[PythonCE] pygame / distutils

[Adam Walley]

My plans, exactly ;-) BTW why was pygame-ctypes abandoned? Reading some of
the past info on it, it seemed like a great idea to use the ctypes module.

2008/8/7 René Dudfield <renesd at gmail.com>

> nice work :)
>
> It can be easier to first try and get the SDL test programs compiling.
>  Then try and get a really simple, minimal python extension
> compiling... and you guessed it, try and get them both compiling
> together :)
>
> There's a few wince folks hanging out on the libsdl mailing list if
> you have troubles there.
>
> cu,
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Adam Walley <adam.walley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, I have been attempting to get something working, but have been
> > struggling to get the SDL compiled correctly (without SDL, there is no
> point
> > in trying to get pygame working). In my investigations, I came across the
> > SCUMM forum. Now the SCUMMVM appears to be a fully working product on
> > various platforms including WinCE. My attempts to compile some simple
> test
> > programs using the SDL source available from the official SDL site failed
> > (mostly because the source will not compile 'as is' and needs some
> tweaking
> > which is probably beyond my capabilities). However, the SCUMM forum
> pointed
> > me to a set of libraries from 'knakos'. I quickly set up a new project,
> with
> > my simple test program, and lo! it compiled first time and tested
> correctly
> > on my WM5 device. I assume these SCUMM libraries have already been
> adapted
> > to work on WinCE, and since the SCUMM idea is to get retro graphical
> games
> > working, I think that pygame will probably get all the functionality it
> > needs from them.
> >
> > Now, on to getting pygame working! I will attempt to get some of the
> pygame
> > source modules compiled as PYDs to see if they will import and work under
> > PythonCE. I have not yet attempted to get a DLL compiled using these new
> > libraries so may yet hit a wall. I will report back with any news.
> >
> > Rene, thanks for your comments. It's nice to know there is interest from
> the
> > pygame side.
> >
> > If anyone else would like to provide comments/advice/code to get pygame
> > working, it will be welcomed.
> >
> > Adam.
> >
> > On 06/08/2008, René Dudfield <renesd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> if anyone has any project files to build pygame on pythonce I'd love
> >> to have them included with pygame.  I'm an author/maintainer of pygame
> >> and have commit access to svn, so could add project files if someone
> >> makes them... I could also add a pygame download for python CE to the
> >> pygame.org download page.
> >>
> >> Or you could add compilation instructions to the pygame wiki here:
> >> http://pygame.org/wiki/CompilePythonCE
> >>
> >> I have a winCE phone so would love to be able to get pygame running on
> it
> >> :)
> >>
> >>
> >> cheers,
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