One tool that seems to be aimed at this problem is Movable Python ( http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/). Its a python distribution that requires no installation; it doesn't come with pyxml, but adding it wouldn't be difficult. The minimal package, which is the one you'd probably want to use, is 4.0 mb (as compared to 10.4 for the regular win32 python installer). I'm not advocating for or against python's inclusion, but if others want to do that, this is one solution that should be considered. Greg
On 8/29/05, bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> wrote:
I'd like to revisit the issue of shipping Windows package with their own Python/PyXML. By now I use Aaron's python extensions all the time, they are immensely useful. Not as convenient as native solutions would be, but still a lot of fun and an important part of my design work. The current instructions page for Windows:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GettingEffectsWorking/Windows
is way too scary for an average user. Python alone might be OK, but PyXML on top of that is certainly too much. I think very few dedicated users would venture into this.
So, what do you think about including a minimum Python/PyXML into the Windows installer and enabling extensions by default? I think the file size increase won't be intolerably big.
-- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org
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