Re: [pygtk] anyone using pygtk for windows?

[Jarek Zgoda]

> i have been writing in pygtk for over a year, but now i have a new
> challenge. i need to write a gui app for windows. This will be an
> admin form that will allow a distributer to update a database.
> Well, we have three distributors, none have any experience in
> linux, so i need to write this for windows.
> My question is, can this be done ? will a pygtk app run on windows
> if they install gtk libs and python ? if so, are there any gotchas
> i might need to be aware of ? lastly, is this going to be a major
> ordeal ? i have most of the code written for linux, and could
> translate easier than start from scratch. But, if it is going to be
> too big a hassle, i suppose i could avail myself to learn wxWidgets

PyGTK applications run fine on Windows and the rumours on instability are gratly exagerated (in fact, nothing runs stable on Windows). During last 2 years I developed my PyGTK app on Windows, because I had only intermittent access to Linux machine. The only drawback is somewhat ugly look on unstyled Windows (i.e. on W2k), but things get much better with PyGTK 2.10.x.

Distribution might be a bit of hassle, but people from Gajim project (http://www.gajim.org/) do this succesfully, so it's perfectly possible.

Cheers
Jarek Zgoda