[Qt-interest] Integrating PyQt into a Python-enabled Qt application

[Mark Summerfield]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:11:57 -0700
Bob Hood <bhood2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm looking for advice on a approach to this.  I've not yet attempted
> anything.
> 
> I currently have a Qt-based application that has Python well
> integrated via SWIG.  I'm interested in allowing Python scripts that
> execute from within my application to use PyQt for their GUI
> interfaces.  I can imagine how this might introduce some difficulties
> due to each Qt-based system needing their own event loops.
> 
> If the user installs PyQt into the Python Lib folder of my
> application's installation, how should I structure or alter my
> Qt-based binary application to allow the event loops of one or more
> PyQt windows to "piggy-back" on the main thread's Qt event loop?
> 
> Has anybody attempted/solved this one already?

Have you considered using PythonQt http://pythonqt.sourceforge.net/
which is designed to provide Python bindings to Qt _within_ C++/Qt
applications?


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