[wxPython-users] Adding GUI to already existing CLI framework

[Karsten Hilbert]

>> Probably you need wx.lib.pubsub which is independent of wx. You can just
>> copy the file pubsub.py to your application in case you want to drop wx.

> Yes, this is how I usually do it, and you can see it at 
> http://wiki.wxpython.org/ModelViewController as Andrea mentioned. Scroll 
> down for an example. If you want your model/controller to be non-dependent 
> on wx, you can either copy in the pubsub.py as Stani mentioned, or what I 
> usually do is something like:
>
> try:
>    import wx.lib.pubsub as pubsub
>    PUBSUB = True
> except:
>    PUBSUB = False
>
>
> Then wherever you would use pubsub to send a message, just check 'if 
> PUBSUB: ' first. This to me seems like an elegant solution because if you 
> can't import wx you have no gui and therefore no need to send messages to 
> one (not that it hurts to send messages if no one is listening). I also 
> feel a little hackish copying a file from wx into my local space like that 

This is why I think pubsub really should be included with
Python itself. Anyone up to the task (that is, with a bit of
time and persistence on their hands) of suggesting that to
the Python community ?

Karsten
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