[Pythonmac-SIG] Apple's python extensions into Quartz2D

[nickg]

thanks for the reply.

Odd, the Python API is nearly 1-1 with the CoreGraphics C API so I  
wouldn't expect any hacks.  Oh well.

I'm just using it to "draw" into a PDF or buffer to save a file.  No  
UI or Windows needed.  Can PyObjC make these calls?  I'm new to the  
all the mac-python trickery.

--nickg

On May 27, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

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> On May 27, 2005, at 6:32 PM, nickg wrote:
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>> What's the latest with Apple's python extensions to use Quartz2D?
>> I'd like to use them with the latest python release but I can't
>> figure out where the original source code for the extensions are so I
>> can't do a build.  It looks like they used SWIG, but that's about as
>> much as I figured out.
>>
>
> They're not open source.  You can't use them with anything but the  
> release of Python that ships with Mac OS X.  File a bug.  I filed  
> mine over a year ago:
>
> rdar://3540071
> Python CoreGraphics extension can't readily be used by other Python  
> versions
> 26-Jan-2004 02:10 PM
>
> I updated it this april to say "hey, this actually matters now that  
> 2.4.1 is out there", but I still have not received a response.
>
> I believe the reason is that the extension does some really  
> horrible nasty SPI hacks in order to lift some of the restrictions  
> that are normally imposed by these APIs (WindowServer connections,  
> etc.)  At least, that's what I gathered from reverse engineering it  
> a bit.
>
>
>> Or this is something I might be able to do with PyObjC (which I never
>> have used)?  Or is there another alternative?
>>
>
> It depends on what you're trying to do.  The Cocoa APIs are higher  
> level than Quartz2D and imposes a few restrictions along the way.
>
> -bob
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