GDI in python>?

[al pacino]

hi,

is it possible to address the 'screen pixels' using python , like
analogous to older dos( functions that graphics.h provides') or win api
calls for gdi.

what i want is to display clusters (in differetn colours) on screen
using python.

thanks.

 

[Claudio Grondi]

hi,

is it possible to address the 'screen pixels' using python , like
analogous to older dos( functions that graphics.h provides') or win api
calls for gdi.

what i want is to display clusters (in differetn colours) on screen
using python.

thanks.

Sure. The problem will be to choose the right tool from the myriads of
available ones.

I have some experience with PyGame
http://www.pygame.org/news.html
which is built on top of SDL
http://www.libsdl.org/index.php
and find it easy to understand and use.

Don't be fooled by the 'Game' part - PyGame is as useful as SDL (a very
good library).

Claudio

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

hi,

is it possible to address the 'screen pixels' using python , like
analogous to older dos( functions that graphics.h provides') or win api
calls for gdi.

Use one of the available GUI-Toolkits - Tkinter is included already. Or
pygame.

Diez

 

[F. Petitjean]

Le 17 Feb 2006 22:02:23 -0800, al pacino a écrit :

hi,

is it possible to address the 'screen pixels' using python , like
analogous to older dos( functions that graphics.h provides') or win api
calls for gdi.

Some possibilities (all on Win32 only):
ctypes by Thomas Heller
venster (uses ctypes) on sourceforge
win32all by Marc Hammond

 

[Peter Hansen]

is it possible to address the 'screen pixels' using python , like
analogous to older dos( functions that graphics.h provides') or win api
calls for gdi.

what i want is to display clusters (in differetn colours) on screen
using python.

Almost any (or just "any") GUI toolkit can do that. Check out wxPython,
Tkinter, PyQT, Pygame, etc.

For example, in the wxPython demo (two easy downloads to install and run
on a Windows box), the Miscellaneous->DrawXXXList demo page shows how to
draw sets of points, lines, rectangles, etc, directly to the display via
a DeviceContext object.

-Peter

 

[al pacino]

Thanks claudio, that should work out fine.