[pygtk] pygobject documentation ?
Jérôme
jerome at jolimont.fr
Tue Jan 10 22:42:26 WST 2012
Hi all.
I started python and pygtk recently (a few weeks).
For that I used
Python 2.7 documentation
http://docs.python.org/
python GTK2.0 tutorial
http://pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html
Then, I decided to switch to pygobject. Two reasons for that :
* The advice on pygtk.org : "New users wishing to develop Python applications
using GTK+ are recommended to use the GObject-Introspection features
available in PyGObject."
* The fact that glade, that I wanted to use as well, now (from version 3.10)
only supports GTK3 (or so I understand).
The resources I use are now referenced here : https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject
* The tutorial :
http://readthedocs.org/docs/python-gtk-3-tutorial/en/latest/index.html
* A partial doc I don't really use :
http://people.gnome.org/~johnp/girdocsalpha/Gtk/
* Examples I just discovered :
http://developer.gnome.org/gnome-devel-demos/stable/
The most annoying is that I often find myself having to deal with the GTK3
reference manual : http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/ and guess what the
python code corresponding to the C code can be.
Some adaptations are trivial, like from
void gtk_window_set_title (GtkWindow *window,
const gchar *title);
to
Gtk.Window.window.set_title(string)
But it is sometimes hard to just guess the name of python constants from C
constants.
Like from GTK_WINDOW_POPUP to Gtk.WindowType.POPUP, for instance.
Is there any document indicating generic recipes to do the translation, or do
I just need to pull my hair a little more time until I can "feel" that ?
Is there any other document I could use ?
Was GTK3 actually too bleeding edge for a beginner ?
More generally, what approach would you suggest ?
Thanks for your feedback.
--
Jérôme
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