| Name : python-xlib
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| Version : 0.12
| Vendor : (none)
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| Release : 4.guru.suse93
| Date : 2006-12-11 01:54:21
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| Group : Development/Libraries/Python
| Source RPM : python-xlib-0.12-4.guru.suse93.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.75 MB
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| Packager : Pascal Bleser < guru_unixtech_be>
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| Summary : Python X Library
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Description :
The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client library for
Python programs. It is written entirely in Python, in contrast to earlier X
libraries for Python (the ancient X extension and the newer plxlib) which were
interfaces to the C Xlib.
This is possible to do since X client programs communicate with the X server
via the X protocol. The communication takes place over TCP/IP, Unix sockets,
DECnet or any other suitable streaming network protocol. The C Xlib is merely
an interface to this protocol, providing functions suited for a C environment.
There are three advantages of choosing to implement a pure Python library:
- Integration: The library can make use of the wonderful object system in
Python, providing an easy-to-use class hierarchy.
- Portability: The library will be usable on (almost) any computer which have
Python installed. A C interface could be problematic to port to non-Unix
systems, such as MS Windows or OpenVMS.
- Maintainability: It is much easier to develop and debug native Python
modules than modules written in C.
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