SciParam - a wxPython based GUI for scientific values
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Overview
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SciParam is a Python package to easily add additional quality control for
entering scientific parameters in wxPython-based user interfaces.

For a detailed description of features and usage, look at the included
documentation inside the 'doc/' directory, or visit the SciParam homepage
at http://great-er.intevation.org/sciparam/


Requirements
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Python from http://www.python.org/
  Tested with version 2.1 and 2.2, but should work with newer versions.

wxPython from http://wxPython.org/
  Tested with version 2.2.9 and current 2.4.0 branch.
  Later versions of SciParam may require at least wxPython 2.4 branch.


Installation
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To install SciParam, just make sure the SciParam-1.0.0/ directory is
in the "PYTHONPATH" environment variable. For example, if you extracted
SciParam-1.0.0.tar.bz2 or SciParam-1.0.0.zip to /home/fred/, then you
would have something like:

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/fred/SciParam-1.0.0/

in your ~/.bash_profile, etc. If you use Windows NT, 2000, or XP, then
set your environment variables by right-clicking on My Computer and
selecting Properties. If you use some other version of windows, you'll
need to set the variable at a command prompt, or in autoexec.bat, with
the 'set' command.

If you'd like to install SciParam system-wide on your machine and into the
default PYTHONPATH, you can use setup.py to do so:

# python ./setup.py install

Be sure to run setup.py with appropriate privileges (root under Unix).

Additionally there is a self-installing package for Windows:
SciParam-1.0.0.win32.exe

License
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SciParam is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(see the file COPYING for details).

Copyright (C) 2002, 2003
    Intevation GmbH <intevation@intevation.de>
    Georgstrasse 4
    D-49074 Osnabrueck
    Germany

Author: Thomas Koester <tkoester@intevation.de>
        After my wedding on July 30th, 2003:
        Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>

