[Pythonmac-SIG] Solution to some SWIG Install problems on Mac OS X

[Louis Pecora]

Christopher Barker wrote:

>HI all,
>
>Perhaps this is getting bit off-topic, but other seemed interested, so here 
>goes. By the way, I didn't intend to send my whole diatribe about Windows 
>security to the list, sorry about that.
>  
>
Nah.  I  LOVED it!      :-)

> Well, matplotlib and wxPython solve very different problems. MPL by 
> itself is
>
>not intended to build applications with. to do that, you use another GUI 
>toolkit (wxPython, PyGtk, TkInter), and if you need plotting, you can embedd 
>MPL windows in your app. There has been a long recent thread about doing this 
>with wxPython on the MPL list recently. If you need plotting in your apps, be 
>sure to read it.
>  
>
Thanks will do (if I get some time).

>You might also want to check out wx.lib.floatcanvas. It's designed to display 
>and interact with data in arbitrary floating point coordinates. It provides 
>zooming and panning and simple projections(for maps). It could be useful. If 
>it looks like it is, let me know and I'll send you the latest version and 
>some more examples of how to use it (I wrote it).
>  
>
This sounds good.  You are a handy guy.

>Yes, it is, but it takes a lot longer to write GUI code than simple raw0input 
>calls! 
>  
>
Yep.  KISS is what I try to do to avoid the last 'S'.      :-)

>Get yourself on the wxPython-users list. In particular, check the recent 
>threads initiated by Rich Shepard. he's like you: A scientist without a whole 
>lot of CS background, learning wxPython for apps to drive his models.
>  
>
Yikes!  Another email list, but sounds like good info.  thanks.

>I'd remove that setenv call altogether, It might override Apple's defaults, 
>and break other things. If you switch to bash, that will kill it. Then you'll 
>probably need a .profile file with at least this in it:
>
>export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
>or
>export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
>
>depending on whether you want your stuff or Apple's as default in your shell.
>  
>
Got a .profile started already.  Thanks.

>Rob Managan wrote:
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>
>>While I have not tried WxPython I have built C modules for python 
>>using SWIG and python's distutils. That trades the headaches of 
>>makefiles for writing a setup.py file. I can give an example and they 
>>really are not that bad once you have done it once!
>>    
>>
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>I'd love to see an example. Does it run SWIG for you too?
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It's the example that comes with the Swig down load, called, 
appropriately,  'example'.


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Lou Pecora

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