Re: pyGTK and subclassing widgets

["John (J5) Palmieri" <johnp redhat com>]

On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 08:20, Stefan Kost wrote:
> hi hi,
>
> sorry if this a bit off-topic. I've received a request to use python (with
> pyGTK) for client app development. Currently we use C.
> I am absolutely unfamiliar with python (all I know is that code indention
> matters ;)).
> In out front-end we offten sub-class GtkClasses (like GtkVBox) to use that in
> the UI. That allows to spread code over several classes.
> Can anyone tell me if that still works when using python. Mean could one
> theoretically write a widget in python?
> Are there general limmitation one needs to be aware of?
>
> Finally can anyone point me to ressources about wripping own GObject based libs
> into python?
>
> Many thanks for answering!

You should come over to the pygtk mailing lists[1].  It is really easy
to subclass widgets in python:

class MyWidget(gtk.VBox):
        def __init__(self):
                gtk.VBox.__init__(self)

Now you have a new class that subclasses the GtkVBox.

[1] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk
[2] http://pygtk.org

--
J5