[Ctk-developers] Python wrapper

[Félix C. Morency]

Jean-Christophe,

Thank you for your answer. I've been able to build and run CTK
successfully. From my understanding, PythonQt has the purpose of
bringing Python scripting capabilities to an existing Qt/C++
application. On the other hand, PyQt/PySide applications are
(entirely) built using Python. Therefore, I think we have to bind CTK
using SIP (PyQt) or Shiboken (PySide) in order to use CTK widgets
directly from PyQt/PySide.

Regards,
-Felix

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin
<jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:
> Hi Felix,
>
> Thanks for kind compliment  and your interest in CTK :)
>
> When configuring CTK, if you enable the following two options:
>
>   CTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES
>   CTK_ENABLE_Python_Wrapping
>
> an example application named "ctkSimplePythonShell" will then be built.
>
> Assuming you are unix-like platform, you could then simply run the
> application using:
>
>    ./bin/ctkSimplePythonShell
>
> See enclosed screenshot for an illustration.
>
> Currently, CTK objects and widgets are "wrapped" leveraging PythonQt, I am
> not sure how it could be integrated with PySide or PyQt.
>
> To learn more about PythonQt: https://github.com/commontk/PythonQt#readme
>
> All steps together:
>
> git clone git://github.com/commontk/CTK.git && \
> mkdir CTK-build && \
> cd CTK-build && \
> cmake -DCTK_ENABLE_Python_Wrapping:BOOL=ON -DCTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON
> -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/home/jchris/Projects/QtSDK-1.2/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake
> ../CTK && \
> make -j4 && \
> cd CTK-build && \
> ./bin/ctkSimplePythonShell
>
>
> Then, within the console, you should be able to run the following command:
>
> import ctk
>
> w = ctk.ctkColorDialog()
>
> w.show()
>
>
> If running ccmake or cmake-gui, you could also display the list of advanced
> options and enable the following one:
>
>   CTK_LIB_Scripting/Python/Core_PYTHONQT_WRAP_QTCORE
> CTK_LIB_Scripting/Python/Core_PYTHONQT_WRAP_QTGUI
>
> You will then be able to run command like:
>
>   import qt
>   b = qt.QPushButton("Ciao")
>   b.show()
>
> There is also possibility of interfacing CTK PythonQt and VTK by enabling:
>
>  CTK_LIB_Scripting/Python/Core_PYTHONQT_USE_VTK
>
>
> Let me us know if you have additional questions.
>
> Thanks
> Jc
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Félix C. Morency <felix.morency at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First, thank you for sharing such a great piece of software. I'm
>> writing to you because I want to know if you have any plans on
>> developing Python wrapper for CTK? I would really like to be able to
>> use your widget in, say, a PySide application.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Félix C. Morency, M.Sc.
>> Plateforme d’analyse et de visualisation d’images
>> Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
>> Centre de recherche clinique Étienne-Le Bel
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Félix C. Morency, M.Sc.
Plateforme d’analyse et de visualisation d’images
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Centre de recherche clinique Étienne-Le Bel
Local Z5-3031 | 819.346.1110 ext 16634