fixed issue with color values

updated installation instructions for Debian Lenny


git-svn-id: https://pycam.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pycam/trunk@209 bbaffbd6-741e-11dd-a85d-61de82d9cad9

Changelog

 Version 0.2.1 - UNRELEASED
  * fixed code that depended on GTK 2.16 (instead of 2.12)
+ * view settings "light", "shadow" and "polygon fill" are now configurable
 
 Version 0.2 - 2010-03-04
  * added an alternative GTK interface with additional features:

INSTALL.TXT

@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ Install the following packages with your package manager:
     python-pyode    (optional)
 
 On a debian or ubuntu system you would just type the following in a root console:
-    apt-get install python-gtkglext1 python-pyode
+    apt-get install python-gtkglext1 python-pyode python-opengl python-gtk2
+
+BEWARE: Debian Lenny sadly contains a broken "python-opengl" package. You need to
+switch to "squeeze" and run "apt-get install python-opengl" to fix this. Afterwards
+you should go back to "Lenny". This may also be relevant for certain versions of
+Ubuntu.
 
 
 Dependencies of the Tk interface: 

pycam/Gui/Project.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ COLORS = {
 }
 
 # floating point color values are only available since gtk 2.16
-GTK_COLOR_MAX = 65535
+GTK_COLOR_MAX = 65535.0
 
 
 def show_error_dialog(window, message):
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ class ProjectGui:
         def set_unit(text):
             unit_field.set_active((text == "mm") and 0 or 1)
         self.settings.add_item("unit", unit_field.get_active_text, set_unit)
+        unit_field.set_active(0)
         # define the limit callback functions
         for limit in ["minx", "miny", "minz", "maxx", "maxy", "maxz"]:
             obj = self.gui.get_object(limit)