Newbie : Greek letters

[Oh Kyu Yoon]

Is there an easy way to include greek letter symbols in TextCtrl of
wxPython?

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[asdf sdf]

Is there an easy way to include greek letter symbols in TextCtrl of
wxPython?

this is only a idea. no experience with it myself. Try using SetFont
to get Symbol font. Symbol font is available on WinPCs. Couldn't say
about any other platforms though.

Just tried it and it works on my Win2000 machine in PyCrust.

frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, 'title')
tc = wx.TextCtrl(frame, -1, 'D')
tc.SetFont(wx.Font(10, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.NORMAL, face='SYMBOL'))
frame.Show(True)

A window popped up showing a Delta.

Then in PyCrust with the window still showing, I did

tc.SetLabel('G')

and the frame updated to show a Gamma.

Man, I have hardly any gui experience, not to mention hardly any python
experience, and I just started wxPython.

Bottom line: wxPython is _easy_. It's the lack of newbdoc that is the
problem.

Epsilon looks pretty much the same as E, Rho looks like P. Chi (X) is
wierd looking. Printing the rest of the alphabet is left as an exercise
for the reader.

 

[asdf sdf]

You reminded me that I would find this handy myself so I set up a
program to display greek letters. Pay no attention to the sizer
handling. Working on that.

sorry if the mailer munges the linewrapping. shouldn't be a biggie in
a script this small.

good luck.

#
# greek.py
#

import wx
import string

class Greek(wx.Frame):
''' greek alphabet '''

alphabet = string.ascii_letters

def __init__ (self, parent, id, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title)

# wx.Font(points, family, style, weight, face='')
romanfont = wx.Font(16, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.NORMAL)
greekfont = wx.Font(16, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.NORMAL,
face='SYMBOL')

gs = wx.GridSizer(-1, 10, 5, 5)

roman = []
greek = []

textstyle = wx.ALIGN_CENTER|wx.ST_NO_AUTORESIZE
cellstyle = wx.EXPAND

for x in range(len(Greek.alphabet)):
letter = Greek.alphabet[x]

roman.append(wx.StaticText(self, -1, letter
,wx.Point(-1,-1), wx.Size(-1,-1), textstyle))
roman[x].SetFont(romanfont)
roman[x].SetBackgroundColour('Yellow')

greek.append(wx.StaticText(self, -1, letter
,wx.Point(-1,-1), wx.Size(-1,-1), textstyle))
greek[x].SetFont(greekfont)
greek[x].SetBackgroundColour('White')

gs.Add(roman[x], 1, cellstyle, 10)
gs.Add(greek[x], 1, cellstyle, 10)

# layout sizers
self.SetSizer(gs)
self.SetAutoLayout(1)
gs.Fit(self)

self.Show(True)

app = wx.PySimpleApp()
frame = Greek(None, -1, 'Greek Alphabet')

app.MainLoop()

# -------------------------------------
# greek.py - end of file
# -------------------------------------

 

[Christopher Culver]

this is only a idea. no experience with it myself. Try using SetFont
to get Symbol font. Symbol font is available on WinPCs. Couldn't say
about any other platforms though.

That is a bad idea. Not only does it break cross-platform compatibility
(the goal of wxWindows) by using a proprietary font, it totally ignores
Python's excellent Unicode support. Greek has it's own block in Unicode,
you just have to create the characters from there. Using special fonts to
overcome character sets is sooooo 1998.

Christopher Culver

 

[asdf sdf]

That is a bad idea. Not only does it break cross-platform compatibility
(the goal of wxWindows) by using a proprietary font, it totally ignores
Python's excellent Unicode support. Greek has it's own block in Unicode,
you just have to create the characters from there. Using special fonts to
overcome character sets is sooooo 1998.

Christopher Culver

well, i'm edified. how about a code example? isn't there some issue
about whether a given wxpython build has unicode support? how do you
tell? how do you add it if you don't have it?

if i may paraphrase the OP's question... "can i do greek letters in
python?".

if i may paraphrase your helpful response..."yes".

cool 'tude though.