Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by nmcfarl » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 5:37 PM UTC

Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D
schwartzapp.com

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by PixelCut » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 6:24 PM UTC

Schwartz looks very nice and polished!

We make the exact "reverse" app - PaintCode, which is a drawing app that instantly generates Quartz 2D code (http://www.paintcodeapp.com/).

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by scdsharp7 » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 6:58 PM UTC

Looks interesting. I like the idea of showing the results of the Quartz 2D commands on the side and the Python prompt. I'd just like to know what the limitations of the free trial version are so I could try it out.

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by dragonshed » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 7:09 PM UTC

Absolutely brilliant name.

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by pekk » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 7:12 PM UTC

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by packetslave » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 7:30 PM UTC

pekk wrote: post #5

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

It's a Python shell for an Apple API. What did you expect?

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by hexley » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

pekk wrote: post #5

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

I don't think Quartz is available on Windows unless you install Safari.

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by MaxGabriel » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

I've seen this with other Cocoa apps so it may not be your fault, but I'm seeing alot of this kind of text render error:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/1658/151914/evj...

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/1658/151914/j41...

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by itod » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 8:19 PM UTC

pekk wrote: post #5

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

Hi, developer of Schwartz here. Yes, this is a thoroughly Mac-native application, so I won't be able to make it available on Windows.

Aside from the considerable difficulty of finding or developing an implementation of Quartz 2D that would run on windows, the app itself is mostly Cocoa/Objective-C (with a little Python of course). The entire app would have to be re-written from the ground up for Windows.

Re: Schwartz: A Python Shell for Quartz 2D

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Post by pavlov » Sat, Oct 12, 2013, 8:41 PM UTC

itod wrote: post #9

pekk wrote: post #5

So only for Macintosh computers, then?

Hi, developer of Schwartz here. Yes, this is a thoroughly Mac-native application, so I won't be able to make it available on Windows. Aside from the considerable difficulty of finding or developing an implementation of Quartz 2D that would run on windows, the app itself is mostly Cocoa/Objective-C (with a little Python of course). The entire app would have to be re-written from the ground up for Windows.

Cocotron, a free cross-platform reimplementation of Cocoa, contains an MIT-licensed open source implementation of Quartz called "Onyx":

https://code.google.com/p/cocotron/source/browse/#hg%2FOnyx2...

If you want to run Objective-C code on Windows, there are surprisingly many options these days, as there's also GNUStep... (I'm not saying that your project should have a Windows port, just pointing out the possibility.)