Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
"W. eWatson" wrote: > >I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi >version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? Well, there's a subtle point that gives me an opportunity to point out a lesser-known "feature" of the NT-based systems (XP, Vista, etc). The core Win32 APIs on the NT-based systems are all Unicode. When you call an ANSI API, the system converts all of your ANSI strings to Unicode, then calls the Unicode API, then converts any output strings back to ANSI. So, there is, actually, a (small) performance advantage in using the Unicode APIs instead of the ANSI APIs. Unless you need your wx programs to run on Windows 98, I recommend you use the Unicode version of wxPython. -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
Mike Driscoll wrote: On Feb 19, 11:29 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: W. eWatson wrote: eric_dex...@msn.com wrote: On Feb 19, 8:22 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: There is a good chance you don't care... I think the other is for internationalization... best to look.. It would be easier to answer the question if you said what you are going to do with it, and who needed to use your software. It's even possible that you might want to try pygame depending on what you want to use it for and who the audience is (and how good thier computers are) http://pypi.python.org/simple/Dex%20Tracker/ Thanks. I think I'll take the chance. Somewhat simple programming. Off I go to install it. It can always be un-installed. Well, that was an interesting experience. It appears to have recompiled a lot of stuff, and probably some libraries. IDLE is still with me as the way to open py files. Apparently, if I want to get around IDLE, I may have to install some other editor. -- W. eWatson The compiling you are referring to is just making the py files into pyc files. This is normal and is a speed improvement. In fact, a lot of the scripts you write will create a pyc file when first run. In other words, wxPython does not affect your Python install in any way other than making itself available as a 3rd party package (i.e. adding itself to the path), just like any other good 3rd party package. I'm not sure why you're even talking about IDLE...wxPython is a GUI toolkit, not an IDE. Mike Thanks. Yes, I finally discovered that the need here was not what I wanted afterall. Un-installed now. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
On Feb 19, 11:29 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: > W. eWatson wrote: > > eric_dex...@msn.com wrote: > >> On Feb 19, 8:22 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: > >>> I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi > >>> version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? > >>> -- > >>> W. eWatson > > >>> (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > >>> Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > >>> Web Page: > > >> There is a good chance you don't care... I think the other is for > >> internationalization... best to look.. It would be easier to answer > >> the question if you said what you are going to do with it, and who > >> needed to use your software. It's even possible that you might want > >> to try pygame depending on what you want to use it for and who the > >> audience is (and how good thier computers are) > > >>http://pypi.python.org/simple/Dex%20Tracker/ > > Thanks. I think I'll take the chance. Somewhat simple programming. > > Off I go to install it. It can always be un-installed. > > Well, that was an interesting experience. It appears to have recompiled a > lot of stuff, and probably some libraries. IDLE is still with me as the way > to open py files. Apparently, if I want to get around IDLE, I may have to > install some other editor. > > -- > W. eWatson > The compiling you are referring to is just making the py files into pyc files. This is normal and is a speed improvement. In fact, a lot of the scripts you write will create a pyc file when first run. In other words, wxPython does not affect your Python install in any way other than making itself available as a 3rd party package (i.e. adding itself to the path), just like any other good 3rd party package. I'm not sure why you're even talking about IDLE...wxPython is a GUI toolkit, not an IDE. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
W. eWatson wrote: eric_dex...@msn.com wrote: On Feb 19, 8:22 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: There is a good chance you don't care... I think the other is for internationalization... best to look.. It would be easier to answer the question if you said what you are going to do with it, and who needed to use your software. It's even possible that you might want to try pygame depending on what you want to use it for and who the audience is (and how good thier computers are) http://pypi.python.org/simple/Dex%20Tracker/ Thanks. I think I'll take the chance. Somewhat simple programming. Off I go to install it. It can always be un-installed. Well, that was an interesting experience. It appears to have recompiled a lot of stuff, and probably some libraries. IDLE is still with me as the way to open py files. Apparently, if I want to get around IDLE, I may have to install some other editor. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
eric_dex...@msn.com wrote: On Feb 19, 8:22 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: There is a good chance you don't care... I think the other is for internationalization... best to look.. It would be easier to answer the question if you said what you are going to do with it, and who needed to use your software. It's even possible that you might want to try pygame depending on what you want to use it for and who the audience is (and how good thier computers are) http://pypi.python.org/simple/Dex%20Tracker/ Thanks. I think I'll take the chance. Somewhat simple programming. Off I go to install it. It can always be un-installed. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Which Version of wxPython for Win XP
On Feb 19, 8:22 am, "W. eWatson" wrote: > I'm going to try out wxPython 2.8.92 for py25. It seems like the ansi > version is the choice for me. The other choice has unicode. Do I care? > -- > W. eWatson > > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > Web Page: There is a good chance you don't care... I think the other is for internationalization... best to look.. It would be easier to answer the question if you said what you are going to do with it, and who needed to use your software. It's even possible that you might want to try pygame depending on what you want to use it for and who the audience is (and how good thier computers are) http://pypi.python.org/simple/Dex%20Tracker/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list