Pyglet is a
library
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for the
Python programming language
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that provides an
object-oriented
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application programming interface
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for the creation of games and other multimedia
applications
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Mathematics and computing
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** Application layer, an abstraction layer that specifies protocols and interface methods used in a ...
. pyglet runs on
Microsoft Windows
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,
macOS
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, and
Linux
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; it is released under the
BSD Licence. pyglet was first created by Alex Holkner.
Features
Pyglet is written entirely in Python. Images, video, and sound files in a range of formats can be done natively but can also be expanded with the
libav and
ffmpeg
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libraries. It requires no external dependencies.
Text display and formatting
* Rich text formatting (bold, ''italic'',
underline, color change, background color, indent, lists) (
pyglet.text.formats)
* Built-in layouts to support editable text
* Carets (
pyglet.text.caret.Caret)
* HTML support (
pyglet.text.layout.IncrementalTextLayout)
Image and sprite work
* Fast image processing and rendering
* Built-in sprites (
pyglet.sprite)
* Animated images (
*.gif)
Graphics
* OpenGL shaders supported
* Simple built-in shapes (rectangles, circles, triangles) (
pyglet.shapes)
* Batched rendering (
pyglet.graphics.Batch)
* 3D model rendering
Events and file system
* Resource management (
pyglet.resource)
* Clock for processing events and time (
pyglet.clock.Clock)
* Window events (
pyglet.window.Window)
* Event dispatching (
pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
* Context management
Sprites, text layouts, and text functions are implemented. Multi-level lists are supported and can be created using HTML. Different sections of the displayed document can have distinct styles. A built-in caret provides support for text editing, resembling many features of a UI text input caret.
Example
from pyglet.window import Window
from pyglet.app import run
window = Window(caption="Hello world!", width=640, height=480)
run()
In this example, lines 1-2 import the pyglet module's necessary components. Line 4 creates a window, and line 6 calls pyglet to run its event loop. Optionally an update rate (in frames per second) can be specified in a rate parameter.
See also
*
Pygame
Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.
History
Pygame was originally written by Pete Shinne ...
, another Python game API, a layer over
Simple DirectMedia Layer
*
Kivy (framework), a Python OpenGL-based UI for multitouch interactions
*
Cocos2d
*
Panda3D
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.pyglet.org/
Official documentation the wrapper for libav
Articles with example Python (programming language) code
Python (programming language) libraries
Software using the BSD license