Re: [Visualpython-users] Experimental 64-bit VPython for Windows based on wxPython

It seems I will have to look more closely at 'wx'.

More bug reports:

The following snippet returns an empty string for  '__name__'

import vis
print "My name is (%s)" %(__name__)

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The Second requires some explanation.

When I spin the scene 'dragging the mouse with Right key pressed', the 
spin stops abruptly!
Also when I Zoom in or out, I hit a barrier and the zoom freezes.
After some experimentation, it appears the mouse cursor is hitting the 
Screen Boundary (even though the mouse is invisible).

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Symion





On 11/01/2013 2:26 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> Thanks much for the report, including the bug report.
>
> It is intended to open up VPython to make it possible to add buttons, 
> sliders, etc., using the capabilities of wxPython (not Tcl). The first 
> task was simply (well, not so simply) to replicate existing VPython 
> capabilities. Currently, when you create a display object, that's a 
> composite in the sense that it creates a window and also creates an 
> OpenGL canvas that fills that window. Presumably what is needed is a 
> window object that creates a window, and a canvas object that creates 
> an OpenGL canvas somewhere in that window, in which case you could 
> then add other widgets to the window. That would leave the display 
> object as a convenience object, useful for many ordinary programs.
>
> Bruce Sherwood
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Symion <kn...@ip... 
> <mailto:kn...@ip...>> wrote:
>
>     This is wonderful!!
>     I now have Visual Python with a MENU item 'Files', running on
>     Windows XP!
>     ALL examples have been run without error and everything seems very
>     stable.
>
>     Specifically I am using:
>         Vpython ('6.00', 'release') running with Python 2.7.3 on
>     Windows XP
>
>     Of course this  raises lots of questions...
>
>     Although 'help(vis)' provides much information and
>     dir(vis.scene.window) reveals 335 instancemethods and 82 other
>     objects.
>     I do have a few questions that are not currently addressed by the
>     documentation.
>
>     The main one is:
>         How do I make new window Menu objects?
>         Does Vpython use TCL? or do I have to learn wxPython
>     methodologies?
>          Is it possible to make Buttons, Sliders, List Boxes or even
>     Window Panes from WITHIN Visual?
>
>     I hope the Documentation will eventually address these topics in
>     detail.
>
>     The Only 'error' I have found is this.
>     There is this anomalous error report when I am in V-IDLE shell and
>     I break program with 'ctrl-c'.
>
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "K:\Symion_12_12_12\visdemo.py", line 6
>         import vis
>       File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\vis\__init__.py", line 17
>       File "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\visual_common\rate_plan.py",
>     line 122, in __call__
>         sleep(desiredLoopTime - currTime)
>     TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
>
>     Hope this means something to you...
>
>     Finally, it is really good to see The Project evolving.
>
>     Symion
>
>
>
>     On 27/12/2012 4:59 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:
>>     Now available on the Windows download page at vpython.org
>>     <http://vpython.org> is a 32-bit version of the experimental
>>     VPython that's based on wxPython.
>>
>>     Bruce Sherwood
>>
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