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+++ Kivy +++
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Innovative User Interfaces Made Easy
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http://kivy.org/
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Introduction
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Kivy is a Python library for development of multi-touch enabled media rich
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applications. The aim is to allow for quick and easy interaction design and
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rapid prototyping, while making your code reusable and deployable.
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Kivy is written in Python, based on OpenGL and supports different input devices
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such as: Mouse, Dual Mouse, TUIO, WiiMote, WM_TOUCH, HIDtouch, Apple's products
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and so on.
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Kivy is actively being developed by a community and free to use. It operates on
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all major platforms (Linux, OSX, Windows, Android).
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/!\ The main resource for information is the website: http://kivy.org
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Installation, Documentation, Examples
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Extensive installation instructions as well as tutorials and general
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documentation, including an API reference can be found at:
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http://kivy.org/#documentation
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An offline version in PDF format is also available.
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Kivy ships with a bunch of examples that can be found in the examples/ folder.
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About 1.0 beta
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This is beta, so keep in mind that it might not work as intended at all times.
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You can post bug reports and feature requests on our Google Project page:
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http://code.google.com/p/kivy/issues/list
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If you need assistance, you can ask for help on our mailing list:
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* Google Group : http://groups.google.com/group/kivy-dev
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* Email : kivy-dev@googlegroups.com
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We also have an IRC channel (expect responses mostly in the day hours of CET):
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* Server : irc.freenode.net
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* Channel : #kivy
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Other Python/MT resources
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pymt.eu
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^^^^^^^
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Experimental Python toolkit for multitouch development.
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Now deprecated in favour of Kivy.
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See http://kivy.org/docs/faq.html#how-is-kivy-related-to-pymt
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movid.org
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^^^^^^^^^
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Another vision tracking system we are working on. Can be used to give life to
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DIY multitouch hardware.
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nuigroup.com
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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THE resource and research community for open source multi touch and other
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natural user interfaces.
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License
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- Kivy is licensed under the terms of the LGPL 3, check the COPYING file.
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- The provided fonts DroidSans.ttf and DroidSansMono.ttf are licensed under
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the terms of the Apache 2.0 License. The license can be found at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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- The current UI design has been adapted from Moblintouch theme's SVGs, licensed
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under the terms of the LGPL 2.1.
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