Mozilla, XUL for Python?!

[Paddy]

Paddy wrote:
> Gilles Lenfant wrote:
> 
>> "Paddy" <paddy3118 at tiscali.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> 3E5B2DFD.6080801 at tiscali.co.uk...
>>
>>> Just browsing around, seeing what's new in the easy GUI stakes and I 
>>> came
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>> across
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>>> http://www.hevanet.com/acorbin/xul/top.xul
>>>
>>> Last Time I looked, I couldn't just do one download and start writing
>>
>>
>> Python code with
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>>> Mozilla as the GUI but somehow they do seem to have similar philosophies
>>
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>> of elegant,
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>>> simple, power.
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>> Actually, only Javascript programming is possible with XUL/XBL.
>> You can notice that all Mozilla GUI control (including the HTML editor 
>> and
>> mail/news clients) is programmed in Javascript.
>>
>> --Gilles
>>
> 
> Giles,
> There is a way to program it with Python but things have to be compiled 
> etc, (I think the abbreviation is XPCOM). All barriers to making Mozilla 
> and XUL a viable GUI frontend to Python.
> 
> Still,  one can dream...
> 
> Paddy
> ..
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> 
> 

Thanks people for your insights and help.