Python + GTK (PyGTK) + Glade tutorials?

[felipe]

Hi, i am searching for a python tutorial on how to create simple projects in PyGTK/PyGNOME + Glade.

the ones I found on google are a bit contraddictory because i think they are targeted towards different versions of glade or pygtk or python etc...

i'd just like to:

1) design a simple interface in glade
2) use the glade interface to write some really simple python app like:


#!/usr/bin/env python

import <something _anyone_ has already installed by default or similar>

def MyCoolFunction():
bla bla bla #most notably write and read (xml) config files

widgetTree = <the_magic_word_here>("project.glade")

dic = { "on_cool_event" : MyCoolFunction }

widgetTree.signal_autoconnect (dic)

gtk.main ()


Any clue? I'd like to write some simple frontends to (not-only)Ubuntu/GNOME common user configuration tasks, so i need some commented examples glued in a nice tutorial :)

so far i found:

http://primates.ximian.com/~sandino/python-glade/ #cool, but it relies on the SimpleGladeApp.py library... Bad (for my needs)

http://www.arson-network.com/index.php?class=tutorial&subargs=430 #too little info, just a small page

http://sjbrown.users.geeky.net/metagame-sector/tutorial.html #very nice, but guess it's oriented towards an older version of glade/pygtk/whatever because it doesn't work :/

thanks for your help

[bihe]

http://primates.ximian.com/~sandino/python-glade/ #cool, but it relies on the SimpleGladeApp.py library... Bad (for my needs)


why is this bad for your needs. SimpleGladeApp.py is just one small python class,
which loads the glade.xml file and auto-connects the signals ...


29 class SimpleGladeApp(dict):
30 def __init__(self, glade_filename, main_widget_name=None, domain=None):
31 gtk.glade.set_custom_handler(self.custom_handler)
32 if os.path.isfile(glade_filename):
33 self.glade_path = glade_filename
34 else:
35 glade_dir = os.path.split( sys.argv[0] )[0]
36 self.glade_path = os.path.join(glade_dir, glade_filename)
37 self.glade = gtk.glade.XML(self.glade_path, main_widget_name, domain)
38 if main_widget_name:
39 self.main_widget = self.glade.get_widget(main_widget_name)
40 else:
41 self.main_widget = None
42 self.signal_autoconnect()
43 self.new()


the important line is
37 self.glade = gtk.glade.XML(self.glade_path, main_widget_name, domain)
where the glade.xml file is loaded. i've just started to do a little python and i find the SimpleGladeApp rather usefull. there is no magic involved ;)

[felipe]

i didn't mean it's "bad", really.

i'd just thought it would be better not to add that class to my scripts, and i'm not even sure what would be the best way to do it :)

thanks for you reply anyway

[iNs4ne]

OK, i have just started looking at python / GTK / Glade ...

i looked at this extremely simple example:
http://www.arson-network.com/index.php?class=tutorial&subargs=430

dunno if it helps tbh, but it got me started...

Cheers,
Joao Inacio

[poster_nutbag]

I know you just want to jump in and learn Glade+Gtk, but I highly suggest you at least make some programs in Gtk *without* Glade, otherwise you end up learning Glade, GTK and some kinda wrapper library all at once.

Trust me, I tried using Glade with pyGtk at first, but didn't really progress until I went through the pygtk tutorials.

[nobodysbusiness]

Here's a tutorial that helped me out:

http://www.serpia.com/wxGlade_tutorial/wxGlade_tutorial.htm

The SPE python editor is pretty cool, and has wxGlade built in. Check it out here:

http://spe.pycs.net/

[Moobert]

for an updated version of (using gtk2):
http://sjbrown.users.geeky.net/metagame-sector/tutorial.html

check out:
http://jmoiron.net/docs/python/glade1/

A few good links:

http://www.gnome.org/~newren/tutorials/developing-with-gnome/html/apc.html

4 good examples of libglade, showing the code in c, c++, perl, and most importantly python :)

http://handhelds.org/~nelson/pyglade/pyglade-tutorial

a good starting point. It is for gtk1, but can use gtk2 if you swap the libglade import for:

import gtk.glade

then the libglade.GladeXML call, for:

gtk.glade.XML

finaly:

http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2001/papers/html/CEgli/Gnome-Talk.html

a more complex gtk1/gnome eg

[stani]

Here's a tutorial that helped me out:

http://www.serpia.com/wxGlade_tutorial/wxGlade_tutorial.htm

The SPE python editor is pretty cool, and has wxGlade built in. Check it out here:

http://spe.pycs.net/

The pycs website is deprecated. Don't get SPE with the package manager, download latest version at http://pythonide.stani.be From release 0.8.1.e SPE will be optimized for Ubuntu, see http://pythonide.stani.be/blog. Help is welcome.