XML GUI

[py]

Looking for information on creating a GUI using a configuration file
(like an XML file or something). Also, how do you map actions (button
clicks, menu selections, etc) to the XML?

Any other suggestions for building GUI's for Python projects...even
Jython.

Thanks

[dakman@gmail.com]

Re: XML GUI

I had to do something like this for a project I was working on a while
ago, it was a program based on alota plugins that would use a config
file that looked sorta like an Xorg configuration, it seemed kinda hard
at the time but it's acctually pretty fun and easy, the hard part is
functionality you wanna make sure that you have everything planed out
before tackling this, as for bindings and whatnot all I did was type
the method I want to call in the config, and then I would use eval() to
call it up, kinda sloppy but it worked fine.

[kyriakos]

Re: XML GUI

if gtk is your toolkit of choice (using pygtk) you can design your user
interface in glade (which saves it as an xml file) and then load it
during runtime using libglade

for more information check pygtk.org
iand the faq http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=all (-->
especially section 22 - libglade)

[py]

Re: XML GUI

how about wxPython? I am interested in something that will look native
on various operating systems (win, mac, *nix).

any good tutorial on using wxPython with XML?

[dcrespo]

Re: XML GUI

https://www.wxpython.org

Look for the Docs and examples file. It has a full list of interesting
examples, including the way for loading GUIs from xrc files. The xrc
files can be generated from DialogBlocks, XRCEditor, wxDesigner.

Daniel

[Juergen Kareta]

Re: XML GUI

py schrieb:[color=blue]
> how about wxPython? I am interested in something that will look native
> on various operating systems (win, mac, *nix).
>
> any good tutorial on using wxPython with XML?
>[/color]
look at

http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/UsingXmlResources

[Brendan]

Re: XML GUI


py wrote:[color=blue]
> how about wxPython? I am interested in something that will look native
> on various operating systems (win, mac, *nix).
>
> any good tutorial on using wxPython with XML?[/color]

The wxPython distribution comes with XRCed, which is a graphical
gui-builder that serializes to XRC (wxWidgets XML syntax).

(I'm assuming you just want to use XML to describe the gui. If you
want to define your own xml syntax, then you'll have to wait for
someone more experienced than me for help. There are several packages
for using cusom XML. You can start here:
http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm)

Brendan

[py]

Re: XML GUI

wxPython sounds like it might be the ticket...especi ally with the XRC
files.

I plan on defining the GUI via XML, and actions in my python app.

Thanks

[jmdeschamps@gmail.com]

Re: XML GUI


Brendan wrote:[color=blue]
> py wrote:[color=green]
> > how about wxPython? I am interested in something that will look native
> > on various operating systems (win, mac, *nix).
> >
> > any good tutorial on using wxPython with XML?[/color]
>
> The wxPython distribution comes with XRCed, which is a graphical
> gui-builder that serializes to XRC (wxWidgets XML syntax).
>
> (I'm assuming you just want to use XML to describe the gui. If you
> want to define your own xml syntax, then you'll have to wait for
> someone more experienced than me for help. There are several packages
> for using cusom XML. You can start here:
> http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm)
>
> Brendan[/color]

And you can check this effbot page, for a XML to GUI example.!
See "more stupid element tricks: generating tkinter user interfaces
from xml, part 1 " at

http://online.effbot.org/2003_08_01_archive.htm

Good luck!

[William Park]

Re: XML GUI

py <codecraig@gmai l.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Looking for information on creating a GUI using a configuration file
> (like an XML file or something). Also, how do you map actions (button
> clicks, menu selections, etc) to the XML?
>
> Any other suggestions for building GUI's for Python projects...even
> Jython.[/color]

If you're talking about simple "dialog" thing, where you ask question
and users respond, then take a look at

http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/index.html#gtk

Also, you may want to look at Glade which spits out the layout in XML.

But, for more intricate to-and-fro, use C and GTK+2. :-)

--
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[Jarek Zgoda]

Re: XML GUI

py napisa³(a):
[color=blue]
> Looking for information on creating a GUI using a configuration file
> (like an XML file or something). Also, how do you map actions (button
> clicks, menu selections, etc) to the XML?[/color]

Depending on GUI toolkit, you will have a range of choices: Glade for
GTK, XRC for wxPython, Qt dialog editor also produces XML files with UI
description. Each of these toolkits has its own way to process GUI events.

--
Jarek Zgoda

http://jpa.berlios.de/