[Pythonmac-SIG] RE: [wxPython-mac] Status of wxPython o n OS-9 ?

[Lewis, Cameron]

According to Steve Jobs 10% of active Mac systems are running Mac OS X with
this expected to rise to 20% in a years time. This means that 90% currently
aren't running X and 80% won't be in a years time. It would be useful to be
able to write GUIs that ran across Classic/X (as well as other platforms). I
would like to see wxPython available for Mac OS 9.

Cameron Lewis

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> From: 	Stefan Csomor
> Sent: 	Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:40 AM
> To: 	wxpython-mac@lists.wxwindows.org; pythonmac-sig@python.org;
> Chris.Barker@noaa.gov
> Subject: 	[Pythonmac-SIG] RE: [wxPython-mac] Status of wxPython on
> OS-9 ?
> 
> Hi 
> 
> wxMac is already fully carbonized there's nothing more to do there, I've
> once in spring compiled the extensions for Python on classic mac os /
> carbon, and basically it was running although there were quite a few
> bugs ;-) I am not sure how much interest on the classic side remains,
> since till then nobody asked for it once we had it running under OSX.
> But if there is still interest I'll dig out my notes and attempt a
> rebuild...
> 
> Stefan Csomor 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wxpython-mac-admin@lists.wxwindows.org 
> > [mailto:wxpython-mac-admin@lists.wxwindows.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Bob Ippolito
> > Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2002 21:54
> > To: wxpython-mac@lists.wxwindows.org
> > Subject: Re: [wxPython-mac] Status of wxPython on OS-9 ?
> > 
> > 
> > Tk isn't an option you want to pursue.. it hardly works in OS 
> > X as-is, 
> > and isn't a great solution for Python in the first place.  
> > Even though 
> > it probably wouldn't be a gargantuan effort to make wxMac 
> > fully Carbon 
> > compatible, I don't think anyone is really working at it..  
> > You may have 
> > to take it on yourself, or just try and migrate to OS X.  
> > Moving to OS X 
> > isn't really something you'll regret, it's definitely my 
> > favorite OS to 
> > develop with and for.
> > 
> > -bob
> > 
> > 
> > On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 02:28 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know the status of wxPython on OS-9? As far as I have 
> > > seen, all of the activity with wxMacPython has been on 
> > OS-X, but wxMac 
> > > is Carbon based, and I believe functional on OS-9, and therefore 
> > > wxPython on OS-9 should be possible.
> > >
> > > Is anyone working on it?
> > >
> > > Has anyone evaluated what it would take to make it work?
> > >
> > > I am working on persuading my collueges that Python is a 
> > fabulous way 
> > > to develop a large variety of applications, and that 
> > wxPython is the 
> > > way to do GUIs. I have used Python+wxPython for a 
> > Linux+Windows app, 
> > > and it went very well, but we are primarily a Mac house, 
> > and have not 
> > > gone to OS-X yet. Given the inertia of this place, I 
> > imagine it will 
> > > be a while before we do, so we are restricted on most of 
> > our projects 
> > > to tools that support OS-9.
> > >
> > > We have a couple of very sharp and experienced Mac 
> > programmers here, 
> > > and we may be able to do the wxPython on OS-9 work ourselves, but I 
> > > would have to persuade my boss that it's a good idea, and 
> > the better 
> > > assesment I can give as to what it would take, the better 
> > my chances, 
> > > so I'm looking for that assessment now.
> > >
> > > By the way, TKinter is another option, but it looks like it 
> > will never 
> > > work with Carbon, so that may not be workable either. Am I 
> > right about 
> > > that?
> > >
> > > -Chris
> > 
> > 
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