Re: Sizers for PythonCard

Alex Tweedly <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.pythoncard
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hugh Kernohan wrote:
> I found PythonCard some time ago while looking for a way to write 'real 
> programmes' for Windows.  Its simplicity and logical structure appealed 
> to me.  Through it I have learnt a huge amount about both Python and 
> wxWidgets.  In particular the ability to adapt, amend and extend the 
> tools is very satisfying.
>
> Like others I found the inability to use sizers easily was a drawback.  
> Not so much of a drawback as to make me want to learn C++ and code in 
> wxWidgets, or to give up PythonCard, but at the same time I objected to 
> mixing programmatic generation of sizers into my code - it is also a 
> hard way to learn.
>
> Inspiration for a solution came with Alex Tweedly's simplesizer and I 
> set off with the aim of making sizers work for PythonCard while 
> maintaining what seem to be its two key characteristics:  the separation 
> of layout and processing, and the use of visual drag-and-drop tools for 
> layout.  A secondary aim was to develop the routines in a way which did 
> not break existing tools or code.
>
>   
That sounds great !
> I now have something which is firmly an alpha version and a work in 
> progress, but it does work in several regards.  I'd be happy to share my 
> code for comment and improvement but the mailing list rejected the zip 
> file (even if it was only 106Kb).  So I'd be glad if someone could 
> explain how to get round that.
>
>   
No easy way to get around it (as far as I know). Best thing is to put 
your code on a web-site from where anyone interested can download it and 
try it out. If you don't have a suitable place, feel free to email it 
direct to me ([email protected]) and I'll put it on my site for downloads.

(And I'll give it a good try-out, and look over the code, etc. :-)

Thank you.

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Alex Tweedly      mailto:[email protected]      www.tweedly.net

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