[pygtk] MDI-ish interface?

[John Pye]

Hi there

I reckon you want to take a snoop about in the sources for Gaphor. That 
will be good from the 'drawing between' aspects as well as for moving 
widgets around on a 'canvas'.
http://gaphor.sourceforge.net/

Cheers
JP

Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
> Hello Folks :)
>
> I'm just learning pygtk as it appears somewhat more flexible than 
> wxpython (which I've used before with great success, let that be noted).
>
> Now I need something like an MDI-style interface; neednt be toplevel 
> windows inside a toplevel window, but at least normal widgets in a 
> toplevel window that can be freely moved, arranged and (very 
> importantly) drawn between.
>
> I'm basically going for a topic map style application (think of an 
> inbetween of the Literary Machine and cmaptools), but let me stress: 
> little graphics boxes with text are not good enough; I need boxes that 
> can hold all the plethora of widgets pygtk has to offer.
>
> I've looked at the Layout widget ... but I'm not nearly versed enough 
> in pygtk yet , so I dont know if thats the way to go. And what are 
> sockets and plugs about?
>
> so many questions ...
> :)
> hope you have some advice
> wildemar
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