[Clipart] Fwd: Re: resurrecting the clipart browser project

Jon Phillips jon at rejon.org
Sat Nov 29 20:15:52 PST 2008


Oh, you should announce this project on the inkscape lists too...I think
people will be quite interested in it as well!

Jon

On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 20:25 +0000, enzoaeneas at gmail.com wrote:
> So far I have checked out pyGTK (with Cairo) and wxPython (with
> wxSVG). They are about even among interested parties so far, but
> voting is still open.
> Other possibilities include pyQt (with QtSVG) and Mozilla Gecko (SVG
> support is built-in, has python bindings) 
> 
> I like Martin Owens' idea of creating a library capable of being
> integrated into other projects, so I am looking at separating the
> application into these logical parts:
> 
> 1. OCAL repository abstraction (local and remote)
> 2. Interface/contract for UI 
> 3. Implement UI using different GUI toolkits, starting with voted
> favorite.
> 4. Implement command line renderer (for software that does not have
> python integration).
> 
> 
> The Google code project (http://code.google.com/p/ocal-browser/)
> has a Google Group now:
> http://groups.google.com/group/ocal-browser-discuss/topics
> 
> Join and contribute if you have ideas or comments. 
> 
> --Kevin
> On Nov 26, 2008 8:45am, EnzoAeneas <enzoaeneas at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since I do not have a mac myself, would anyone be willing to test my
> > 
> > code on the one?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Also, I'd like to put the choice of initial GUI toolkit to a vote. I
> > 
> > will be prototyping over the next few days, but I can finalize after
> > 
> > voting. Let's say we tally them up on Sunday.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > My requirements are built-in SVG support or available through a GPL
> or
> > 
> > LGPL compatible third party library, but I would still like to use
> > 
> > python as the primary language, if only for my own edification.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --Kevin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Tobias Jakobs
> > 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 26.11.2008, 13:14 +0000 schrieb
> enzoaeneas at gmail.com:
> > 
> > >>
> > 
> > >> > How well is gtk working with Mac OSX?
> > 
> > >>
> > 
> > >  It works via X11, but Imendio AB is activ porting it to Mac OS X
> > 
> > > natively. [1]
> > 
> > >
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > 
> > > Tobias
> > 
> > >
> > 
> > > [1] http://developer.imendio.com/projects/gtk-macosx
> > 
> > >
> > 
> > >
> >
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