This document describes a set of Python bindings for the Qt widget set. Contact the author at <phil@riverbankcomputing.co.uk>.
PyQt is a set of Python bindings for the Qt toolkit and available for all platforms supported by Qt, including Windows, Linux, UNIX and embedded systems such as the Sharp Zaurus and the Compaq iPAQ. They have been tested against Qt versions 1.43 to 3.1.1, Qt Non-commercial, Qtopia 1.5.0, and Python versions 1.5 to 2.2.2.
PyQt is available under the GPL license for use with the GPL version of Qt, and a commercial license for use with the commercial version of Qt.
The bindings are implemented as a number of Python modules
qt is the main module and contains the core classes and most user interface widgets.
qtcanvas contains the classes implemented in Qt's Canvas module.
qtgl contains the classes implemented in Qt's OpenGL module.
qtnetwork contains the classes implemented in Qt's Network module.
qtpe contains the classes implemented in Qtopia (originally called the Qt Palmtop Environment). It is only supported with Qt/Embedded.
qtsql contains the classes implemented in Qt's SQL module.
qttable contains the classes implemented in Qt's Table module.
qtxml contains the classes implemented in Qt's XML module.
qtext contains useful third-party classes that are not part of Qt. At the moment it contains bindings for QScintilla, the port to Qt of the Scintilla programmer's editor class.
PyQt also includes the pyuic and pylupdate utilities which correspond to the Qt uic and lupdate utilities. pyuic converts the GUI designs created with Qt Designer to executable Python code. pylupdate scans Python code, extracts all strings that are candidates for internationalisation, and creates an XML file for use by Qt Linguist.
The changes visible to the Python programmer in this release are as follows.
SIP 3.5 is required. Starting with SIP 3.1 the run-time support library is implemented as a Python module and so is installed in a different place to earlier versions. You should manually remove any versions of the SIP run-time support library and header files earlier than 3.1.
eric is not longer packaged with PyQt and is available separately.
The qtext module has been added including the QextScintilla, QextScintillaBase, QextScintillaLexer, QextScintillaLexerCPP, QextScintillaLexerCSharp, QextScintillaLexerIDL, QextScintillaLexerJava, QextScintillaLexerJavascript and QextScintillaLexerPython classes.
The Qt v3.1.x classes QAssistantClient, QEventLoop, QIconFactory, QIMComposeEvent, QMutexLocker and QSyntaxHighlighter have been added.
The Qt v3.1.x functions qCompress() and qUncompress() have been added.
The missing QGLColorMap class was added.
The missing QDockWindow.drawFrame(), QGLWidget.reparent() and QMainWindow.lineUpDockWindows() methods were added.
The existing classes in the qtpe module have been updated to Qtopia v1.5.0.
The Qtopia v1.5.0 classes AppLnk, AppLnkSet, Config, DateFormat, DocLnk, DocLnkSet, FileManager, FileSelector, FileSelectorItem, FontDatabase, Global, MenuButton, QDawg, QList<AppLnk>, QList<DocLnk> and Resource have been added to the qtpe module.
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