[PyKDE] Still fighting to have PyQt working

[Boudewijn Rempt]

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On Sunday 18 November 2001 12:51, Luca Fini wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I like the "all source" solution you suggest.
>

Well, it's just as intermediate way of getting things to work - to determine
whether it is at all possible on your installation.

> My problem is actually to evaluate the best GUI building package to choose
> for a new software project. I've experimented a bit with Tkinter, but then
> reading around I got the opinion that PyQt was a good alternative. Now I
> know that Tkinter has at least one advantage: it is well integrated in
> standard python distributions and comes whit them already working. This
> may be not a key issue for a big project where you have manpower to do
> also some installation and "software tuning" work, but it is an issue. The
> fact that PyQt is not so easy to set up might indicate a stage of
> development not yet very stable.
>

The actual toolkit is very stable, and the bindings are quite good. It's 
only Phil's preview releases that segfault for me. If you are unsure about
support for Qt 2.x, you might want to concentrate on Qt 3. I guess that by
February nobody will be using Qt 2.x anymore, because KDE will demand Qt 3
by that time.

You might also want to invest in BlackAdder, if easy distributability is
an issue. I think that would be easier to get up and running, and make
distributing your apps easier, too.

> Anyway your suggestion is very valuable and I'll continue to try for a bit
> more.
>
Good luck!

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