[maemo-developers] Is it possible to make a "well-behaved" pyGame app with maemo-python ?

[From: Thomas D. Waelti]

Please check my article in the wiki:
http://maemo.org/community/wiki/packagebuildingwithoutlinuxusingpypackager/

Hope it helps (even if you don't use pypackager)

Best regards
-Tom


>> By "well-behaved" I mean an app which appears as an icon in the
>> taskbar like a proper Hildon app.
>>
>> I have copied and modified .desktop and .service files of such
>> apps made with PyGTK, but pyGame seems different. If the .desktop
>> doesn't
>> reference an osso service, the app starts from the menu, but
>> there is no icon in the taskbar (and no "xx is starting" during
>> launch). If it does, the  "xx is starting" message appears for
>> some time, but the app never starts.
>>
>> Is it possible to get this right ? If so, is there a Howto
>> somewhere ?
>>
> Yes, it's indeed possible.  Kagu ( http://www.kagumedia.com ) is a
> pygame app; you might want to check it out.
> I suspect
> http://maemo.org/community/wiki/gamedevelopment/#7179b7084dd3339e00887
> 9a088142aae may also be helpful.