[pygame] wxPython and cleaning up pygame threads

2009-12-18 Thread Mark Reed
Hey guys, I'm running a pygame thread in my wxPython app. If I try to run the pygame thread a second time I get an error when I try to font.render - "Text has zero width" ... A search tells me that this can happen since font.render is not thread safe, but I've killed the previous thread. If I don'

Re: [pygame] Masks?

2009-12-18 Thread B W
Try http://www.pygame.org/wiki/FastPixelPerfect?parent=CookBook Use the utilities to generate a mask that corresponds to each image (frame). When you swap an image into the sprite object, also swap in its mask. Then when you test the collision your masks will be used. Gumm On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 a

Re: [pygame] pygame.org project editing docs?

2009-12-18 Thread B W
Ha. Life just got good. Thanks. bw On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Timothy Baldock wrote: > It's just HTML :)

Re: [pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread Olof Bjarnason
2009/12/18 Olof Bjarnason : > 2009/12/18 Thadeus Burgess : >> I don't think I could live without the plethora of libraries available to >> python :) >> >> What about playdeb.net / getdeb.net? > > Thanks for the links! > >> >> Wouldn't it be easier if we packaged games for the OS package manager ? >

Re: [pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread Olof Bjarnason
2009/12/18 Thadeus Burgess : > I don't think I could live without the plethora of libraries available to > python :) > > What about playdeb.net / getdeb.net? Thanks for the links! > > Wouldn't it be easier if we packaged games for the OS package manager ? > > deb and apt-get can handle any needed

Re: [pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread Thadeus Burgess
I don't think I could live without the plethora of libraries available to python :) What about playdeb.net / getdeb.net? Wouldn't it be easier if we packaged games for the OS package manager ? deb and apt-get can handle any needed dependences automatically. Then perhaps all that would be needed

[pygame] Improving documentation

2009-12-18 Thread jug
Hello! Some months ago, there was a discussion about the documentation system of pygame (and it's output), but without any results. Some say its ugly (like the website), some say its a bit unclear, some may like it. Some parts could definitively be improved. Then, there is this comment system

Re: [pygame] pygame.org project editing docs?

2009-12-18 Thread Timothy Baldock
It's just HTML :) B W wrote: Hey yous. Editing my projects, looking for basic editing so I get get something a little more elegant than a run-on paragraph. Can't find anything on pygame.org that looks like docs for the markup. Would some helpful person provide a link, please? Thanks in advance.

[pygame] pygame.org project editing docs?

2009-12-18 Thread B W
Hey yous. Editing my projects, looking for basic editing so I get get something a little more elegant than a run-on paragraph. Can't find anything on pygame.org that looks like docs for the markup. Would some helpful person provide a link, please? Thanks in advance. bw

Re: [pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread Olof Bjarnason
2009/12/18 jug : > Hi Olof, > > Olof Bjarnason wrote: >> >> I have this crazy idea of making a "pygame community platform" to make >> distributing/finding/testing/installing pygames simpler. >> > > Interesting idea. > >> For end users, it would be a program to install, maybe called >> something lik

Re: [pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread jug
Hi Olof, Olof Bjarnason wrote: I have this crazy idea of making a "pygame community platform" to make distributing/finding/testing/installing pygames simpler. Interesting idea. For end users, it would be a program to install, maybe called something like "PygamePlatform". It would provide a

[pygame] Pygame community platform?

2009-12-18 Thread Olof Bjarnason
I have this crazy idea of making a "pygame community platform" to make distributing/finding/testing/installing pygames simpler. For end users, it would be a program to install, maybe called something like "PygamePlatform". It would provide a graphical user interface, for the ubuntu platform to beg