cairotft 0.1.1

UI library for small tft screens using cairocffi

cairotft
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cairotft is a small module for Python (3.4+) used to draw interface on
tft screen using the framebuffer interface.

.. info:: it's first designed for tft screens, but cairotft can draw
interface on any framebuffer interface; like the default
/dev/fb0 on linux consoles.

Licence
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cairotft is free software made available under a BSD license.
See LICENSE.txt

Fonctionnalities
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* support python 3.4 (only tested on python 3.4)
* support double-buffering
* included with widgets:

* blick icon
* text marquee
* included animation transitions formulas like mootools.Fx.Transitions
* uses asyncio event loop
* ... (more in the future)

Installation
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from pypi
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TBD

from sources
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* clone the repo::

git clone https://github.com/LinkCareServices/cairotft.git
cd cairotft

* create a virtualenv::

pyvenv-3.4 ~/.virtualenvs/cairotft
source ~/.virtualenvs/cairotft/bin/activate

* install::

python setup.py install

* and for development::

python setup.py develop

* and (eventually) development dependencies::

pip install --upgrade -r dev-requirements.txt

Running tests
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tests
*****

install tests and developpement requirements::

pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

on the main cairotft directory run the tests::

nosetests

or with verbosity::

nosetests -v


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