Problem) and my requirements concerning the standard
PyGTK is a 3rd option, and wxWindows + Python is a 4th option. TKinter is supplied with Python, which means everybody with Python also has TKinter. Main draw-backs are that it is quite old. Also, it has a peculiar way of getting stuff drawn at a canvas. PyQt is available free with some additional restriction (plz read the license) for the Linux system, I don't know whether you can also get a Win version under the same conditions (you couldn't when I looked the last time). PyGTK is said to be usable for both platforms. I know it works with Linux, and there exists a PyGTK installer for Win, but I hacve never used it. No recent experience with wxWindows. > My problem is, that I want to add graph (simple, line connected X,Y- > scatter plots) and if possible the 3D representation of atoms in a > molecule (-> coloured spheres in space). You should probably seperate both problems, in particular if you want to have the program do the layout for you. For 2D layout, Graphviz is one of the better known packages, run it as a child process. There are several graphviv/dot Python libraries available, search PyPI for them. For 3D, I don't know any programs. > I think it would take me years to program those by myself, so I would ne > ready to use packages, if available. > Long story short: Are there packages that could do this, and does it > matter which GUI I want to embed them in? If you want a GUI that understands how to layout chemical structures, you won't have many options (on the other hand, you never know, have you tried searching PyPI already?). On the other hand, once you have the coordinates, drawing them is kind of trivial in just about any GUI toolkit. (An alternative may be to have the user lay them out by dragging them with the mouse. Programming that is however probably a lot more work.) Sincerely, Albert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
