Python Development Documentations (outdated)

[alx5962]

in the cvs, doc folder, pythonreadme.txt
that's all the doc available for now.
i planned to write one but it's too boring and if i suceeded to code python on xbox without documentation, other people can too!

[alx5962]

python docs

i started to write this documentation but i need a volunteer to correct my english grammar mistakes *
it's a beginner's guide so everyone is welcome to help out with writting it.

[darkie]

i have added a new file to cvs called makedoc.py in the scripts directory. it will generate html files of xbmc and xbmcgui which will be placed in q:\\doc\\python.

[alx5962]

documentation updated!

added new functions, corrected bugs and also added new tutorials.

get it here

[Alexpoet]

there is a new version of the tutorial available on my website (linked below). this is a complete revision, but it still covers primarily the same material.

so if you've already read alx5962's tutorial and understood it, you probably won't get much more out of the new version.

but, if you're new to python scripting for the xbox, i think it will be a little easier to read, and it also now comes with a script template to make starting new scripts a little faster/easier.

hope you enjoy. as always, feedback is welcome.

[Asteron]

a great python reference for those who have programming experience but not in python is

python 2.3 quick reference guide

it brought me up to speed with how things are done in python land very quickly without being bogged down with the basics of programming.

-asteron

[Asteron]

thor918's more recent python docs


xbmc.html

xbmcgui.html

[bakman]

Originally Posted by (asteron @ april 05 2005,21:31)

thor918's more recent python docs


xbmc.html

xbmcgui.html

that documentation describes the:

class controllist(control)
* *controllist class.

controllist(
* x, y, width, height, font, textcolor,
* buttontexture, buttonfocustexture,
* selectedcolor, imagewidth, imageheight,
* itemtextxoffset, itemtextyoffset,
* itemheight, space, alignmenty )

x * * * * * * * * *: integer x coordinate of control
y * * * * * * * * *: integer y coordinate of control
width * * * * * * *: integer width of control
height * * * * * * : integer height of control
font * * * * * * * : font used for label text e.g. 'font13' (opt)
textcolor * * * * *: color of item text e.g. '0xffffffff' (opt)
buttontexture * * *: texture filename for item (opt)
buttonfocustexture : texture filename for focused item (opt)
selectedcolor * * *: color of selected item text e.g. '0xffffffff' (opt)
imagewidth * * * * : integer width of item icon or thumbnail (opt)
imageheight * * * *: integer height of item icon or thumbnail (opt)
itemtextxoffset * *: integer x offset of item label (opt)
itemtextyoffset * *: integer y offset of item label (opt)
itemheight * * * * : integer height item (opt)
space * * * * * * *: integer space between items (opt)
alignmenty * * * * : integer y-axis alignment - see xbfont.h (opt)

how do i make use of the "selectedcolor" ? once i add some of the properties, i get debug error stating that i am passing too many arguments to the controllist. i am confused with this stuff, as some stuff can be set separately (eg. self.list.setitemheight) but cannot be passed at the time of creation of the control ?
pls enlighten me *:bomb:

[jmarshall]

sounds like you haven't updated xbmc.

[bakman]

Originally Posted by (jmarshall @ april 11 2005,07:30)

sounds like you haven't updated xbmc.

i have xbmc with an april 6th release. still no luck (my favorite feature is now gone as well reboot via the joystick), falling back now :d