Re: [Tutor] Design question: Web-based vs. desktop-based vs. desktop-based with data backed up to web server with a tablet thrown in for all cases?

2015-07-17 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:57:01 -0500, boB Stepp writes: >But for this student assessment project, it is going to have to be >without all the desired bells and whistles to have something that will >be practically useful for her when school starts. Especially when I >am certain Vonda is s

Re: [Tutor] Design question: Web-based vs. desktop-based vs. desktop-based with data backed up to web server with a tablet thrown in for all cases?

2015-07-17 Thread boB Stepp
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > I have a plug in usb keyboard that I can just plug into my tablet. > It works great for data entry... I suggested this to my wife and believe she is looking into it. However, whenever she is walking about her classroom, she does not want

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:49:16 -0500, boB Stepp writes: >> ... On the other hand, kivy >> ought to work for you. http://kivy.org/#home I've yet to try it on >> a windows tablet, though. > >I think it was you who mentioned this GUI framework on the main python >list fairly recently. In

Re: [Tutor] Design question: Web-based vs. desktop-based vs. desktop-based with data backed up to web server with a tablet thrown in for all cases?

2015-07-17 Thread Laura Creighton
I have a plug in usb keyboard that I can just plug into my tablet. It works great for data entry. I don't know anything about windows tablets though, this is working for android. You need a usb port that is capable of being both a slave and a master. Most of them can do this these days -- if yo

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread boB Stepp
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > The place to ask this question is > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss but I think you are > out of luck... This would explain why I am having trouble finding much information. I *think* I could get things to work

[Tutor] Design question: Web-based vs. desktop-based vs. desktop-based with data backed up to web server with a tablet thrown in for all cases?

2015-07-17 Thread boB Stepp
My wife (a Montessori teacher of 7th through 9th grades) is trying to coerce me to create some helpful software for her classroom. She has lots of things she *wants*: Some involve only her and her record keeping. Some will involve both her and students. Some would additionally involve parents.

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread Laura Creighton
The place to ask this question is https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss but I think you are out of luck. On the other hand, kivy ought to work for you. http://kivy.org/#home I've yet to try it on a windows tablet, though. Laura __

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread Alan Gauld
On 17/07/15 23:04, boB Stepp wrote: that complex gestures are not supported by tkinter. But will tkinter see: 1) Short presses as a left mouse click? 2) Long presses as a right mouse click? 3) Virtual keyboard events the same as physical keyboard events? 4) Etc. ? I'd go to the Tk and Tkint

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread boB Stepp
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > A possible starter > http://sumerulabs.in/blog/2015/02/21/touch-screen-for-the-new-raspberry-pi-2-available-in-india-sumerulabs/ > ??? I had briefly glanced at that, but other than a short snippet of code, it seemed to be more an advertisem

Re: [Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/07/2015 23:04, boB Stepp wrote: Apparently I will be finding myself having to write some programs to run on a Samsung Slate tablet, manufactured circa 2011. It has Windows 7 home edition 64-bit as its OS. Hopefully Python 3 will be easily installed, and I will be able to run Python 3 prog

[Tutor] How to use tkinter with a touch screen device?

2015-07-17 Thread boB Stepp
Apparently I will be finding myself having to write some programs to run on a Samsung Slate tablet, manufactured circa 2011. It has Windows 7 home edition 64-bit as its OS. Hopefully Python 3 will be easily installed, and I will be able to run Python 3 programs on it. Operating under this assumpt