I like toys and gadgets. So I got myself a #3dconnexion #spacemouse . Attached is the first program I wrote for it, written in #python #pygtk with #goocanvas. The program lets me control a directed cursor with the space mouse. You have a amazing and fast control, though I still fill that my brain is learning new patterns. I'm sure you could use it for games. Any ideas?

My next planned step is using it for controlling the camera in #vulkanscenegraph.

Is there a good way to reuse widgets that each have minor changes? I want a window that takes text input to rename a selected item and another that takes a user password. They're the same except for a label and hiding the password.

I was going to make a class and use inheritance, but then I'd have to pass components in as arguments, and it gets messy.

#pygtk #python #gtk #foss #dry #software #development

Well that took a bit of coaxing, finally got #Gimp 2.10.19 to build with #PyGTK bindings on #Focal in spite of Focal not shipping the PyGTK stuff for #Python 2.7. Had to pull apart a couple of DEBs from #Eoan to do it, and add some extra bits to the config step for Gimp, and tweak the pygtk-2.0.pc to suit.

But at least it now works (:*