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0	0	I was wondering what options are available for Python 3.x? I know Tkinter is available as well as qt, but what about the other libraries? Any word on when some of them may be ported over to 3.x?	false	2,411,886	0	0	0	I use exclusively Tkinter, and though it's somewhat limited in terms of images, it's remarkably easy to work with and follows the standard easy-to-read Python syntax very nicely. I'm not familiar with other GUI options, but Tkinter is great from my experience.	0	968	0	4	2010-03-09T19:21:00.000	python,user-interface,python-3.x	GUI options with python 3.x	1	4	29,502,724	1
0	0	I've wrote a piece of code in python and pygtk for an embeded mplayer in a gui. I assume I use GtkSocket and the slave mode of mplayer with the -wid option. But I've got an issue, when the size of my GTK window is smaller than my stream, the stream appears to be cropped. And when the size of my window is bigger than my...	false	2,417,705	0.099668	0	1	You need to tell mplayer to zoom video according to window size. This can be done either in command line (-zoom) or in the configuration file (zoom = 1).	0	1,512	0	0	2010-03-10T14:39:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk,mplayer	Dynamic resize with MPlayer and PyGTK	1	2	2,944,206	1
0	0	i am using PyQt but my question is a general Qt one: I have a QTableWidget that is set up by the function updateTable. It writes the data from DATASET to the table when it is called. Unfortunately this causes my QTableWidget to emit the signal cellChanged() for every cell. The signal cellChanged() is connected to a fun...	false	2,431,844	0.066568	0	1	It seems, that this is the only signal in QTableWidget at least for 4.6. You could post a feature request, but I don't know if it is accepted and you might wait for long time ;-) Maybe you could try to write a subclass of QTableWidget and emit own signals, when cell is changed internally. Anyway, disconnecting for the ...	0	5,819	0	4	2010-03-12T10:02:00.000	python,qt,pyqt,signals,qtablewidget	QTableWidget signal cellChanged(): distinguish between user input and change by routines	2	3	2,432,210	1
0	0	i am using PyQt but my question is a general Qt one: I have a QTableWidget that is set up by the function updateTable. It writes the data from DATASET to the table when it is called. Unfortunately this causes my QTableWidget to emit the signal cellChanged() for every cell. The signal cellChanged() is connected to a fun...	false	2,431,844	0.066568	0	1	I would recommend changing from a QTableWidget to a QTableView with an appropriate model. From the sounds of it, you have a database or other data object holding and arranging the data anyway, so it would hopefully be fairly easy to do. This would then allow you to distinguish between edits (setData is called on your...	0	5,819	0	4	2010-03-12T10:02:00.000	python,qt,pyqt,signals,qtablewidget	QTableWidget signal cellChanged(): distinguish between user input and change by routines	2	3	2,449,334	1
0	0	On a click of a button named "Add Textbox" it calls a function which creates a single textbox using (gtk.Entry) function. So each time i click that button it creates a textbox. I have a submit button which should fetches all the values of the text boxes(say 10 textboxes) generated with the name of "entry". It works for...	true	2,432,468	1.2	0	1	You could be a bit clearer, it's not obvious what you do with your GtkEntry after creating it. The easiest thing would be to just add it to a Python list, so you can iterate over all created GtkEntry widgets later. Or, you could "tag" the widgets with something to make them identifiable, and iterate over the containing...	0	1,035	0	0	2010-03-12T11:55:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk,glade	Getting values from Multiple Text Entry using Pygtk and Python	1	1	2,432,881	1
0	0	I'm writing a Python+Qt4 application that would ideally need to pop up a window every once in a while, to display pdf documents and allow very basic operations, namely scrolling through the different pages and printing the document. I've found the reportLab to create pdf files, but nothing about pdf viewers. Does anyon...	false	2,435,470	-0.066568	0	-1	what about okular? It is a full app, but it can always be call from another app.	0	6,219	0	8	2010-03-12T19:59:00.000	python,pdf,qt4,pyqt4	pdf viewer for pyqt4 application?	1	3	2,435,561	1
0	0	I need to show a webpage (a complex page with script and stuff, no static html) in a frame or something. It's for a desktop application, I'm using python 2.6 + wxPython 2.8.10.1. I need to catch some events too (mostly about changing page). I've found some samples using the webview module in a gtk application, but I co...	false	2,439,039	0.099668	0	1	You can embed IE, but I think that's about it. wxWebKit is working on a wx add-on to use WebKit as an embedded browser in wx, but I think it's still a work in progress.	0	788	0	0	2010-03-13T16:22:00.000	python,wxwidgets	how to embed a webpage using wx?	1	2	2,439,208	1
0	0	I'm a newbie with a little experience writing in BASIC, Python and, of all things, a smidgeon of assembler (as part of a videogame ROM hack). I wanted to create small tool for modifying the hex values at particular points, in a particular file, that would have a GUI interface. What I'm looking for is the ability to cre...	false	2,439,520	0.148885	0	3	If you're not afraid to learn a new language, consider Tcl/Tk. The reason I mention this is Tcl's superior-to-almost-everything distribution mechanism which makes it really easy to wrap up a single file exe that includes everything you need -- the Tcl/Tk runtime, your program, icons, sound files, etc. inside an embedde...	1	640	0	7	2010-03-13T18:40:00.000	python,wxwidgets,tkinter,py2exe	As a newbie, where should I go if I want to create a small GUI program?	2	4	2,440,302	1
0	0	I'm a newbie with a little experience writing in BASIC, Python and, of all things, a smidgeon of assembler (as part of a videogame ROM hack). I wanted to create small tool for modifying the hex values at particular points, in a particular file, that would have a GUI interface. What I'm looking for is the ability to cre...	false	2,439,520	0	0	0	Python would fit your needs. wxWidgets and Python are completely different things. I think you mean wxPython, which is a GUI toolkit for Python. I am not sure whether Py2Exe would include this, as I have never used Py2Exe - I build the packages and their dependencies manually. Pretty sure tkinter would be included. I u...	1	640	0	7	2010-03-13T18:40:00.000	python,wxwidgets,tkinter,py2exe	As a newbie, where should I go if I want to create a small GUI program?	2	4	2,440,232	1
0	0	I want to know if it's possible to put a frame or a panel over a menubar using wxpython? Thanks in advance!	true	2,439,677	1.2	0	1	Your only chance is to write some Custom Menu, which could be bit difficult but doable. So basically instead of using system menu etc, you create windows inside your main frame which look like menu.	0	123	0	0	2010-03-13T19:21:00.000	python,wxpython	Is it possible to put a wx.window (frame/panel) over a wx.MenuBar?	1	1	2,463,869	1
0	0	I want to change the wxpython menubar colours. How can I do it?	false	2,439,708	-0.099668	0	-1	don't think it's doable -- it defaults to the platform's native look	0	1,776	0	1	2010-03-13T19:30:00.000	python,wxpython	How can we change a wx.MenuBar background and foreground colour using wxpython?	1	2	2,440,868	1
1	0	I have been trying to add some check boxes in a pylons mako. However I don't know how to get their values in the controller. It seems that it can only get the first value of the check boxes. I tried using form encode but i got several errors. Is there an easier way to do this? Thanks	false	2,456,926	0	0	0	I'm assuming that "I can only get the first value" means you've got a series of checkboxes with the same value for the 'name' attribute within your form? Now, if that's the case and you're wanting a list of boolean values based on whether or not the boxes are checked or not, you'll need to do two things: First, whe...	0	1,306	0	1	2010-03-16T18:11:00.000	python,pylons	Checkboxes with pylons	1	1	2,457,303	1
0	0	I've got a pile of C code that I'd like to unit test using Python's unittest library (in Windows), but I'm trying to work out the best way of interfacing the C code so that Python can execute it (and get the results back). Does anybody have any experience in the easiest way to do it? Some ideas include: Wrapping the c...	true	2,482,270	1.2	1	8	I think that the exact solution depends on your code. Not all libraries are easily suitable for wrapping as a DLL. If your is, then ctypes is certainly the easiest way - just make a DLL out of your library and then test it with ctypes. An added bonus is that you now have your library conveniently wrapped as a standalon...	0	12,704	0	25	2010-03-20T07:12:00.000	python,c,unit-testing,swig	Easiest way of unit testing C code with Python	1	2	2,489,948	1
0	0	I'm starting a computer graphics course, and I have to choose a language. Choices are between C++ and Python. I have no problem with C++, python is a work in progress. So i was thinking to go down the python road, using pyopengl for graphics part. I have heard though, that performance is an issue. Is python / pyopengl ...	true	2,488,730	1.2	0	30	It depends a LOT on the contents of your computer graphics course. If you are doing anything like the introductory course I've taught in the past, it's basically spinning cubes and spheres, some texture mapping and some vertex animation, and that's about it. In this case, Python would be perfectly adequate, assuming yo...	1	10,480	0	15	2010-03-21T21:10:00.000	python,c++,opengl,3d,pyopengl	pyopengl: Could it replace c++?	2	5	2,489,409	1
0	0	I'm starting a computer graphics course, and I have to choose a language. Choices are between C++ and Python. I have no problem with C++, python is a work in progress. So i was thinking to go down the python road, using pyopengl for graphics part. I have heard though, that performance is an issue. Is python / pyopengl ...	false	2,488,730	0.07983	0	2	Python is an awesome language, but it's not the right tool for graphics. And if you want to do anything remotely advanced you'll have to use unpythonic libraries and will end up with ugly C code written in Python.	1	10,480	0	15	2010-03-21T21:10:00.000	python,c++,opengl,3d,pyopengl	pyopengl: Could it replace c++?	2	5	2,488,775	1
0	0	I'm new to Python and am starting to teach myself GUI programming (hopefully) using PyQT4.7 and Python 2.6 I just downloaded the whole PyQT/QT4 package (including QTDesigner) from the PyQT website, however it seems QTDesigner, which looks amazing to use as a newbie (since you can see all the attributes/properties/defau...	false	2,489,643	0.049958	0	1	You can run pyuic (or rather pyuic4) from hand, in your console. You can make your GUI using designer with Python, just as you would do it with C++. By the way: I have written all GUI stuff for my app (10k of code) by hand. I don't really like GUI designers and working with generated code, when you need to tweak someth...	0	11,299	0	20	2010-03-22T02:08:00.000	python,qt4,pyqt4,qt-designer	Using QTDesigner with PyQT and Python 2.6	2	4	2,494,652	1
0	0	I'm new to Python and am starting to teach myself GUI programming (hopefully) using PyQT4.7 and Python 2.6 I just downloaded the whole PyQT/QT4 package (including QTDesigner) from the PyQT website, however it seems QTDesigner, which looks amazing to use as a newbie (since you can see all the attributes/properties/defau...	false	2,489,643	0	0	0	QtDesigner uses uic.exe to generate on the fly C++ code. uic.exe is a command-line tool, it gets file names as input parameters. For integration with python, you can write a python program that uses pyuic.py, match it inputs with uic.exe's input (order, switchs etc.), convert it to an executable (using py2exe) and rena...	0	11,299	0	20	2010-03-22T02:08:00.000	python,qt4,pyqt4,qt-designer	Using QTDesigner with PyQT and Python 2.6	2	4	3,595,979	1
0	0	I am dealing with image buffers, and I want to be able to access data a few lines into my image for analysis with a c library. I have created my 8-bit pixel buffer in Python using create_string_buffer. Is there a way to get a pointer to a location within that buffer without re-creating a new buffer? My goal is to an...	false	2,494,288	0	0	0	You can also use ctypes.cast(buf, ctypes.c_void_p)	0	3,210	0	5	2010-03-22T17:18:00.000	python,ctypes	ctypes and pointer manipulation	1	2	2,494,539	1
0	0	Hello fellow software developers. I want to distribute a C program which is scriptable by embedding the Python interpreter. The C program uses Py_Initialize, PyImport_Import and so on to accomplish Python embedding. I'm looking for a solution where I distribute only the following components: my program executable an...	false	2,494,468	0	1	0	There's a program called py2exe. I don't know if it's only available for Windows. Also, the latest version that I used does not wrap everything up into one .exe file. It creates a bunch of stuff that has to be distributed - a zip file, etc..	1	5,060	0	11	2010-03-22T17:43:00.000	python,c,dll,distribution	How to create an application which embeds and runs Python code without local Python installation?	1	6	2,540,638	1
0	0	Any ideas how I can display an image file (bmp or png) centered on the screen as an application splash screen when running a Windows console script based on a batch file, vbscript/wscript or Python console script? I'm not interested in a wxPython solution - that's too much overhead just to implement a cosmetic feature ...	false	2,502,385	0	0	0	Try TK, it is included with python. Also, PyGtk is lighter than wxPython, but I ended up bitting the bullet and using wxPython for the same purpose recently, it is heavy, but it didn't have any affect on the script performance.	0	5,541	1	2	2010-03-23T18:02:00.000	python,image,vbscript,batch-file,console-application	Display an image as a splash screen when running Windows batch file, vbscript/wscript or Python console script	1	4	2,502,963	1
0	0	How to create pygtk entry with placeholder like in HTML 5 input element?	false	2,503,562	0.066568	0	1	You can use PyGobject instead of pygtk, and then setting a placeholder is a piece of cake: entry.set_placeholder_text("some string")	0	981	0	3	2010-03-23T20:56:00.000	python,pygtk	Pygtk entry placeholder	1	3	14,070,047	1
0	1	I have FigureCanvasWxAgg instance with a figure displayed on a frame. If user clicks on the canvas another frame with a new FigureCanvasWxAgg containing the same figure will be shown. By now closing the new frame can result in destroying the C++ part of the figure so that it won't be available for the first frame. How...	false	2,513,786	0.197375	0	1	I'm not familiar with the inner workings, but could easily imagine how disposing of a frame damages the figure data. Is it expensive to draw? Otherwise I'd take the somewhat chickenish approach of simply redrawing it ;)	0	1,759	0	8	2010-03-25T07:45:00.000	python,wxpython,copy,matplotlib	How to copy matplotlib figure?	1	1	3,120,753	1
0	0	I am running python 2.6.5 and pygame 1.9.1 It seems to me I've tried everything but it keeps showing 'module not found' errors... Please help!	false	2,541,254	0.197375	0	1	Well I've just finished installing it on my Mac - you have to watch out for the Python Platform under Tools and File. The default is Jython, but you want to change it to point to your python version in the Frameworks file of your Library. Does that make sense?	0	997	0	0	2010-03-29T21:01:00.000	python,netbeans,import,module,pygame	Can't import pygame to Netbeans on Mac	1	1	2,908,642	1
0	0	I know how to reference an existing .dll to IronPython, but is there any way to add my project as a reference like I can between Visual Studio projects? Or is it best practice to create a separate class library?	true	2,550,370	1.2	0	3	You can't add reference to a project since it's a Visual Studio thing. I suggest that during the development process, call import (IronPython) or require (IronRuby) with the full path of your project assembly like c:\dev\MyProject\bin\Debug\MyProject.dll.	1	1,069	0	2	2010-03-31T03:45:00.000	c#,visual-studio,ironpython,ironruby	Any way to add my C# project as a reference in IronPython / IronRuby?	1	2	2,550,627	1
0	0	I've been browsing documentation, but haven't been able to find a straightforward tutorial, so I apologize if this is a really simple question. Anyway, I have eclipse with pydev installed on MAC OSX, and I want configure wxPython to work with eclipse, how do I do this? Once I've downloaded wxpython, what steps do I tak...	false	2,561,542	0.197375	0	3	wxPython install by default to the following path /usr/local/lib/wxPython-2.9.4.0 When adding a path to the Interpreter libraries section in the eclipse preferences add this path: /usr/local/lib/wxPython-2.9.4.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wx-2.9.4-osx_cocoa	0	8,700	1	3	2010-04-01T15:28:00.000	python,eclipse,wxpython	Configuring Eclipse with wxPython	2	3	12,983,874	1
0	0	I've been browsing documentation, but haven't been able to find a straightforward tutorial, so I apologize if this is a really simple question. Anyway, I have eclipse with pydev installed on MAC OSX, and I want configure wxPython to work with eclipse, how do I do this? Once I've downloaded wxpython, what steps do I tak...	false	2,561,542	1	0	7	Vinay's answer above is correct. However, if code completion is not picking it up, you might need to add the WX directory to the Pydev's interpreter library path. Window \| Preferences \| Pydev \| Interpreter - Python \| Libraries If wx is not present, New Folder and select the install directory.	0	8,700	1	3	2010-04-01T15:28:00.000	python,eclipse,wxpython	Configuring Eclipse with wxPython	2	3	2,562,141	1
0	0	I'm using gtk.combo_box_new_text() to make combobox list, this uses a gtk.ListStore to store only strings, so there are some way to add a separator between items without use a complex gtk.TreeModel? If this is not possible, what is the simplest way to use a gtk.TreeModel to able secuential widget addition?	true	2,571,202	1.2	0	4	I think that you should use ComboBox.set_row_separator_func to set a separator function where you would determine which items of your list will be separators. Since ListStore implements TreeModel interface, you should have no problem simply using it in your case. P.S.: nothing is easy in GTK :)	0	825	0	4	2010-04-03T12:07:00.000	python,user-interface,gtk,pygtk,gnome	How to add a separator in a PyGTK combobox?	1	1	2,571,279	1
0	0	Qt3.3 used to allow for multiple selections in the QTextEdit widget by calling the setSelection() function and specifying a different selection id (selNum) as the last argument in that function. In Qt4, to create a selection, I do it by creating a QTextCursor object and call the setPosition() or movePosition() methods...	false	2,574,195	0	0	0	How about creating multiple cursors (QTextCursor), each selection a different portion of the text. Would that work for you?	0	1,173	0	1	2010-04-04T10:55:00.000	python,qt,qt4,pyqt	how to create multiple selections in text edit box in qt4?	2	2	2,574,214	1
0	0	Qt3.3 used to allow for multiple selections in the QTextEdit widget by calling the setSelection() function and specifying a different selection id (selNum) as the last argument in that function. In Qt4, to create a selection, I do it by creating a QTextCursor object and call the setPosition() or movePosition() methods...	true	2,574,195	1.2	0	1	The solution, i realise now is actually quite simple. To graphically visualise all the various selections (separate QTextCursor objects), instead of calling the setTextCursor() method for the QTextEdit widget for each of the selections, i change the background color of each of those sections of text by calling the set...	0	1,173	0	1	2010-04-04T10:55:00.000	python,qt,qt4,pyqt	how to create multiple selections in text edit box in qt4?	2	2	2,574,559	1
0	0	I want to display a gtk.Image with a high level of zoom, but scale the image to a new pixbuf with the gtk.gdk.Pixbuf methods waste a lot of memory and processor. Are there some simply way to display a zoomed image?	false	2,581,687	0.066568	0	1	it is not possible with gdk, i'm afraid. try cairo or opengl.	0	822	0	1	2010-04-05T23:00:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk,gnome	Zoomed PyGTK image without scale pixbuf	1	3	2,586,546	1
0	0	I know what Cythons purpose is. It's to write compilable C extensions in a Python-like language in order to produce speedups in your code. What I would like to know (and can't seem to find using my google-fu) is if Cython can somehow compile into an executable format since it already seems to break python code down i...	false	2,581,784	0.049958	0	1	Aftershock's answer is good, what I want to say is about run app without console. Most like Aftershock's answer, if you want your application run without console, two points are important: Replace all the main() function in the ".c" file made by cython --embed with wmain() Add /subsystem:windows /entry:wmainCRTStartup...	1	37,475	0	53	2010-04-05T23:34:00.000	python,compilation,cython	Can Cython compile to an EXE?	1	4	50,452,413	1
0	0	A line created using the DrawLine method of wx.DC has the onClick and onMouseOver events?	true	2,583,646	1.2	0	0	No wx.DC just draw to a device and those are all plain pixels, wx.DC doesn't track mouse events or any other events. If you want such behavior you will have to track mouse movement on your drawing area and on click check which area it may have clicked e.g. if near by the line show a msg etc.	0	81	0	0	2010-04-06T08:58:00.000	python,wxpython	Does wx.DC line has events?	1	1	2,583,745	1
0	0	For some code as follows, opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "c:", ... for o,v in opts: ... elif o in ("-c", "--%s" % checkString): kCheckOnly = True clientTemp = v If I don't give the parameter after the -c, I get the error messages as follows. Traceback (most recent c...	true	2,585,803	1.2	0	3	You can catch getopt.GetoptError and check the 'opt' and 'msg' attributes yourself: try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "c:", ... except getopt.GetoptError, e: if e.opt == 'c' and 'requires argument' in e.msg: print >>sys.stderr, 'ERROR: You forgot to give the file name after -c option' ...	0	752	0	2	2010-04-06T14:52:00.000	python,getopt	How to process python generated error messages my own way?	2	2	2,585,839	1
0	0	For some code as follows, opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "c:", ... for o,v in opts: ... elif o in ("-c", "--%s" % checkString): kCheckOnly = True clientTemp = v If I don't give the parameter after the -c, I get the error messages as follows. Traceback (most recent c...	false	2,585,803	0.291313	0	3	the correct answer is to use the OptionParser module instead of trying to "roll your own".	0	752	0	2	2010-04-06T14:52:00.000	python,getopt	How to process python generated error messages my own way?	2	2	2,585,858	1
0	0	Looking at Python modules and at code in the "lib-dnyload" directory in the Python framework, I noticed whenever code is creating some kind of GUI or graphic it imports a non-Python file with a .so extension. And there are tons .so files in "lib-dnyload". From googling things I found that these files are called shared...	false	2,610,421	0	1	0	You can write python extensions in many ways, including Cython, SWIG, boost.python ... You can also write a shared library and use the "ctypes" library to access it.	1	4,363	0	1	2010-04-09T19:44:00.000	python,macos,gcc,distutils,shared-objects	How to create make .so files from code written in C or C++ that are usable from Python	1	5	2,611,684	1
0	0	There is a python module called "_Qt". PyQt is not what I want. I was wondering if there was any documentation for the _Qt module installed with python as a standard module. I have a mac.	true	2,611,593	1.2	0	0	That's QuickTime, nothing to do with Qt. In your question it's not really clear if you intended to use Qt or QuickTime.	1	232	0	0	2010-04-09T23:28:00.000	python,qt,module	How to use the _Qt python module?	1	1	2,611,862	1
0	0	I'm trying to put together a simple program that will let me visualize a series of consecutive cuts on a wood panel using a router with a particular cutting head. I'm trying to find a geometry library that is capable of subtractively modifying 3D shapes or solids by sweeping other 3D solids through them. Specifically,...	false	2,611,606	0	0	0	While not exactly a library, one way of doing this might be to build on top of the 2D-to-3D extrusion ability that most of these libraries do support. A tentative algorithm for doing this might be: Get bit profile as a 2D shape (you're likely to have this already). Extrude that profile along the line or arc that is ...	0	2,504	0	2	2010-04-09T23:31:00.000	c++,python,geometry,cad	Subtractively sweep a solid through another in python (or C++)	1	8	10,033,868	1
0	0	I do understand that this topic has been covered in some way at StackOverflow but I'm still not able to figure out the exact answer: can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#? I use CPython every day, I love the Zen :) but my current task is a Windows-only application with a complex GUI and some other feat...	true	2,617,007	1.2	0	13	IronPython is NOT equivalent to "other languages that run on .NET", as the language has support for substantially fewer CLR runtime features. IronPython classes are not "real" .NET classes, and DLR APIs need to be used when calling IronPython code from traditional CLR-based languages; this means that if you want genuin...	1	1,073	0	12	2010-04-11T12:38:00.000	python,.net,ironpython,cpython,python.net	Can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#?	4	6	2,617,936	1
0	0	I do understand that this topic has been covered in some way at StackOverflow but I'm still not able to figure out the exact answer: can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#? I use CPython every day, I love the Zen :) but my current task is a Windows-only application with a complex GUI and some other feat...	false	2,617,007	0.033321	0	1	The question "Can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement for C#?" has been answered pretty well by jalf. If the question were "Is IronPython a Pythonic .NET Language?" though, then the answer would absolutely be yes. The principles of Zen - esp. least surprise - absolutely apply to IronPython's integration with...	1	1,073	0	12	2010-04-11T12:38:00.000	python,.net,ironpython,cpython,python.net	Can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#?	4	6	2,617,900	1
0	0	I do understand that this topic has been covered in some way at StackOverflow but I'm still not able to figure out the exact answer: can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#? I use CPython every day, I love the Zen :) but my current task is a Windows-only application with a complex GUI and some other feat...	false	2,617,007	0	0	0	"Complex" UI usually entails not "writing" it but building it within Visual Studio with point and click. All the callbacks and eventing code is inserted by itself. There is almost nothing like that on python side. I'd say go for C# straight out. There is one nagging thing though. If you are true Pythonista, the static ...	1	1,073	0	12	2010-04-11T12:38:00.000	python,.net,ironpython,cpython,python.net	Can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#?	4	6	3,042,636	1
0	0	I do understand that this topic has been covered in some way at StackOverflow but I'm still not able to figure out the exact answer: can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#? I use CPython every day, I love the Zen :) but my current task is a Windows-only application with a complex GUI and some other feat...	false	2,617,007	1	0	10	That depends on what it is about C# that you need, and which needs replacing. If the reason you use C# is that you need a reasonably high performance statically typed language then no, IronPython is likely not going to be a replacement. If the reason you use it is simply "I need something that runs on .NET and can acce...	1	1,073	0	12	2010-04-11T12:38:00.000	python,.net,ironpython,cpython,python.net	Can I treat IronPython as a Pythonic replacement to C#?	4	6	2,617,019	1
0	0	The PyQt4 QTableWidget has both cellPressed and cellClicked signals. From the name, and the little experimentation I did with them, they appear to do exactly the same thing. Is there a difference between the two?	true	2,619,446	1.2	0	3	These signals on cells are not sharply documented (that I can find) but I'd interpret them by analogy with the pressed, clicked, and released signals on buttons: pressed means the mouse's left button's been pressed down inside the widget, released means the mouse's left button's been released (let up) inside the widget...	0	1,577	0	1	2010-04-12T01:43:00.000	python,pyqt4	Difference between cellPressed and cellClicked signals of PyQt4 QTableWidget	1	1	2,619,472	1
0	0	As per the title, is there any way to programatically change the selected item in a ComboBox and have it raise an event? I am setting the selected item using myComboBox.SetSelection(index), but this doesn't raise the wx.EVT_COMBOBOX event.	true	2,629,841	1.2	0	0	I use C++ version of wxWidget. Look up documentation on these two functions: void wxPostEvent(wxEvtHandler *dest, wxEvent& event) void AddPendingEvent(wxEvent& event)	0	1,192	0	1	2010-04-13T13:23:00.000	combobox,wxpython,wxwidgets	Triggering wx.EVT_COMBOBOX after programatically changing ComboBox selection?	1	1	2,629,895	1
0	0	I always see people mention that "Python binding" and "C Sharp binding" etc. when I am actually using their C++ libraries. What does binding mean? If the library is written in C, and does Python binding means that they use SWIG kind of tool to mock a Python interface? Newbie in this field, and any suggestion will be we...	false	2,632,466	0	0	0	In short, yes. A binding is just that, an interface to a library or program written in another language, though it need not be generated using SWIG. SWIG is just a tool for automatic generation of the same...	0	1,840	0	6	2010-04-13T19:11:00.000	c++,python,binding	What does binding mean exactly?	4	4	2,632,489	1
0	0	I always see people mention that "Python binding" and "C Sharp binding" etc. when I am actually using their C++ libraries. What does binding mean? If the library is written in C, and does Python binding means that they use SWIG kind of tool to mock a Python interface? Newbie in this field, and any suggestion will be we...	true	2,632,466	1.2	0	2	When someone talks about something like a "C# binding" of a library, they are indicating that you and API is being provided in C# for a library written in a different language. This may or may not involve an autogeneration tool like SWIG.	0	1,840	0	6	2010-04-13T19:11:00.000	c++,python,binding	What does binding mean exactly?	4	4	2,632,491	1
0	0	I always see people mention that "Python binding" and "C Sharp binding" etc. when I am actually using their C++ libraries. What does binding mean? If the library is written in C, and does Python binding means that they use SWIG kind of tool to mock a Python interface? Newbie in this field, and any suggestion will be we...	false	2,632,466	0	0	0	You're right, for a general library, a "binding" essentially means "easily callable from". The binding may or may not have been created with SWIG, that's just one way to do it.	0	1,840	0	6	2010-04-13T19:11:00.000	c++,python,binding	What does binding mean exactly?	4	4	2,632,492	1
0	0	I always see people mention that "Python binding" and "C Sharp binding" etc. when I am actually using their C++ libraries. What does binding mean? If the library is written in C, and does Python binding means that they use SWIG kind of tool to mock a Python interface? Newbie in this field, and any suggestion will be we...	false	2,632,466	0	0	0	If the library is written in C, and does Python binding means that they use SWIG kind of tool to mock a Python interface? Yes, you are right. That will be called a Python binding of the respective library.	0	1,840	0	6	2010-04-13T19:11:00.000	c++,python,binding	What does binding mean exactly?	4	4	2,632,493	1
0	0	So I'm going through the beginning stages of producing a game in Python, and I'm looking for a library that is able to manipulate pixels and blit them relatively fast. My first thought was pygame, as it deals in pure 2D surfaces, but it only allows pixel access through pygame.get_at(), pygame.set_at() and pygame.get_bu...	false	2,633,900	0	0	0	I checked out pyglet, and saw that it works well for static per pixel collision, when the image is not manipulated too much; however, I'm not sure how well it works with a dynamic image. In short, I'm looking for a library that's able to quickly display a buffer of pixels. This buffer will be constantly changing, so fa...	0	2,106	0	2	2010-04-13T23:28:00.000	python	Python pixel manipulation library	1	3	2,634,849	1
0	0	Frustrated by lack of a simple ACDSee equivalent for OS X, I'm looking to hack one up for myself. I'm looking for a gui library that accommodates: Full screen image display High quality image fit-to-screen (for display) Low memory usage Fast display Reasonable learning curve (the simpler the better) Looks like there ...	false	2,634,119	0	0	0	Use an App like Picasa (now available on mac). Use AppleScript through Python to control it from your application. Failing that, use PyObjC to create Cocoa image display component and dialogs, and so on.	0	1,562	0	3	2010-04-14T00:24:00.000	python,macos,opengl,wxpython,pyqt	Python: OSX Library for fast full screen jpg/png display	2	4	2,999,881	1
0	0	Frustrated by lack of a simple ACDSee equivalent for OS X, I'm looking to hack one up for myself. I'm looking for a gui library that accommodates: Full screen image display High quality image fit-to-screen (for display) Low memory usage Fast display Reasonable learning curve (the simpler the better) Looks like there ...	false	2,634,119	0	0	0	it's not an answer to your coding question but for (a big part of) the lack of ACDsee equivalent (requires OSX 10.5+): Simple list/thubmnail display of images in a directory: Finder.app Sort by name/size/type: Finder.app will do name & type, not image size (but does file size) Ability to view images full screen: quick...	0	1,562	0	3	2010-04-14T00:24:00.000	python,macos,opengl,wxpython,pyqt	Python: OSX Library for fast full screen jpg/png display	2	4	2,647,147	1
0	0	I'm trying to use boost.python library in a C++ project (Windows + VS9) but it always tries to link against pyton25.lib. Is it possible to link with version 2.6.x of python? thanks	false	2,635,933	0	1	0	You could try putting -lpython26 when linking	0	712	0	2	2010-04-14T08:35:00.000	python,boost	boost python version	2	2	2,636,724	1
0	0	I'm trying to use boost.python library in a C++ project (Windows + VS9) but it always tries to link against pyton25.lib. Is it possible to link with version 2.6.x of python? thanks	false	2,635,933	0.099668	1	1	You need to recompile boost-python library pointing Boost.Build to needed python version. P.S. This heals a problem of undefined references while linking with library needed. I beleive you've already turned of autolinking.	0	712	0	2	2010-04-14T08:35:00.000	python,boost	boost python version	2	2	2,636,711	1
0	0	Where can I download this programm?	true	2,640,880	1.2	0	4	Any recent version of Python should come with Tkinter support. To my knowledge, you shouldn't need to install anything else.	0	324	0	0	2010-04-14T20:41:00.000	python,installation,download,tkinter	Installation of Tkinter	1	3	2,640,895	1
0	0	I haven't gotten far enough into Python to make GUIs yet, so I thought I'd ask here. Can a python app be made with the windows default style GUI, or will it have its own style? The only screenshots I've seen of a python app running with a GUI had this ugly win95 look to it.	false	2,649,882	0.119427	0	3	Yes, you can use PyQt, or PySide (another Qt binding), or wxPython. They all support native look & feel. There's also PyGTK, but gtk apps don't to look so native .. I personally prefer Qt, so I'd suggest PyQt. If you have issues with the GPL, then you can use PySide (LGPL).	1	6,722	0	16	2010-04-16T00:34:00.000	python,user-interface	Can a native-looking GUI be made with Python	1	5	2,649,957	1
0	0	I'm looking to do some basic encryption of server messages which would be encrypted with C++ and decrypted using Python server side. I was wondering if anyone knew if there were good solutions that were simpler or more lightweight than Keyczar. I see that supports both C++ and python, but would using Crypto++ and PyC...	false	2,650,073	0.379949	1	2	The C++ libraries seem to have dependencies to hundreds of files. I don't know much about Python, but that is absolutely normal for C++. I'd recommend Crypto++ -- it's a great easy to use library, and it's public domain, meaning you won't have any license problems with it. EDIT: Keep in mind a large library with lots o...	0	942	0	1	2010-04-16T01:41:00.000	python,c++,encryption,cryptography	Lightweight cryptography toolkit(s) for C++ and Python	1	1	2,650,311	1
0	0	I would like to include a rich text editor in a pygtk drawing area for an application i am developing. The editor ( a small resizable widget ) should be able to move around the drawing area like a rectangle. I am not sure how to start as I am pretty new to PyGTK. thank you !	false	2,650,591	0	0	0	gtk.TextView is "rich", in that it can display all types of formatting and even embedded widgets. If you want the functionality of editing rich text, you will have to write something yourself, though others have tried in applications like BloGTK. From which you could steal codes.	0	2,291	0	1	2010-04-16T04:21:00.000	python,pygtk	Py GTK Drawing area and Rich Text Editor	1	3	2,788,540	1
0	0	Is there something similar to scene.mouse.getclick in the visual module (VPython)? I need it for a rollover. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I need a function for doing something when the mouse moves inside a special area without clicking.	false	2,655,747	0	0	0	scene.mouse.getclick will tell you where the mouse was when it was last clicked. This is different from scene.mouse.clicked which tells you if someone clicked. There is no correspoding way to see if someone had their mouse over a particular object. One thing you can do is use a while loop that continually checks scene....	0	594	0	2	2010-04-16T19:52:00.000	python,mouseevent,rollover,vpython	mouse rollover event in Python (VPython)	2	3	2,718,009	1
0	0	Is there something similar to scene.mouse.getclick in the visual module (VPython)? I need it for a rollover. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I need a function for doing something when the mouse moves inside a special area without clicking.	true	2,655,747	1.2	0	1	As mentioned by mathmike, it would seem that you could use scene.mouse.pick to get the object that is currently under the mouse, and as for the 'scene-position', I think scene.mouse.pickpos is what you're looking for - if not, you should be able to calculate it from the global mouse position (through getEvent()). Othe...	0	594	0	2	2010-04-16T19:52:00.000	python,mouseevent,rollover,vpython	mouse rollover event in Python (VPython)	2	3	2,726,099	1
0	0	I'm new in using Python. I would like to develop Windows GUI Application using Python. After some research, I found that I have 2 options:- IronPython + .NET Framework Python + PyQt May I know which one is better for Windows Application development? Which option has more features (e.g. database support, etc)? Other t...	false	2,657,036	0.158649	0	4	Per my play with both PyQt (as interface to Qt) and IronPython (as an interface to WinForms) the bag is mixed. Both are basically "bindings" for underlying platforms. PyQt is practically "autogenerated" from Qt's API and slightly more "mature" as a wrapper because of significant use on Linux. IronPython goes a little ...	0	5,960	0	8	2010-04-17T02:52:00.000	.net,python,user-interface,ironpython,pyqt	"IronPython + .NET" vs "Python + PyQt". Which one is better for Windows App development?	5	5	3,042,547	1
0	0	I'm new in using Python. I would like to develop Windows GUI Application using Python. After some research, I found that I have 2 options:- IronPython + .NET Framework Python + PyQt May I know which one is better for Windows Application development? Which option has more features (e.g. database support, etc)? Other t...	false	2,657,036	0.197375	0	5	I faced the same issue and have, with misgivings, decided to go with IronPython/C#/.Net. I liked Qt but got cold feet when it was sold to Nokia because I just wasn't sure Nokia's goals in owning Qt were consistent with my needs for a windows UI. That said, Nokia has made some positive moves by combining separate plat...	0	5,960	0	8	2010-04-17T02:52:00.000	.net,python,user-interface,ironpython,pyqt	"IronPython + .NET" vs "Python + PyQt". Which one is better for Windows App development?	5	5	2,668,271	1
0	0	I'm new in using Python. I would like to develop Windows GUI Application using Python. After some research, I found that I have 2 options:- IronPython + .NET Framework Python + PyQt May I know which one is better for Windows Application development? Which option has more features (e.g. database support, etc)? Other t...	false	2,657,036	0.119427	0	3	PyQt is a great library, but .NET is the best way to go for Windows. That is because you can use any GUI controls that C# would be able to use in Python. Furthermore, in addition to WinForms, IronPython can be used to create WPF applications, which look good. The main difference is the features, and PyQt has more cro...	0	5,960	0	8	2010-04-17T02:52:00.000	.net,python,user-interface,ironpython,pyqt	"IronPython + .NET" vs "Python + PyQt". Which one is better for Windows App development?	5	5	2,658,657	1
0	0	I'm new in using Python. I would like to develop Windows GUI Application using Python. After some research, I found that I have 2 options:- IronPython + .NET Framework Python + PyQt May I know which one is better for Windows Application development? Which option has more features (e.g. database support, etc)? Other t...	false	2,657,036	0.039979	0	1	I haven't used IronPython with .NET, but I have written a lot of PyQt code. From my experience, PyQt is a great library. It is a very well executed bindings to Qt, which is a very well known and widely used library. Since it's standard Python you're writing, you can enjoy all the Python standard library which gives you...	0	5,960	0	8	2010-04-17T02:52:00.000	.net,python,user-interface,ironpython,pyqt	"IronPython + .NET" vs "Python + PyQt". Which one is better for Windows App development?	5	5	2,657,263	1
0	0	I'm new in using Python. I would like to develop Windows GUI Application using Python. After some research, I found that I have 2 options:- IronPython + .NET Framework Python + PyQt May I know which one is better for Windows Application development? Which option has more features (e.g. database support, etc)? Other t...	false	2,657,036	0.119427	0	3	First, there are lots more than 2 options (python has more GUI libraries than you can shake a stick at), but let's go on your premise for a minute. "Better" being subjective begs the question: "what do you want to learn?" If the goal is Windows GUI Applications development, than I'd go with .Net. .Net is well respecte...	0	5,960	0	8	2010-04-17T02:52:00.000	.net,python,user-interface,ironpython,pyqt	"IronPython + .NET" vs "Python + PyQt". Which one is better for Windows App development?	5	5	2,657,059	1
0	0	I installed PyScript to try it out but it just wont start. It only gives me the error: "Error126: Could not open Dll "python26.dll" followed by: "Python could not be properly initialized. We must quit." I think this may have something to do with the PYTHONPATH but since I'm a newbie and dont know what it is or exactly ...	false	2,658,779	0	0	0	I just copied python26.dll from my python folder to pyscripter folder and it worked well... dont know it that is a good way to do it...	1	22,256	0	5	2010-04-17T14:58:00.000	python,pythonpath,pyscripter	How do I make PyScripter work? Says it cant find python26.dll	3	4	13,216,653	1
0	0	I installed PyScript to try it out but it just wont start. It only gives me the error: "Error126: Could not open Dll "python26.dll" followed by: "Python could not be properly initialized. We must quit." I think this may have something to do with the PYTHONPATH but since I'm a newbie and dont know what it is or exactly ...	false	2,658,779	0	0	0	I finally got it working by (a) not changing the directory it gets installed in to something else...just left it in c:/programfiles/pyscripter ...and (B) going into the pyscripter folder and in the lib folder extracting the rpyc folder so that there is another rpyc folder inside the lib folder that isnt compressed! hop...	1	22,256	0	5	2010-04-17T14:58:00.000	python,pythonpath,pyscripter	How do I make PyScripter work? Says it cant find python26.dll	3	4	23,843,782	1
0	0	I installed PyScript to try it out but it just wont start. It only gives me the error: "Error126: Could not open Dll "python26.dll" followed by: "Python could not be properly initialized. We must quit." I think this may have something to do with the PYTHONPATH but since I'm a newbie and dont know what it is or exactly ...	false	2,658,779	0	0	0	Install python. should solve all your problems..	1	22,256	0	5	2010-04-17T14:58:00.000	python,pythonpath,pyscripter	How do I make PyScripter work? Says it cant find python26.dll	3	4	2,658,872	1
0	0	I have a Pygame program that needs text input. The way it does this is to get keyboard input and when a key is pressed it renders that key so it is added to the screen. Essentially it acts like a text field. The problem is, when you hold shift it doesn't do anything. I realize this is because the program ignores shift ...	true	2,671,589	1.2	0	3	I can use the 'event.unicode' attribute to get the value of the key typed.	0	5,694	0	3	2010-04-19T23:27:00.000	python,ascii,character,pygame,shift	Pygame program that can get keyboard input with caps	2	5	2,785,753	1
0	0	I have a Pygame program that needs text input. The way it does this is to get keyboard input and when a key is pressed it renders that key so it is added to the screen. Essentially it acts like a text field. The problem is, when you hold shift it doesn't do anything. I realize this is because the program ignores shift ...	false	2,671,589	0	0	0	I wrote a function that converts the strings after getting not enough help. It converts everything manually.	0	5,694	0	3	2010-04-19T23:27:00.000	python,ascii,character,pygame,shift	Pygame program that can get keyboard input with caps	2	5	2,683,802	1
0	0	I need to develop a multiplatform software that takes screenshots from opengl games without affecting the game in performance, it will run in the background and will add a watermark to my screenshots. What language should i use? I thought of Perl / Python. Anyone can point me out something to start? Thanks!	false	2,691,289	0	0	0	Do you need to add a watermark right when you take the screenshot? It would be a lot easier to simply add the watermark later to the static image, as many applications can do this (e.g. Photoshop).	0	502	0	1	2010-04-22T13:40:00.000	python,perl,opengl	Programming language for opengl screenshot software	3	4	2,691,789	1
0	0	I need to develop a multiplatform software that takes screenshots from opengl games without affecting the game in performance, it will run in the background and will add a watermark to my screenshots. What language should i use? I thought of Perl / Python. Anyone can point me out something to start? Thanks!	false	2,691,289	0.049958	0	1	I would suggest C++. That way you can use OpenGL and DirectX libraries and API calls natively. Libraries that provide such functionality to other languages typically abstract the good stuff away from reach.	0	502	0	1	2010-04-22T13:40:00.000	python,perl,opengl	Programming language for opengl screenshot software	3	4	2,691,336	1
0	0	I need to develop a multiplatform software that takes screenshots from opengl games without affecting the game in performance, it will run in the background and will add a watermark to my screenshots. What language should i use? I thought of Perl / Python. Anyone can point me out something to start? Thanks!	false	2,691,289	0	0	0	The language you know best that has some sort of OpenGL Bindings. My personal preference for such kind of applications is C, C++ or (if available) C# but it's a simple matter of preference.	0	502	0	1	2010-04-22T13:40:00.000	python,perl,opengl	Programming language for opengl screenshot software	3	4	2,691,318	1
0	0	I want to write a C++ application with Qt, but build a prototype first using Python and then gradually replace the Python code with C++. Is this the right approach, and what tools (bindings, binding generators, IDE) should I use? Ideally, everything should be available in the Ubuntu repositories so I wouldn't have to w...	false	2,693,558	0.197375	0	3	If you are just learning Qt and want to leverage the speed of prototyping that Python gives you, then I would recommend you make a sample project using PyQt. As you said, there is a debian package, so you are just a simple apt-get away from making your first application. I personally use gVim as my Python/Qt editor, b...	0	5,460	0	25	2010-04-22T18:49:00.000	c++,python,qt,pyqt,pyside	Prototyping Qt/C++ in Python	1	3	2,694,114	1
0	0	I'm trying to make a very large file editor (where the editor only stores a part of the buffer in memory at a time), but I'm stuck while building my textview object. Basically- I know that I have to be able to update the text view buffer dynamically, and I don't know hot to get the scrollbars to relate to the full fil...	false	2,698,533	0.099668	0	1	You probably should create your own Gtk.TextBuffer implementation, as the default one relies on storing whole buffer in memory.	0	494	0	4	2010-04-23T12:43:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk	Gtk: How can I get a part of a file in a textview with scrollbars relating to the full file	1	2	2,698,565	1
0	0	Im trying to do simple audio player, but I want use a image(icon) as a pushbutton.	false	2,711,033	0.197375	0	5	You can use QToolButton with set autoraise property true and there you can set your image also.	0	30,515	0	13	2010-04-26T03:42:00.000	python,qt,pyqt,pyqt4	how code a Image button in PyQt?	1	5	6,515,261	1
0	0	I have a (single line) TextCtrl. The user types data into this. When they press enter, the contents of the box need to be extracted so they can be processed. I can't figure out how to catch enter being pressed. According to the docs, with the style wx.TE_PROCESS_ENTER set on my TextCtrl, it should generate a wx.EVT_COM...	true	2,725,362	1.2	0	6	I've never seen wx.EVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER. I have used wx.EVT_TEXT_ENTER though...	0	7,028	0	8	2010-04-27T21:44:00.000	python,wxpython,wxwidgets	Get text when enter is pressed in a text box in wxPython	1	2	2,725,392	1
0	0	I'm looking for an easy-to-use graphics lib for python that can output to screen as well as pdf. So, I would use code to draw some stuff (simple prims like ovals, rectangles, lines and points) to screen and then when things look good, have it output to pdf.	false	2,725,735	0	0	0	Creating PDFs is always a pain, it doesn't make sense if you do not aim to lose sanity. With that said, you are aiming to do two completely different things: when you draw to screen you draw into a raster bitmap, while PDFs are mostly dynamic, like HTML. (unlike HTML they are more prone to be the same over different pl...	0	9,999	0	3	2010-04-27T22:56:00.000	python,pdf,graphics	Recommendations for a simple 2D graphics python library that can output to screen and pdf?	2	6	2,725,787	1
0	0	I'm looking for an easy-to-use graphics lib for python that can output to screen as well as pdf. So, I would use code to draw some stuff (simple prims like ovals, rectangles, lines and points) to screen and then when things look good, have it output to pdf.	false	2,725,735	0.099668	0	3	If you use Tkinter, you can draw on a Canvas widget, then use its .postscript method to save the contents as a PostScript file, which you can convert to PDF using ps2pdf. postscript(self, cnf={}, **kw) Print the contents of the canvas to a postscript file. Valid options: colormap, colormode, file, fontmap, heigh...	0	9,999	0	3	2010-04-27T22:56:00.000	python,pdf,graphics	Recommendations for a simple 2D graphics python library that can output to screen and pdf?	2	6	2,725,883	1
0	0	Imagine I have a video playing.. Can I have some sort of motion graphics being played 'over' that video.. Like say the moving graphics is on an upper layer than the video, which would be the lower layer.. I am comfortable in a C++ and Python, so a solution that uses these two will be highly appreciated.. Thank you in ...	true	2,759,738	1.2	1	0	I'm not sure I understand the question correctly but a video file is a sequence of pictures that you can extract (for instance with the opencv library C++ interface) and then you can use it wherever you want. You can play the video on the sides of an opengl 3D cube (available in all opengl tutorials) and other 3D eleme...	0	169	0	0	2010-05-03T17:00:00.000	c++,python,graphics,video,video-processing	Navigation graphics overlayed over video	1	1	2,760,860	1
0	0	i converted recently from wxpython to pyqt and im still facing alot of problems since im still noob in pyqt so is it possible to detected if user pressed (CTRL+key ) in pyqt ? and how ? i've been trying to find an answer for this for 3 days . if you know website or a good place to learn pyqt, it will be highly apprec...	true	2,761,512	1.2	0	8	Add a QShortcut and listen to its activated() signal, then perform the action in the slot. Or you could reimplement QWidget and define keyPressEvent to what you like. Check for the event parameter's modifiers() and key() to see if they match with what you want. This listens for shortcut keys when the QWidget has focus.	0	5,552	0	3	2010-05-03T22:01:00.000	python,qt,qt4,pyqt,pyqt4	getting keyboard events with pyqt	1	2	2,761,528	1
0	0	I have a python application which need a gui HTML editor, I know FCKeditor is nice, so how to embed the FCKeditor in a python desktop app?	true	2,777,919	1.2	0	1	To embed FCKeditor (or maybe better the current CKeditor?), you basically need to embed a full-fledged browser (with Javascript) -- I believe wxPython may currently be the best bet for that, as I hear it has wxIE for Windows and wxWebKitCtrl for the Mac (I don't know if old summer-of-code ideas about making something s...	0	340	0	0	2010-05-06T01:41:00.000	python,html,editor	Embed FCKeditor in python app	2	2	2,778,024	1
0	0	I have a python application which need a gui HTML editor, I know FCKeditor is nice, so how to embed the FCKeditor in a python desktop app?	false	2,777,919	0	0	0	In order of difficulty: If you just need to support Windows, you can embed IE in wx - see the docs and demos. wxWebKit is looking a bit more mature, but it's still in development. You could just use the web-browser using webbrowser.open(url). Things will be very crude, and interaction will be a pain. A fourth option - ...	0	340	0	0	2010-05-06T01:41:00.000	python,html,editor	Embed FCKeditor in python app	2	2	2,778,087	1
0	0	I am working with geodjango and I want to breakup a 2D Rectangular Polygon into smaller ones. My input is a big rectangle and I want to subdivide it in smaller rectangles. The sum of the smaller rectangles must be the original rectangle. All subrectangles should be equal size. How can I do that? Thank you.	false	2,783,075	0.379949	0	2	Pick any point inside the rectangle Draw two lines through it parallel to the edges of the rectangle. Now you've divided your rectangle into four smaller ones.	0	1,964	0	2	2010-05-06T17:22:00.000	python,geometry,gis,geodjango	Break up a polygon into smaller ones	1	1	2,783,174	1
0	0	How do I find if a GTKBuilder Checkbutton is checked?	true	2,788,927	1.2	0	1	Use checkbutton.get_active(). What's this got to do with GtkBuilder?	0	703	0	0	2010-05-07T13:35:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk,glade,gtkbuilder	Python Glade GTKBuilder Checkbutton	1	1	2,789,043	1
0	0	I have a fairly simple PyQt application in which I'm placing instances of a QGraphicsWidget in a QGraphicsGridLayout and want to connect the widgets with lines drawn with a QGraphicsPath. Unfortunately, no matter what I try, I always get (0, 0) back as the position for both the start and end widgets. I'm constructing t...	true	2,799,776	1.2	0	1	If you use the QGraphicsItem::pos(), it gives you the position of the item in the parent coordinates. When using QGraphicsLayout, the parent is probably the cell containing the object thus the coordinate is equal to zero. Since you want to connect widgets with path, you will need scene coordinate to define the control ...	0	2,688	0	3	2010-05-10T00:45:00.000	python,qt,pyqt	PyQt: Get the position of QGraphicsWidgets in a QGraphicsGridLayout	1	1	2,801,458	1
0	0	I am looking for a graphics library for 3D reconstruction research to develop my specific viewer based on some library. OpenGL seems in a low level and I have to remake the wheel everywhere. And I also tried VTK(visualization toolkit). However, it seems too abstract that I need to master many conceptions before I start...	false	2,823,907	-0.039979	0	-1	I used openGL with C++ a few years back - found it quite low level. I also have used Java3D which seemed to be a bit higher level. If you are not stuck on using python - try Java3D - very simple to get up and running.	0	2,730	0	3	2010-05-13T01:22:00.000	python,opengl,graphics	Is there any graphics library in a higher level than OpenGL	1	5	2,826,036	1
0	0	I have a project idea, but unsure if using Python would be a good idea. Firstly, I'm a C++ and C# developer with some SQL experience. My day job is C++. I have a project idea i'd like to create and was considering developing it in a language I don't know. Python seems to be popular and has piqued my interests. I de...	true	2,823,983	1.2	0	6	I find that the best way to learn a new language is by doing something like this (small project of your own). Python is no different. Everything you wrote can be done in Python, so I can't find any reason not to use it, if you want to learn.	0	823	0	2	2010-05-13T01:45:00.000	python,oop	Idea for a small project, should I use Python?	4	4	2,824,002	1
0	0	I have a project idea, but unsure if using Python would be a good idea. Firstly, I'm a C++ and C# developer with some SQL experience. My day job is C++. I have a project idea i'd like to create and was considering developing it in a language I don't know. Python seems to be popular and has piqued my interests. I de...	false	2,823,983	0.148885	0	3	I've already voted for del-boy's answer, but I would like to go further and say that if your goals are to (1) have fun, (2) learn a new language, and (3) write your own game, then Python is a slam-dunk, no-brainer, awesome choice to achieve all three. The language excels at all the things you seem to be looking for (se...	0	823	0	2	2010-05-13T01:45:00.000	python,oop	Idea for a small project, should I use Python?	4	4	2,824,090	1
0	0	I have a project idea, but unsure if using Python would be a good idea. Firstly, I'm a C++ and C# developer with some SQL experience. My day job is C++. I have a project idea i'd like to create and was considering developing it in a language I don't know. Python seems to be popular and has piqued my interests. I de...	false	2,823,983	0.049958	0	1	Well, if you do C++/C#, I'd say go for it - I personally love C++ because it is (in my opinion) self-intuitive and easy. The 'grammar' of Python doesn't make much sense. Plus, if you already know another language, why learn Python for fun? I mean, if you want to create a simple project for fun, it's really not worth it...	0	823	0	2	2010-05-13T01:45:00.000	python,oop	Idea for a small project, should I use Python?	4	4	2,824,020	1
0	0	I have a project idea, but unsure if using Python would be a good idea. Firstly, I'm a C++ and C# developer with some SQL experience. My day job is C++. I have a project idea i'd like to create and was considering developing it in a language I don't know. Python seems to be popular and has piqued my interests. I de...	false	2,823,983	0.244919	0	5	Python seems very suitable to your purposes (e.g., pygame and other popular third party extensions make it easy to achieve nice graphics, and you can also choose curses for structured textual I/O, etc) with the single exception of what you probably mean by "strongly typed". Python is strongly typed (there is no way you...	0	823	0	2	2010-05-13T01:45:00.000	python,oop	Idea for a small project, should I use Python?	4	4	2,824,031	1
0	0	How do i add SOCKS support to my application? and where can i get the libs? any help appreciated thanks	false	2,829,637	-0.291313	0	-3	VC++ has extensive support if you want to try on Windows. Google "Windows sockets for beginners msdn", great info for windows sockets... If linux, try C sockets by beej... Just google beej's guide for sockets...	0	867	0	2	2010-05-13T19:21:00.000	c++,python,c,perl,socks	SOCKS in C/C++ or another language?	1	2	2,829,664	1
0	0	I'm using the wxWizard widget in wxPython. Is there any way I could change the text of the next button on a page? Can i change the visibility of the navigation buttons on any page? Can I enable/disable the navigation buttons? I tried looking for answers to these questions on the wxPython site but it doesn't seem to be ...	false	2,829,993	0	0	0	Use wx.FindWindowById(wx.ID_FORWARD) this will return a wxWindow object representing the Next button. Call methods on it. e.g. wx.FindWindowById(wx.ID_FORWARD).disable() would disable the Next Button.	0	211	0	0	2010-05-13T20:17:00.000	python,wxpython	Access properties of navigation buttons in wxPython's wxWizard	1	1	5,441,284	1
0	0	I have a simple gtk.TreeView with a gtk.ListStore model and set_reorderable(True), I want to catch the signal/event emited when the user reorder through drag&drop the list, but the documentation does not help much: "The application can listen to these changes by connecting to the model's signals" So I tried to connect...	true	2,831,779	1.2	0	3	There is no way to do that in PyGTK currently. "rows-reordered" is the correct signal, but it is impossible to derive any information from it in PyGTK other than "somehow reordered". In C GTK+ you could use the same signal and get the required information in callback, but not in Python.	0	1,654	0	1	2010-05-14T04:10:00.000	python,gtk,pygtk,gtktreeview	Catch PyGTK TreeView reorder	1	2	2,835,863	1
0	0	I was working on a program,that I need to support new additions. Hmmm. Let me give you some background on the program. It is an educational software program that has quizzes for the user to take, just to gain odd knowledge. Now, It currently supports 6 subjects, all organized with directores on the HDD ( i.e. the Scien...	true	2,853,708	1.2	0	0	You can add buttons dynamically just fine, nothing is forcing you into the listbox. That said, I don't know why you care so much about "prettiness" since you're using Tkinter, which is very ugly by default.	1	72	0	1	2010-05-17T23:42:00.000	python,tkinter	Automatically support new changes with Python	1	1	2,853,858	1
0	0	How do I randomly add buttons to a Tkinter GUI? I need it to be able to create a button, then put it anywhere on the window, is this possible? I am using Python 2.6 on Windows.	false	2,853,933	0	0	0	There are several options to choose from. For example, you could design on a grid where you have six buttons per row. Then it's just a matter of starting at row 0, incrementing the column for each button. When you get to the last column, reset the column to 0 and increment the row by one. Another option is to use a tex...	0	1,244	0	0	2010-05-18T00:40:00.000	python,windows,random,tkinter,button	Randomly add buttons to Tkinter GUI?	1	2	2,864,899	1
0	0	I am trying to write an app in python to control a motor using serial. This all works in a CLI situation fine and is generally stable. but I was wondering how simple it was to add a GUI on top of this code base? I assume there will be more code, but is there a simple way of detecting something like GTK, so it only appl...	false	2,857,634	0	0	0	I don't recommend doing a GUI in XML. All the XML does is give you a mini language for describing a layout. Why use a mini language when you can have the full power of python? As for detecting GTK, I wouldn't suggest that. Instead, add a command line argument to determine whether to create a GUI or not (eg: myprogram -...	0	1,570	0	2	2010-05-18T13:24:00.000	python,xml,user-interface,gtk,glade	How can I create a GUI on top of a Python APP so it can do either GUI or CLI?	1	4	2,857,711	1
0	0	I'm doing a little program and I want to distribute it using this recipe: single directory with __main__.py in it zip this directory and adding a shebang on it #!/usr/bin/env python making it executable The problem is that in this package I have also extra files (I'm using pygtk toolkit and I need images and ui xml f...	true	2,859,413	1.2	0	8	I figured out by myself, It's sufficient to use pkgutil.get_data to access the data inside a package.	0	2,816	0	4	2010-05-18T17:06:00.000	python,packaging,zipapp	Distributing an executable zip file with __main__.py, how to access extra data?	1	1	2,861,524	1
1	0	I am about to begin a project where I will likely use PyQt or Pyside. I will need to interface with a buggy 3rd party piece of server software that provides C++ and Java APIs. The Java APIs are a lot easier to use because you get Exceptions where with the C++ libraries you get segfaults. Also, the Python bindings to ...	false	2,860,650	0	0	0	If the criteria is not reinventing the wheel, there is the SimpleXMLRPCServer and xmlrpclib modules available in the standard library. They should work in Jython too.	0	1,047	0	3	2010-05-18T19:58:00.000	python,qt,pyqt,process,jython	Integrating Jython Cpython	1	2	2,861,467	1
0	0	Just curious if anyone knows of good sites for learning and understanding PyGame. I've programmed a bunch in Python, so I'm well-equipped with that. Just curious if anyone knows a good site or more for learning PyGame. Thanks for any help!	false	2,865,003	0	0	0	No one has mentioned this yet as a source of games written in pygame, but check out www.pyweek.org - it's a week-long programming competition featuring games built in python. In many cases they use pygame, though there are other libs such as pyglet and opengl that are used.	0	7,938	0	13	2010-05-19T11:25:00.000	python,pygame	Best resources for learning PyGame?	1	7	2,897,004	1
0	0	I'm using cx_Freeze to freeze my python program. On running cx_Freeze, a bunch of PYD files are created, a whole bunch of PYC files are put into a archive named library.zip and a few DLL files are there too. Could someone tell me the difference between the PYC and the PYD files? What's the reason for the PYD files not ...	true	2,875,530	1.2	0	6	Disclaimer: I haven't used cx_Freeze in awhile...... .PYD files are DLL machine-code files that contain specific python-required functions. .PYC files are .py files that have been compiled into bytecode. so PYDs are machine code and PYCs are bytecode Now as for why the PYDs aren't in the .zip....I'd imagine it's becau...	1	3,772	0	3	2010-05-20T15:55:00.000	python,cx-freeze	cx_Freeze and PYC/PYD files	1	1	2,875,948	1
0	0	I'm developing a Python application using wxPython and freezing it using cxFreeze. All seems to be going fine apart from this following bit: When I run the executable created by cxFreeze, a blank console window pops up. I don't want to show it. Is there any way I could hide it? It doesn't seem to be documented on the ...	false	2,880,316	0.148885	0	3	If you're using Windows, you could rename your "main" script's extension (that launches the app) to .pyw	0	18,074	1	31	2010-05-21T07:37:00.000	python,wxpython,cx-freeze	How can I hide the console window when freezing wxPython applications with cxFreeze?	1	4	2,881,979	1

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