[Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Boa Constructor for OS X available

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Kevin,

Kevin Walzer wrote:
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> I don't have any answers, I'm afraid, but I did reproduce the crash.
> 
> I wonder if Boa is trying to eval the script in the same process that
> the interpreter itself is running in. This accounts for IDLE's inability
> to run GUI code correctly--ditto for PythonIDE.
> 
> I have yet to encounter a Python editor on the Mac that does this
> gracefully. Eric3, Spe, PyOxide,and now Boa--they all crash at times,
> and sometimes all the time, when trying to eval/debug scripts.
Are people like Robin Dunn aware of this?  Or whoever works on the 
MacPython stuff?

One of these days I want to get a Mac for myself, so hopefully by then 
you chaps have figured this out :)

See you
Werner

> 
> To be perfectly honest, when it comes to the eval/debug cycle, Emacs +
> terminal is about the only thing that works for me. The IDE's are best
> for other things, such as code completion, generating the GUI
> code--wxPython is a lot more complex to write by hand than Tcl/Tk, for
> instance.
> 
> I'll keep working with Boa, though, and see if I can work with Riaan to
> come up with a solution.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kevin Walzer, PhD
> WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X
> http://www.wordtech-software.com
> http://www.kevin-walzer.com
> http://www.smallbizmac.com.
> mailto:sw at wordtech-software.com
> 
> Charles Hartman wrote:
> | That's the .dmg dist of Python 2.4.1, and the unicode .dmg dist of
> | wxPython 2.6.0.1. Here are the app and frame Boa built and crashed
> | while trying to run:
> |
> | =============================
> |
> | #Boa:Frame:Frame1
> |
> | import wx
> |
> | def create(parent):
> |     return Frame1(parent)
> |
> | [wxID_FRAME1] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(1)]
> |
> | class Frame1(wx.Frame):
> |     def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
> |         wx.Frame.__init__(self, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,  name='',
> | parent=prnt, title='Frame1', pos=(320, 177), id=wxID_FRAME1,  size=(853,
> | 473))
> |
> |     def __init__(self, parent):
> |         self._init_ctrls(parent)
> |
> | =============================
> |
> | #!/usr/bin/env python
> | #Boa:App:BoaApp
> |
> | import wx
> |
> | import TestFrame
> |
> | modules ={u'TestFrame': [1, 'Main frame of Application',
> u'TestFrame.py']}
> |
> | class BoaApp(wx.App):
> |     def OnInit(self):
> |         wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
> |         self.main = TestFrame.create(None)
> |         self.main.Show()
> |         self.SetTopWindow(self.main)
> |         return True
> |
> | def main():
> |     application = BoaApp(0)
> |     application.MainLoop()
> |
> | if __name__ == '__main__':
> |     main()
> |
> | ===================================
> |
> |
> | On Jun 17, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
> |
> | What version of wxPython/MacPython are you using? It's *very* unstable
> | under the Apple system Python and wxPython, but has worked fine for me
> | under the latest versions of Py/wxPy.
> |
> | Cheers,
> |
> | Kevin Walzer, PhD
> | WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X
> | http://www.wordtech-software.com
> | http://www.kevin-walzer.com
> | http://www.smallbizmac.com.
> | mailto:sw at wordtech-software.com
> |
> | Charles Hartman wrote:
> | | The new version is very pretty, and very promising.  Unfortunately, it
> | | crashes. I started the steps in the Help tutorial -- created a
> | folder,
> | | made a new app with a frame -- and pressed the Run button,  and the
> | | program crashed. Tried again, same thing.
> | |
> | | Charles Hartman
> | |
> | | On Jun 17, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
> | |
> | | Boa Constructor is now available for Mac OS X.
> | |
> | | Boa is a cross-platform Python IDE and wxPython GUI Builder. It  offers
> | | visual frame creation and manipulation, an object inspector,  many
> | views
> | | on the source like object browsers, inheritance hierarchies, doc
> | string
> | | generated html documentation, an advanced debugger and  integrated
> | help.
> | |
> | | This is the first version of Boa Constructor (O.4.3) to be  distributed
> | | as a Mac-native application. Boa Constructor requires the  installation
> | | of MacPython 2.4.1, wxPython 2.6.1, and Mac OS X 10.4. It is  extremely
> | | unstable on earlier versions of Python/wxPython and has not been
> | tested
> | | on an earlier version of Mac OS X.
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