Glad to see a fellow Zaurus user :-) I've a few comments below.

Chris

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Stephen Wilbourne [mailto:stephenw@[...].au]
>  Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:10 AM
>  To: devel@[...].org
>  Subject: [Anygui-devel] Anygui on Zaurus

.. Snip

>  1. To make the application run as a window that puts an icon 
>  on the taskbar, and that you can return to by selecting the icon:
>  
>  - at the top of the program, add:
>  	from qtpe import QPEApplication
>  

That's a good idea, I didn't think of embedded support and I started to use anygui for prett
y much the same reason as you :-)

I'm also new to python, so my suggestion below may not be the "best" python approach.

The above change will break QT backends where QT embedded is NOT installed (e.g. Windows box
es and most Linux QT installations). Consider TRYing to import the embedded stuff thusly:

# ----- code -----
try:
    from qtpe import *
    USE_QPE = 1
except:
    USE_QPE = 0
# ----- code -----

>  - throughout the program, change all references to 
>  'QApplication' to 'QPEApplication'
>  

Then instead of blanket changing the QApplication references consider:

# ----- code -----
    if USE_QPE == 1 :
        a = QPEApplication(sys.argv)
    else:
        a = QApplication(sys.argv)
# ----- code -----

I would guess this would give you more chance of getting your changes submitted into the Any
GUI codeline.

I use this approach in a QT application I've written (also using Py-sqlite) where anygui was
n't suitable (I really wanted a table field and whilst I was able to "emulate" it using a te
xt view, it didn't work that well).


>  .. Snip stuff to do with changing behaviour of AnyGUI under QT backend.

I'd be careful with these types of changes as if you have a different backend you run the ch
ance of having different behaviours (e.g. what happens if you use the win32 backend or the T
K one?) when you move your application.

Chris


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