Installing PythonCard

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Hello all,

I am having a wretched time getting PythonCard to work. I am on Ubuntu Linux 7.04. I installed these items through apt-get:

python-pythoncard - wxPython-based GUI construction framework (underlying Python libraries)
pythoncard - wxPython-based GUI construction framework (meta-package)
pythoncard-doc - wxPython-based GUI construction framework (documentation and samples)
pythoncard-tools - wxPython-based GUI construction framework (optional development tools)

Then, I assumed I could run "pythoncard", since with most apps, the name of the installed package is the name of the command to run it... not this time. So I tried:

sam@B74kb0x$ apropos pythoncard
codeEditor (1) - A Python-aware code editor written using the PythonCard GUI framework
resourceEditor (1) - Resource editor used as part of the PythonCard GUI framework

Running each of these in turn, I was presented with textual editors. Perhaps I had the wrong idea, but I thought PythonCard was an application to assist in building GUIs with wxPython. I assumed one could see samples, drag and drop interface design, something more than a text editor.

Am I missing some essential packages? Anyone else out there running it on Ubuntu have any ideas?

Thanks,
Sam

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wormwood_3 wrote:

Running each of these in turn, I was presented with textual editors.
Perhaps I had the wrong idea,

PythonCard is mostly a library with some tools, both built-in for runtime and also external for building. The build tools are still a bit weak if you're expecting a fully integrated do everything for you environment (last I checked anyway, which has been a while.)

but I thought PythonCard was an
application to assist in building GUIs with wxPython. I assumed one
could see samples, drag and drop interface design, something more
than a text editor.

The resourceEditor is the tool you are looking for.

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