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

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