pyCDK What is it ? ------------ pyCDK is a Python binding to the CDK library. CDK, written by Mike Glover, provides a set of high level curses widgets. CDK is great, it really makes building complex curses applications much easier. I have used it before from C and Perl but no Python binding existed - that I could find anyway. So I was playing around with Pyrex (which is too cool for words) and decided it would be educational to generate a Pyrex wrapper for the cdk lib. pyCDK is strictly a text interface module, if you are looking to write a full fledged GUI in python then I highly recommend wxPython and wxGlade. Where are the Screenshots ? --------------------------- calendar widget matrix (table) widget viewer widget How do I get it ? ----------------- 1. Make sure you have Pyrex installed (version 0.82+). 2. Download and install CDK from Thomas Dickey's site * untar/gz the source archive * cd into it * ./configure * ./make * ./make install 3. Download the pycdk package from here 4. If necessary, modify setup.py by adding the include and lib directories for CDK. The relevant portion is: include_dirs = ['/usr/local/include/cdk', '/usr/include'] library_dirs = ['/usr/local/lib', '/usr/lib'] (I installed CDK with the default prefix of /usr/local.) 5. Run setup.py install (as root) 6. Every widget has a minimal example under pycdk/examples 7. Consult the man pages for CDK if you have a question that the examples don't make clear. Also, it may be that what you are after just isn't wrapped yet. In that case send me a note or better yet, send me a patch ! TODO ---- 1. Test on more platforms/Python versions. 2. Some of the widgets accept C callbacks, need to get these working with Python callbacks. 3. Wrap additional widget functionality. 4. Marquee widget doesn't end gracefully. FAQ --- 1. (Q) Why does this web site suck so bad. (A) Cause this is a spare time deal and I'm a programmer not a graphic artist. 2. (Q) Who uses CDK ? (A) Good question - I don't know which programs out in the wild use cdk. If you know email me and I'll post it here. I use it mainly for server monitoring utilities. 3. (Q) What platforms are supported ? (A) I'm working on RH9/x86. When I get time I'm going to test on Cygwin. Let me know if you get it working somewhere else. CONTACT INFO ------------ Richard Lawson lawson89 AT users.sourceforge.net