[EuroPython] Help me finalise my PyObjC talk!

[Orestis Markou]

Hi Luke,

this is best suited for the pyobjc-dev list, but the summary is that  
no, pyobjc works only the mac, simply because while ObjC itself is a  
free standard, the only mature libraries/runtime are Apple's. There is  
GNUStep, which aims to reimplement a lot of things for free software  
platforms, but AFAIK it's been unmaintained for some time now, and  
therefore support for it was removed from PyObjC.

Orestis


On 25 Jun 2009, at 19:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/examples/pyobjc-framework-WebKit/WebKitInterpreterPlugin/source--WebKitInterpreter.py.html
>
> wow - is that an NPAPI plugin (for webkit), but in... python??
>
>
> ok - the reason i'm interested in this is because when i first started
> on webkit, i thought "python bindings to a DOM model would make a
> stonking desktop widget API".  so i looked around.  python-xpcom was a
> pile of pants.  i spoke to apple developers, they said, "oh, yes, you
> can use the objective-c bindings and then use python bindings to
> those, that way you get access to the DOM".  i said, "does that work
> on gnu/linux platforms?" and they didn't really answer.
>
> so, anyway, i went ahead and added glib/gobject bindings to webkit,
> and then put python bindings on top of those, and then got into a
> bun-fight with apple employees over their fascist dictatorship style
> of management of webkit.
>
> so - i'm looking for an alternative, and an answer to the original
> question: can you get pyobjc to work (somehow) on free software
> platforms?
>
> l.