Flython?

[jmdeschamps]

Daniel Ellison <daniel at syrinx.net> wrote in message news:<2oc547F86br8U1 at uni-berlin.de>...
> Peter Hansen wrote:
> > simo wrote:
> > 
> >> There's a few libraries for making SVG files in PHP, so there may be
> >> Python versions too, but if you want ActionScript then I guess you're
> >> determined to go with Flash instead.....
> > 
> > 
> > Well, SVG and ActionScript have very little, if anything, in
> > common.  On the other hand SVG has much overlap with the rest
> > of the "Flash" system (taken as a nebulous whole), and when
> > supplemented with Javascript, in systems that can handle that,
> > it starts becoming somewhat similar in many ways.
> > 
> > On the other hand, so far I haven't seen signs that SVG
> > support has advanced enough to really be on par with the
> > capabilities (mostly in terms of speed and simplicity) of
> > the little bit of Flash/ActionScript that interests me.
> 
> Not to mention the size and ubiquity of the browser plugin.
> 
> > 
> > My personal goal with this (and I believe Dan's as well)
> > is to be able to create GUI software using ActionScript
> > to write (roughly) the "view" and "controller" portions,
> > with the back end ("model") implemented elsewhere (i.e.
> > on a server) with Python.
> 
> Yes, I'd have to agree with that. The point isn't to get a free 
> replacement for the Flash authoring environment. I own a copy of Flash, 
> and know quite well how to use it: I've been using and programming Flash 
> since v4. No, we want a Pythonic way of producing Flash "swf" files, and 
> in doing so, simplifying (at least) the "view" considerably, and at the 
> same time creating a much more appropriate interface for web applications.
> 
...

> 
> Dan


Well, what about Ming ???
http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/ming

I haven't been able to compile it from source for python 2.3, but
maybe someone out there can .

Jean-Marc
PS I've asked for help on this topic a few times in this list - to no
avail though, so I don't know if anyone as ever done it!