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Re: Python scripting cmake build macros.

 

On 1/31/2013 10:49 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> 
>>
>> What is pywin32 exactly?  The sourceforge website for it says nothing.  Is this simply
>> python for windows, carried to you in an installer?
> 
> Why is it important to KiCad python scripting, which I would think wants to avoid Windows
> specific idiosyncrasies?
> 

The documentation website is here:

http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html.

It's a stand alone python extension of various Windows 32 bit C API's.
I've used it before for Windows specific development.  Mostly to access
OCX and OLE controls.  AFAIK it is not necessary for wxPython although
there may be some Window's specific parts of wxPython that require it to
function properly.



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