What is Pyxel:
Pyxel is a python library that provides a dynamic, interactive, highly
portable, graphical environment. It makes diagrams and widgets
look identical in whatever underlying environment it supports.
News
Download
This is the latest version of pyxel-0.6.zip
(GPL)
This is an older library that Pyxel was based on - OGLlike.py (public domain)
Screenshots
This is a demo screen
A generated raster
Some slider widgets
A button
Some shapes
Widgets
Widgets are shapes or collections of shapes that you can interact with
using the mouse or the keyboard. Any shape can be widgetized, and
any widget can be de-widgetized. For example, Pyxel allows a
button to be temporarily given the ability to be moved via a mouse left
drag. Then you can re-bind the button to its normal
functionality. Or you can assign a generic shape to act as a
button.
Bugs You know how it
is. Pyxel is in alpha stage. Some things are bugs, some
things are features. I just have not decided which are which.
FAQ
What is Pyxel?
Pyxel is a python library that provides a dynamic, interactive, highly
portable, graphical environment.
Why do we need another GUI library?
There are a ton of GUI libraries out there, and Python has bindings to
a lot of them. You may think that sounds like a good reason not to make another GUI
library. However, Pyxel allows you to make widgets that are
portable between different libraries without changing any code.
If you make a cool slider widget for pygame it will work just as well
and look
identical when you use it in a wxPython application.
Libraries like wxPython and Tkinter
have a full compliment of widgets already. Why do we need more?
First let me say that Pyxel widgets are not meant to replace any
library's widget set. They are only there to suppliment
them and provide portability between libraries. If you want your
widget to be 100% portable to any other
pyxel-supported library, make a Pyxel widgets. If you don't care,
by
all means use the native widgets. They will most likely be faster.
Pyxel development will be primarily concerned with creating super cool
plottings
widgets and neat-o block diagram things. But I am already
creating more conventional widgets to suppliment Pyxel's potential.
It can't be that hard to go from one
GUI library to another, why not just port your widgets to the other
library?
It is a giant pain in the a**. Then when you are done, you have
to maintain two or more copies of the same widget. And they never
end up looking the same. With pyxel write the widget, then
use it in a wxPython project at work, use it at home with pygame, or
send it to a friend who is using Tkinter.
What libraries does Pyxel currently
support?
Windows
Linux
wxPython
OK
OK
Pygame
OK
Not Tested
Tkinter
In
Development
In
Development
What libraries will it support in the
future?
I would like to see it run on top of the following:
Mozilla - It would be great if python/pyxel
could create interactive graphics using Mozilla
GTK
QT
Xlib
SDL (without pygame)
I also would like to get non-interactive
functionality for:
postscript output
pdf output
svg output
My display does not look like
yours. What's up?
Chances are the problem lies in the way Pyxel addresses fonts. I
need to expand this section to describe how pyxel generates it's font
resources. For now I am afraid my best advice is to look at the
code.
Pyxel is awesome. I want to use
it for everything!!!
Thanks! However, Pyxel is probably slower than most GUI
libraries.
Pyxel is in an early state of development. While I am happy with
the library framework, there could be some major changes.
Credits
Developers
Erik Lechak - I am the only one
here now.
Financial
Contributors
Landrum and Brown, inc. - Thank you for
the
support.
Thank you to the maintainers and contributors of the
FAQ for comp.graphics.algorithms
