[PyQt] SIPping Wt

[Phil Thompson]

On 04-03-2014 5:14 am, Jason H wrote:
> Yes, Wt. Wt is a Qt-spin off for the Web. It follows classic Qt 
> widget
> approach, but for the web. In fact it is a almost identical API. (the
> biggest differences are that classes start with 'W' not 'Q'. The 
> other
> major difference is it uses boost.
>
> I am wondering how hard it would be to get a Python version of Wt
> going? I asked about it on the Wt list and there was a brief effort 
> to
> write a script, but then I mentioned SIP and nothing happened. The Qt
> toolkit come sin Ruby, Java and C++ varieties, and while it is
> possible to use it over Jython, there are so many layers there. I'd
> love a CPython or PyPy version.
>
> I'm wondering how much work it would be to do the SIP work?

If the APIs are really so close then just take PyQt and hack at things 
until something works. Taking a few classes from QtCore should be enough 
to give an idea of how complicated it would be.

Phil