[mythtv] Python bindings

[Isaac Richards]

On Wednesday 08 December 2004 12:43 pm, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:04:06 -0000 (GMT), Phil Thompson
> >
> > <phil at river-bank.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Actually I (as the author of PyQt) have been thinking about it, but I
> >> haven't yet got my MythTV setup going - so I'm happy to help. Why would
> >> you need a custom C++ layer?
> >
> > Just figured there would need to be some code in myth to handle the
> > loading of the py files as plugins, as well as to expose the myth C++
> > api to python.  I've never written a binding from C++ to python
> > before, so I have no idea of how much you can get away with in pure
> > python - I'll defer to your knowledge if you say this isn't neccessary
> > =)
>
> I'm not yet familiar with how myth is architected. Some work would be
> needed to enable plugins to be written in Python. Similar work has been
> done elsewhere - for example being able to write KParts using PyKDE - but
> it would nice to formalise it.
>
> If there is a formal myth C++ API then it should be relatively easy to
> automatically generate corresponding Python modules. That would allow
> standalone applications to be written in pure Python.

There is a library (libmyth) that all the current plugins use to keep the same 
l&f as the rest of myth.  Basically it's a bunch of convenience functions, 
some network protocol code, wrapped Qt widgets (better remote control, 
mainly), and a couple classes to handle stuff like pop-up dialogs and the 
menus, etc.

Isaac