[Pythonmac-SIG] RE: [Pythoncard-users] running python/wxpython on the Mac with emulation?

[Kevin Altis]

I only got two replies to my post, but if I get any more I'll email another
follow-up.

Dan Shafer confirmed that VirtualPC works fine (as one would expect), he
even used an old version, 3.0 on his Mac. This is a Windows Python/wxPython
emulation solution.

Pim Buurman responded with this GTK solution under OS X:

My "solution" for using wx on Mac OS X:
- I installed the XFree X-server and X-prog packages
- Then I compiled gtk
- Then I compiled wxGTK 2.3.2
- Then I compiled python (terminal version, i.e. plain UNIX version)
- Then I compiled wxPython with this python
I now have a command-line python, with which I can run any wxPython app

This is actually very interesting to me for testing purposes because it
looks like I could have an OS X box and test both wxPython Mac and wxPython
GTK on that machine once wxPython Mac is available.

I'm looking forward to hearing from other people using wxPython via
emulation on the Mac.

ka

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pythoncard-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:pythoncard-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Altis
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:55 PM
> To: Wxpython-Users; pythonmac-sig@python.org; pythoncard-Users
> Subject: [Pythoncard-users] running python/wxpython on the Mac with
> emulation?
>
>
> Note, if you send me a reply directly, I can post a summary to the lists.
>
> I don't currently use a Mac (the old Performa I have with System 7.5 isn't
> really that usable), but there are quite a few people interested in the
> PythonCard project that only use Macs, so they are waiting for
> wxPython Mac
> to be finished.
>
> What I'm wondering is whether any of the free or commercial emulation
> solutions would be good substitutes until wxPython Mac is
> available for use
> with MacPython? Basically, they would just run a version of Python and
> wxPython (win32 or GTK) for either Windows or Linux depending on the
> emulation solution.
>
> Is anyone already doing this on their Macs? Either OS classic or OS X? If
> so, could you provide details of the configuration and installation or any
> tricky parts of getting it to work?
>
> Some possibilities:
>
> VirtualPC
> http://www.connectix.com/products/vpc5m.html
>
> Bochs
> http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
>
> VMWare
> http://www.vmware.com/
>
> plex86
> http://www.plex86.org/
>
> XFree86
> http://www.xfree86.org/
> I had one person suggest "Just use wxGTK under Xfree86 in
> rootless mode..."
> on OS X.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ka
> ---
> Kevin Altis
> altis@semi-retired.com
>
>
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