Re: [pygame] wxPython

["Lenard Lindstrom" <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 Jul 2006 at 15:00, Kamilche wrote:

> I had the opportunity to look at wxPython in depth these last few days. 
> I was impressed! I like how easy they are to program and use, and their 
> stability. Their 'large demo' of all the controls was impressive - it 
> only crashed once.
> 
> When I went to use it, however, I saw several reasons that I couldn't 
> use it for my game - no translucency on the controls, no text on 
> graphics, no special effects, slow bitmap display speed, flickering when 
> handling large graphics, no special 'styles' to apply to change their 
> appearance
> 
> Man, I wish wxPython was more geared towards graphic apps. It would save 
> me a lot of time to use pre-built controls.
> 
Beside being slower I find the biggest drawback using wxPython for 
graphics is that it has two image types, the Image and the Bitmap. 
Neither supports a complete set of useful operations; to do anything 
interesting requires a lot of converting between one type and the 
other. Pygame only has the Surface, and it integrates well with 
Numeric arrays.

Lenard Lindstrom
<len-l@xxxxxxxxx>