On 22 Mar, 14:48, llandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - it must run both on linux and windows PC > - it must interact with an electronic device connected to the PC through > serial cable
Python should be fine. > - initially the program must be written in the form of simple command > line tool that is invoked like this: > program <script_file.txt> python script_file.py > - in the future, it must be possible to develop a graphical frontend on > top of it; the resulting look&feel should be similar on linux and windows. Python has numerous cross-platform GUI libraries. > As I never used python, I ask you: > 1) about the script file, which language - for which a parsing engine is > already available in python - do you suggest? I'd suggest Python... > 2) about the graphical frontend, which graphical libraries do you recommend? wxPython, PyGTK, tkinter, PyQt, or PyGame are some options. I have started to prefer wxPython together with wxFormBuilder for my graphical frontends. http://sturlamolden.blogspot.com/2008/03/howto-using-wxformbuilder-with-wxpython.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
