Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-08-01 Thread Cliff Wells
On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 14:20 +0200, Marek Kubica wrote: > If you already tried GIMP on Windows, better try Inkscape on Windows.. that > piece of GTK software is really good. I don't do any actual work under Windows any more. My Windows VMware session is purely for testing Windows apps and website

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-08-01 Thread Marek Kubica
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:13:14 -0700 Cliff Wells wrote: > But how stable is GTK on systems such as Windows and OS/X? That has > been what has kept me from using it. Most GTK apps I've used on Windows > (including the venerable GIMP) are nowhere near as stable as their Linux > counterparts (althoug

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Cliff Wells
On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 16:52 -0700, Bugs wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > > But how stable is GTK on systems such as Windows and OS/X? That has > > been what has kept me from using it. Most GTK apps I've used on Windows > > (including the venerable GIMP) are nowhere near as stable as their Linux

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Bugs
Cliff Wells wrote: > > But how stable is GTK on systems such as Windows and OS/X? That has > been what has kept me from using it. Most GTK apps I've used on Windows > (including the venerable GIMP) are nowhere near as stable as their Linux > counterparts (although this may not be entirely the fa

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Jorge Godoy
Ed Leafe wrote: > I'll defer this to my partner, Paul McNett. He's spearheading the > reporting > module for Dabo, and may know of some tools that are already out there > that could generate the image, which Dabo could then display. There are some out there. There's one implementation that is

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Ed Leafe
On Saturday 30 July 2005 17:44, Jorge Godoy wrote: > Bar and line graphics, mainly.  In an easy and portable way.  Something > that calculates the axis scales automatically, that allows users to change > some information, add legends, put values in specific points and all those > things that are c

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Jorge Godoy
Ed Leafe wrote: > On Saturday 30 July 2005 16:06, Jorge Godoy wrote: > >> If it is added, let us know.  I can't think of a better way to visualize >> database reports in an easy and fast way.  Specially for BI. > > What specifically are you looking for? We are working on the report > writing e

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Cliff Wells
On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 12:06 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The last time I checked (as I recall), at least Wax and possibly Dabo > > both either lagged well behind recent wxPython developments of provide > > relatively limited support, leaving out a sizable

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Ed Leafe
On Saturday 30 July 2005 16:06, Jorge Godoy wrote: > If it is added, let us know.  I can't think of a better way to visualize > database reports in an easy and fast way.  Specially for BI. What specifically are you looking for? We are working on the report writing engine now, tying in ReportLab

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Jorge Godoy
Ed Leafe wrote: > There are also several classes in wxPython that Dabo has not wrapped, > primarily the lower-level drawing classes and some of the newer graphics > classes, mainly because they weren't needed for a database application > framework. However, if there's a need, we'll be glad to add

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Peter Decker
On 30 Jul 2005 12:06:43 -0700, Paul Rubin <"http://phr.cx"@nospam.invalid> wrote: > wxPython also depends on wxWidgets which lags behind GTK. Can you elaborate on that? It's been over a year since I last looked at GTK, but I do remember not being very impressed with how it looked on Windows and O

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Paul Rubin
Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The last time I checked (as I recall), at least Wax and possibly Dabo > both either lagged well behind recent wxPython developments of provide > relatively limited support, leaving out a sizable and (to me) > important number of features from what they wra

Re: The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Ed Leafe
On Saturday 30 July 2005 13:41, Peter Hansen wrote: > The last time I checked (as I recall), at least Wax and possibly Dabo > both either lagged well behind recent wxPython developments of provide > relatively limited support, leaving out a sizable and (to me) important > number of features from w

The state of OO wrappers on top of wxPython (was Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python)

2005-07-30 Thread Peter Hansen
Ed Leafe wrote: > On Saturday 30 July 2005 12:28, Peter Decker wrote: >>It would be great if the wxPython folks would adopt Dabo, > > Thanks for the vote of encouragement! > > Our goal isn't to muddy the waters; it is simply to create a consistent API > for coding. There is already a great G