Creating a custom Entry widget in PyGtk for use with Glade
The GtkEntry widget is pretty dumb: Whatever input is sent to the entry field (whether by user input or by the set_text method) is treated as a String. Time to
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Creating custom widgets for PyGTK in Glade
When developing GUI applications for Python, PyGTK expects the the coder to define the complete layout of the GUI with its objects and the corresponding wiring of events, signals and
Installing Mayan EDMS on Ubuntu 20.04
The Mayan EDMS documentation offers two ways for the installation on a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS machine: The first one is via Docker, the second one is the direct installation. I
Import Geogebra plots to LaTeX
A couple of years ago I recommended using gnuPlot for producing high quality plots of functions and time series. There has been a lot going on in data visualization since
Upgrading Raspbian from Stretch to Buster
With the new Buster release for the Raspberry Pi being out for some weeks, it’s time to upgrade my Pi Zero W server. Unfortunately, though, this is not so easy
Efficient backup of your Raspberry Pi
Anyone who runs critical services such as web servers or private clouds on a Raspberry Pi is well advised to produce regular backups. The usual procedure is to remove the
Updating Nextcloud via Updater GUI
While the updater GUI is really comfortable, I regularly run into difficulties with file permissions and timeouts. This post summarizes the steps needed to run an update via Nextclouds Update
pyGTK – TreeView model with both filter and sort features
For someone who wants to write adminstrative office software that communicates with a database in the background, Gtk’s TreeView object is probably one of the most interesting widgets. Unfortunately, with
pyGTK ListBox Example
Fans who regularly watched the “Weeds” TV series will probably remember the Little Boxes opening music when looking at the pyGTK ListBox tutorial when looking at the code. There are
pyGTK pack_start parameters
When I started to work with pyGTK, I had the impression that documentation is not as abundant and detailed as for learning the standard Python language in general. Among the