Gnu/Linux dialogue boxes in python

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Nov 30, 7:55 am, Donn Ingle <donn.in... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  Okay, so I am in the mood to try this: Inform the user about what modules
> the app requires in a graphical dialogue that can vary depending on what
> the system already has installed. (It will fail-to output on cli)
>
> I am running Kubuntu and I seem to have 'kdialog' installed by default (not
> sure if it came as stock.)
>
> What other 'stock' systems are there out there in the wild? Ubuntu? Suse?
> Fedora? Others?
>
> I would take a stab at wrapping them in python so that I can use the first
> dialogue system found to popup messages for the user.
>
> (Hoping, natch, that this has already been done ... ? )
>
> \d

If you built a GUI with wxPython, it would just use the OS's native
dialogs unless it didn't have one and then it would use a generic
dialog. I would think creating a installer with wxPython and threads
would be fairly trivial.

Mike