Kivy, Eclipse and PyDev (also PyPy)

Question

According to this post: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/kivy-users/n7c3thksnzg, it is possible to use Eclipse as an IDE for Kivy through PyDev. However, I didn't understand the instructions. Can anyone please elaborate on how to connect Kivy with Eclipse.

Note: I'm on a Windows machine. Also, is it possible to use PyPy instead of the Python Interpreter?

Thanks~!

Answer 1

Using Kivy with Pydev on Windows xp/7

• Under Window/Preferences/PyDev/Interpreter-Python add a new interpreter pointing to the python executable which ships with kivy portable
• add kivy package folder under libraries tab (still in Python Interpreters Prefs section making sure the kivy python interpreter is selected)

• In Environment tab, add the following three key-value pairs: (assumptions: kivy root is c:\kivy)

  GST_REGISTRY = c:\kivy\gstreamer\registry.bin

  GST_PLUGIN_PATH = c:\kivy\gstreamer\lib\gstreamer-0.10

  PATH = c:\kivy;c:\kivy\Python;c:\kivy\gstreamer\bin;c:\kivy\MinGW\bin;%PATH%

• When creating a new project intended to use kivy, just specify the appropriate interpreter and you should be ready to go

Answer 2

I think it's just pointing that:

• The PATH, GST_PLUGIN_PATH, GST_REGISTRY environment variables must be set (which you can actually do on the command line and then start up eclipse from that command line, or set in the interpreter configuration in the environment tab): http://pydev.org/manual_101_interpreter.html.

• Kivy must be added to the PYTHONPATH somehow. If you want, you can add it only to a project (as pointed in the post -- see: http://pydev.org/manual_101_project_conf2.html) or to the actual interpreter configuration if more projects will share that: http://pydev.org/manual_101_interpreter.html.