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diff --git a/sources/pyside6/doc/tutorials/pretutorial/whatisshiboken.rst b/sources/pyside6/doc/tutorials/pretutorial/whatisshiboken.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 67aafc4f8..000000000 --- a/sources/pyside6/doc/tutorials/pretutorial/whatisshiboken.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -.. _whatisshiboken: - -Binding Generation: What Is Shiboken? -===================================== - -When you install ``PySide6`` you might have notice that also ``Shiboken6`` -is installed as a dependency: - -.. code-block:: bash - - (env) [qt ~]$ pip install pyside6 - Collecting pyside6 - Downloading PySide6-6.0.0-6.0.0-cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (170.5 MB) - |████████████████████████████████| 170.5 MB 42 kB/s - Collecting shiboken6==6.0.0 - Downloading shiboken6-6.0.0-6.0.0-cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (964 kB) - |████████████████████████████████| 964 kB 29.3 MB/s - Installing collected packages: shiboken6, pyside6 - Successfully installed pyside6-6.0.0 shiboken6-6.0.0 - -That installed package is also called **Shiboken Module**, and it contains -some utilities for PySide to properly work. -You can find more information about it on its -`documentation page <https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/shiboken6/shibokenmodule.html>`_ - -There is a third package that does not get installed when you install PySide, -because it is not required, and it is called **Shiboken Generator**. - -Most of the times you see mentions to use "Shiboken" or to do something -related to "binding generation", it is about this third package, and **not** -the dependency of the PySide package. - -Do I Need Shiboken Generator? ------------------------------ - -If your goal is to just write Qt applications in Python, -you do not need to worry about a Shiboken generator installation, -but on the other hand, if you want to work with your own bindings -or extend Qt/C++ applications with Python, you **need** it. - -You can find all the information related to Shiboken on its -`documentation page <https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/shiboken6/>`_. |