Python Gtk NGCGUI

Anyone had any thoughts on a Python Gtk replacement for NGCGUI that one could embed in a custom gui?

Just some random thoughts...
Perhaps two different Glade screens one for touch screens and one for mouse users. Possibly sharing the same code base. The touch screen version should have a popup keypad for each entry box.

A base widget that would load the subroutines at run time listed in the ini file.

Have the option of having a preamble and postamble files.

Be able to concatenate the subs together to form a whole file.

Probably missing a lot at this point but thinking out loud. I'm almost comfortable enough with Python and Gtk to pull this off

John

Just reading the create a custom GladeVCP widget on the wiki and I'm stuck at:

The first problem is that by building it with the GLADE editor we had to add it to a top window.
A top window can not be put into anything else so we must re-parent the custom widget.

I don't have a clue what re-parent means...

I'm guessing the key to this is to be able to "send" the file to LinuxCNC and the rest would be somewhat straightforward.

John

I see it now in the calculator example Chris has:

window.reparent(self)

John

Ok I have a well behaved keyboard that I did in Glade. The plus/minus key toggles the sign, the BS key is a backspace key, the clear does what you think it should and the save does nothing at this point.



Now to try and figure out how to add it to a gui and send the result of the keyboard back to the entry widget. Any and all hints are appreciated.

John

Ok, just like showing a Help About dialog I assume. I was under the impression you could make separate screens but I'm guessing that is only to include in Glade.

John

I was trying to reparent it but was not getting anywhere that way... using builder to load both glade files and then reparent was the original plan LOL.

John