Code Project: monitor /proc with Python and Clutter
Feb 17, 2010, 17:33 (0 Talkback[s])
"If you already read our beginner's guide to the Clutter toolkit
and wished it were available in something other than C, then good
news: we're putting together a tutorial series covering PyClutter,
the Python binding to Clutter, which merges all the power and
beauty of the Clutter toolkit with the simplicity and brevity of
Python.
"So, let's start with a simple project to get things going:
you're going to produce a network monitor that monitors data
transfer and displays it all on the screen using Clutter. It's nice
and easy, but we're going to be adding more involved PyClutter
tutorials in the coming months, so you should get started while the
learning curve is shallow!
"The first thing you need to get to grips with in Clutter is the
basic terminology. Unlike other GUI toolkits, which usually define
objects like windows or panel, Clutter refers to the visual area as
a 'stage'. To continue the analogy, objects that appear on (or
actually, in, but it sounds weird to say it) the stage are called
'actors'. It makes more sense when you start coding it, and the
names don't seem so strange after a while. The thing about the
actors is that they have more properties than a standard widget
because they actually exist in a 3D environment, rather than a 2D
one."
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