On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there a python3 module for pango (as there is one for cairo) ? > > pacman -Ss pango gives me: > > extra/libtiger 0.3.4-3 > A rendering library for Kate streams using Pango and Cairo > extra/pango 1.32.3-1 [installed: 1.30.1-1] > A library for layout and rendering of text > extra/pango-perl 1.223-2 > Perl bindings for Pango > extra/pangomm 2.28.4-1 [installed] > C++ bindings for pango > extra/pangomm-docs 2.28.4-1 > Developer documentation for pangomm > extra/pangox-compat 0.0.2-1 > X Window System font support for Pango > extra/sdl_pango 0.1.2-4 > Pango SDL binding > community/haskell-pango 0.12.4-1 > Binding to the pango library for Gtk2Hs. > community/ruby-pango 1.1.5-1 > Ruby bindings for pango > > so it looks like the answer is no... > > Yet there are examples on the web, e.g.: > > http://cairographics.org/pycairo_pango/ > > ?? > > -- > FA > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > All you need is python-gobject and you have bindings for all modern gobject libraries. The C libraries are just used directly with introspection for types. For example, you an use `from gi.repository import Pango` for pango and it's the same for Gtk, Vte, etc. (bindings like pygtk are dead ends now).
