Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

by nmcfarl • 13 years ago

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scdsharp7• 13 years ago

Looks interesting. I like the idea of showing the results of the Quartz 2D commands on the side and the Python prompt. I'd just like to know what the limitations of the free trial version are so I could try it out.

dragonshed• 13 years ago

Absolutely brilliant name.

pekk• 13 years ago

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

packetslave• 13 years ago

It's a Python shell for an Apple API. What did you expect?

hexley• 13 years ago

I don't think Quartz is available on Windows unless you install Safari.

itod2• 13 years ago

Hi, developer of Schwartz here. Yes, this is a thoroughly Mac-native application, so I won't be able to make it available on Windows.

Aside from the considerable difficulty of finding or developing an implementation of Quartz 2D that would run on windows, the app itself is mostly Cocoa/Objective-C (with a little Python of course). The entire app would have to be re-written from the ground up for Windows.

pavlov• 13 years ago

Cocotron, a free cross-platform reimplementation of Cocoa, contains an MIT-licensed open source implementation of Quartz called "Onyx":

https://code.google.com/p/cocotron/source/browse/#hg%2FOnyx2...

If you want to run Objective-C code on Windows, there are surprisingly many options these days, as there's also GNUStep... (I'm not saying that your project should have a Windows port, just pointing out the possibility.)

MaxGabriel• 13 years ago

I've seen this with other Cocoa apps so it may not be your fault, but I'm seeing alot of this kind of text render error:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/1658/151914/evj...

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/1658/151914/j41...

flexelektro• 13 years ago

Nice ... but what is it good for ?

mwfunk• 13 years ago

"Programmers can use Schwartz as a sandbox in which to explore and learn Apple's graphics API using the popular Python programming language."

voidiac• 13 years ago

Is it really necessary that this application is only running on OS X 10.8+?

roberte3• 13 years ago

Looks cool, can't wait to play with it.

Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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