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Reputation: 21939

Python GUI toolkit inside Cygwin without X?

Which Python GUI toolkit works inside Cygwin without X?

I installed both Tkinter and PyQt and they both require an X server. I would like to avoid running X but I do want to write a GUI around some Python code that's running in a Cygwin environment.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 867

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 23500

You would need to create an OpenGL application without initializing any automatic stuff within the library doing the GL calls. Most libraries instantiate a lot of GL objects for your convenience.. This is BAD for you. For instance Pyglet might work or PyOpenGL. PyGame would probably not work because of this reason. And most GUI libraries would also probably not work. You're working on a lower level program here and most GUI libraries (like Tkinter) would utelize the window manager to do stuff.

You need to call eglGetDisplay, eglInitialize, eglCreateContext and eglMakeCurrent in that order. This would make the need for a composit or window manager useless.

I'm no expert in the field and i'm SURE someone with better GL understanding could clarify the perfect steps to do this.

Found this question which explains it a little better, and also mentions the above GL calls: OpenGL without X.org in linux

Upvotes: 2

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