Introduction ------------ 'Traits' is a Python package for creating 'strongly-typed' Python attributes. Installation ------------ The 'traits' package is installed using the standard Python 'distutils' package. Enter the following command in the 'traits-1.0' directory: python setup.py install This will perform a normal install of the 'traits' package into your Python installation. Refer to the Python 'distutils' documentation for more installation options. Download -------- The most recent version of the 'traits' package can be downloaded from: http://www.scipy.org/site_content/traits License ------- The 'traits' package is available under a BSD style license. Contact ------- If you encounter any problems using the 'traits' package, or have any comments or suggestions about the package, please contact the author: David C. Morrill dmorrill@enthought.com Prerequisites ------------- The base 'traits' package should work on any platform supporting Python >= 1.5.2. The user interface capabilities of the traits package require additional Python packages to be installed. If you wish to use traits with wxPython, you must also install: - wxPython >= 2.3.3.1 (available from: http://www.wxpython.org) If you wish to use traits with Tkinter, you must also install: - Tkinter (usually installed as part of your Python distribution) - PMW (Python MegaWidgets) (available from: http://pmw.sourceforge.net)