My Zaurus

A simple PyQt Application

I'm just learning python... let alone PyQt. This understood, I make no claims as to the correctness of my programming style. What I'm aming for here is something that works and can be built upon.

This application doesn't do much. It could be a good starting place depending on your needs. The good thing is that it's small, does a few things, and works correctly on a C760; which is to say it rotates correctly. I think the logging portion will be handy during development.

This is how I installed my application and ran it on my Zaurus. (Note that it runs from the command line just fine.) Your results may vary.

• I made two sets of icons (png)
• 1) 64 by 64 which I put into /home/QtPalmtop/pics144/
• 1) 32 by 32 which I put into /home/QtPalmtop/pics/
• In /home/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/ I copied a desktop file to simple.desktop
• I modified the desktop file thus:

  	[Desktop Entry]
  	Exec=simple.py
  	Icon=flower
  	Type=Application
  	Name=Simple
  	Display=640x480/144dpi,480x640/144dpi
   

• I copied my file to /mnt/card/dev/ and made it executable.
• I made a link in /home/QtPalmtop/bin/ to my python file. (ie ln -s /home/QtPalmtop/bin/simple.py /mnt/card/dev/simple00.py)
• I rebooted my Zaurus (I imagine there is a better way to get my application loaded in the Qt, but this works)
• simple00.py.gz

That's all there is to it... my first PyQt application.