Python + PyGTK for Kindle Touch and Paperwhite

[briant1234]

thanks twobob

[jue]

Thanks for this great package, dos1!

Just to confirm that this package still works on my PW2 (fw 5.6.5), when the package 'libpng12-0' is added to the build script posted here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...52&postcount=6

Or alternatively, extract the contents of the attached file in the folder python/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/

[Amias]

Originally Posted by dos1

Hi,

I couldn't find already packaged PyGTK for Kindle, so I decided to do it on my own. And I've just got PyGTK running on my Paperwhite.

I've used latest Debian sid armel packages. There is GTK+ provided (and few others) despite of Kindle having its own version - I was too lazy to recompile everything to fix missing symbols issues.

All symlinks and hard links in package are dereferenced, which means that it can be safely unpacked on /mnt/us, but it also means that there are copies instead of links and they take more space.

Download: http://dosowisko.net/kindle/python.tar.gz

Usage:

Unpack python.tar.gz package in /mnt/us/extensions (or if you're in USB disk mode - in /extensions). If you really want to, you can place it somewhere else, but you'll need to tweak paths in pythonenv file.

You can setup environment with ". pythonenv" command. After that you can just call "python", or run python files just like any other executable. There are test files bundled - type "python demos/gtk-test.py" to run one.

(please note that windows have to have proper X11 class names in order to be correctly displayed by Awesome - refer to https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...hp?t=162022#10 for more info)

It probably won't work on any other Kindle than Paperwhite, but you can still try (update: thanks to twobob we now know that it works on Touch too )

Cheers

the download links failed

[encol]

Try to copy the link in a new window, for me it works

[Amias]

Originally Posted by encol

Try to copy the link in a new window, for me it works

Thanks, i have already settled this.
But it does not work after i execute ./pythondev
and command 'python' does not exist

[Amias]

any update to python3.9.4 and pygtk3.0?

[NiLuJe]

Have you looked at the thread's age? That should give you your answer.

[Amias]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Have you looked at the thread's age? That should give you your answer.

yes, and i tried to configure https://dosowisko.net/kindle/build-python.py,
but it fails to work

[Amias]

why?Code below doesnot work, however gtk-test.py works normally

Spoiler:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import pygtk
import gtk
pygtk.require('2.0')

class PyApp(gtk.Window):

def __init__(self):
super(PyApp, self).__init__()
self.set_title("Check Button")
self.set_default_size(250, 200)

vbox = gtk.VBox()
self.btn1 = gtk.CheckButton("Button 1")
self.btn1.connect("toggled", self.on_checked)
self.btn2 = gtk.CheckButton("Button 2")
self.btn2.connect("toggled", self.on_checked)
self.lbl = gtk.Label()
quitBtn = gtk.Button("quit the test.")
quitBtn.connect("clicked", lambda w: gtk.main_quit())

vbox.add(quitBtn)
vbox.add(self.btn1)
vbox.add(self.btn2)
vbox.add(self.lbl)

self.add(vbox)
self.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)
self.show_all()

def on_checked(self, widget, data = None):
state = "Button1 : "+str(self.btn1.get_active())+"Button2 : "+str(self.btn2.get_active())
self.lbl.set_text(state)

if __name__ =="__main__":
PyApp()
gtk.main()

[Amias]

Plus, this does not display the menu when clicked
should i bring it to top? But there is no methods.

Spoiler:

mb = gtk.MenuBar()

menu1 = gtk.Menu()
msg = gtk.MenuItem("MessageDialog")
menu1.append(msg)

def on_msgdlg(widget):
#MessageDialog usage code
print 'i was clicked'
return 0

msg.connect("activate", on_msgdlg)
vbox = gtk.VBox(False, 2)
vbox.pack_start(mb, False, False, 0)
self.mainWindow.add(vbox)

self.mainWindow.show_all()

[0x6c616d70]

I can verify this is working on PW4 - fw 5.13.3

1) Install and extract on recommended directory.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...65&postcount=1

2) Add this file
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...5&postcount=17

put this code in ``pythonenv`` to test it out

#!/bin/sh
export PATH=/mnt/us/extensions/python/usr/bin/:$PATH

python /mnt/us/extensions/python/demos/gtk-test.py

Separately typing in the codes on terminal works too