Python Bindings for KDE (PyKDE-3.16.0)
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# Python Bindings for KDE (PyKDE-3.16.0)

### Jim Bublitz

# Introduction

PyKDE is a set of Python bindings for the KDE toolkit. PyKDE makes nearly 700 KDE classes and over 10,000 associated methods available to Python programmers.

The Python bindings for the Qt toolkit (PyQt) must also be installed. The sip library must also be installed. This version of PyKDE will support sip 4.2.x. or later. Earlier sip 4 versions may work, but are untested.

The current bindings support KDE versions 3.0.0 through 3.5.3, and Python 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4. This fileset will work for any supported KDE version. This version will not work with Qt1/KDE1 or Qt2/KDE2.

The bindings are implemented as a number of Python modules corresponding to the names of the separate KDE libraries, i.e. `dcop`, `kdecore`, `kdefx`, `kdeui`, `kio`, `kresources`, `kabc`, `kfile`, `kparts`, `khtml`, `kspell`, `kdeprint`, `kmdi`.

## Changes

Troy Melhase's "pykde_sampler" example application has been added to the examples/ directory. If you're interested in making a contribution to PyKDE, expanding pykde_sample to support additional widgets and PyKDE features would be a good place to start.

This release also replaces the original dcopext.py module with an improved version authored by Matthias Panzenbock. The original version is available in extensions/dcopext.py.old, but is not installed.

konsolepart support has been restored, but only for KDE >= 3.5.0. configure.py now detects lib64 automatically. Also included are Matthias Panzenbock's DCOP extensions patch and Michael Franz Aigner's KConfigSkeleton patch, both of which have been in previous snapshots.

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