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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have to say that we really haven't had any trouble with installation issues yet. We can package things up using McMillan's Installer and install the package into a directory on the target system. The package includes all the Python code, main executable and all the shared libraries including Qt. The end-user doesn't have to compile Qt. Makes life easier all around...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>- Peter</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Konrad Hinsen [<A HREF="mailto:hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr">mailto:hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:47 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: ken@perfect-image.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: pykde@mats.gmd.de</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [PyKDE] Kudos and Questions from a New Convert</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Ken Godee" <ken@perfect-image.com> writes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> programing to end results. I personally don't know why anyone would </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> use any other python gui combo! wx,gtk,tk etc. (except for lic.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> issues) and I definitely posted this on the python list as well!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I completely agree with you about the power of PyQt, but I can give a reason why I probably won't use it for any of my "mainstream" code in the near future: installation. If my code uses PyQt, then every user must install Qt and PyQt, both of which are not entirely trivial and require a C++ compiler, which not everybody has. Moreoever, compatibility between versions is not perfect, not all code for Qt 2 works with Qt 3. For any supported code, I'd rather avoid the resulting support overhead and stick with Tk.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > (6) Regarding the online book on PyQt development, is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > it available in an easily dowloadable form somewhere?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I'd like to print it out and read it at leisure rather</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > than staring at the screen all day!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You can use wget to download the HTML code. I keep it on my Zaurus for on-the-road-programming :-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Konrad.</FONT>
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