[PyQt] Get platform?

[Philippe Crave]

maybe something from the platform module ?
http://docs.python.org/library/platform.html

platform.system()
Returns the system/OS name, e.g. 'Linux', 'Windows', or 'Java'. An
empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.


2011/2/16 Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj at urpla.net>
>
> On Tuesday 15 February 2011, 17:57:01 mw wrote:
> > import os
> > os.name
> >
> > http://docs.python.org/library/os.html
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:51 AM, todd rme <toddrme2178 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Is there any way inside pyqt, or in python, to determine what
> > > platform you are using?  Specifically, I want to know if the widget
> > > is done in x11.  I don't think I can check for x11 environment
> > > variables since I at least think mac can have x11 installed without
> > > using it for Qt.  I need to know if the actual pyqt4 window is
> > > using X11.
>
> Just try to instantiate e.g. QtGui.QX11Info(), it will throw an
> NameError exception, if this platform isn't X11 aware. This call will
> succeed even if X isn't running, btw. You might check that with
> QtGui.QX11Info.appRootWindow().
>
> This procedure will fail, it somebody builds PyQt with a X11 disabled
> Qt, but that's pretty unlikely..
>
> Pete
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