[Ironpython-users] GUI Toolkits

[Jeff Hardy]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Andrew Graham <andy at agraham.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Jeff Hardy posted on the 3rd December
>> P.S. I'd also kill for an open-source embeddable REPL and an embeddable
>> editor (with debugging for extra points).
>
>
> I don't know if it is what you are looking for but I have a Python 2.7.5
> based embeddable MIT licensed REPL based on a WinForms Textbox that  I have
> modified from an old CodeProject posting at
> http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/26391/IronTextBox.
>
> I have just coded it as an add-on library for a Windows Forms based Basic
> language IDE that I maintain. If you like I can post it together with my
> hosting code as an example of how I use it. I could post both as Visual
> Studio 2013 projects or just the raw code - whatever!

I would be very interested in seeing that. Any chance you could put it
up on GitHub or similar? Ideally it's something that can beinstalled
from NuGet, appear in the Toolbox, and be dragged into the form when
needed (I think, WinForms isn't my strong suit).

>
> May I take this opportunity to say many thanks to Jeff, Pawel and all the
> other contributors to IronPython. As a retired Hardware/Software engineer I
> am in play mode keeping my skills (more or less) current and my interest is
> in .NET, C#, WinForms and WPF. IronPython is a wonderful tool for playing
> with the .NET Framework.

You're welcome!

- Jeff