Re: Experimental Mac Installer on vpython.org, (and linux setup.py ready for testing)

Hi,

I'm new to vPython but I'll be giving this a go.

I've noticed that my vPython app runs much quicker on windows under the 64
python compared to 32 so I'm eager to get the mac 64 bit version to work.

Thanks for the amazing bit of programming.


Marc Beaumont
Senior IT Support Engineer
Aircraft Research Association
Tel: (01234) 324683
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 15 January 2013 04:10
To: Steve Spicklemire
Cc: vpusers users
Subject: Re: [Visualpython-users] Experimental Mac Installer on vpython.org,
(and linux setup.py ready for testing)

Hello Steve,

Fantastic news, I will try it today...

Best wishes,

Dan


On 15 Jan 2013, at 09:26, Steve Spicklemire <steve-/3wgw/[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi VPython Mac/Linux Users,
> 
> First mac folks...
> 
> If you're a brave soul, interested in testing the first experimental
release of Visual Python for Macintosh you can get it here:
> 
> <http://vpython.org/contents/download_mac.html>
> 
> (See the paragraph: Experimental VPython based on the cross-platform 
> library wxPython. First, download and install Python-2.7.3, then 
> install Experimental VPython 6.01. See the documentation included with 
> this VPython for a change in VPython: you must include a rate 
> statement in animation loops.)
> 
> Links are there for both the Python and VPython downloads.
> 
> Here are more details, slightly modified from Bruce's Windows announcement
of 12-26-2012:
> 
> On the Macintosh download page at vpython.org is an experimental VPython
based on the cross-platform library wxPython. It requires the python.org
universal (32 and 64-bit version of Python 2.7, link provided).
> 
> Like the windows version, this experimental version differs from the older
VPython (5.74 and before) by eliminating nearly all platform-dependent code
and by eliminating the threading associated with rendering. This makes it
possible for the first time to run on 64-bit Python on the Mac and will
simplify maintenance and further development of VPython. It is also likely
to make possible adding standard buttons, menus, etc. to a window that
contains a VPython scene. 
> 
> The new version makes one essential change to the syntax of VPython
programs. Now, an animation loop MUST contain a rate statement, which limits
the number of loop iterations per second as before but also when appropriate
(about 30 times per second) updates the 3D scene and handles mouse and
keyboard events. Without a rate statement, the scene will not be updated
until and unless the loop is completed.
> 
> The heart of the user-interface code (creating windows and handling
events) is the file site-packages/visual_common/create_display.py. It is
imported by visual/__init__.py and by /vis/__init__.py; the difference is
that for convenience visual imports math and numpy, whereas vis doesn't.
> 
> Please report issues to the Github repository
https://github.com/BruceSherwood/vpython-wx, or to the VPython mailing list.
> 
> You can stop reading now, unless you are an expert mac user, or a 
> linux user and want to really push the envelope. ;-)
> 
> -----------------------
> 
> Building vpython on linux and the mac is now easier than ever! You can
find the instructions in the INSTALL.txt of the source distribution from
github. Basically, once you have dependencies installed, it's just "python
setup.py build" and "sudo python setup.py install". For the mac you'll need
Xcode.app, and source downloads of wxPython-2.9.4, boost, and so on. For
linux you can use apt-get (or equivalent) to install dependencies.
> 
> Please let us know if you choose to build it yourself and you have
success, and especially if you have failure. We want to make this as
foolproof as we can.
> 
> Finally, for mac experts: if you already have numpy/polygon/ttfquery
installed you should "customize" your install and uncheck those items.
> 
> If you already have wxPython installed, make sure it's the cocoa universal
version 2.9.4 and then "customize" and uncheck it as well.
> 
> Enjoy!
> -steve
> 
> 
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