[arch-general] python+pango

[Daniel Micay]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there a python3 module for pango (as there is one for cairo) ?
>
> pacman -Ss pango gives me:
>
> extra/libtiger 0.3.4-3
>     A rendering library for Kate streams using Pango and Cairo
> extra/pango 1.32.3-1 [installed: 1.30.1-1]
>     A library for layout and rendering of text
> extra/pango-perl 1.223-2
>     Perl bindings for Pango
> extra/pangomm 2.28.4-1 [installed]
>     C++ bindings for pango
> extra/pangomm-docs 2.28.4-1
>     Developer documentation for pangomm
> extra/pangox-compat 0.0.2-1
>     X Window System font support for Pango
> extra/sdl_pango 0.1.2-4
>     Pango SDL binding
> community/haskell-pango 0.12.4-1
>     Binding to the pango library for Gtk2Hs.
> community/ruby-pango 1.1.5-1
>     Ruby bindings for pango
>
> so it looks like the answer is no...
>
> Yet there are examples on the web, e.g.:
>
>    http://cairographics.org/pycairo_pango/
>
> ??
>
> --
> FA
>
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>

All you need is python-gobject and you have bindings for all modern
gobject libraries. The C libraries are just used directly with
introspection for types. For example, you an use `from
gi.repository import Pango` for pango and it's the same for Gtk, Vte, etc.
(bindings like pygtk are dead ends now).