python-tickit requires the following:

• tickit via bzr, revision 154 or newer.
• Python 3.2 or higher.

Additionally, if you wish to assist in developing python-tickit, you will also need:

• python-ctypeslib and
• GCC-XML. (needed by python-ctypeslib)

In particular, h2xml and xml2py (provided by python-ctypeslib) are used to generate tickit._tickit to avoid errors caused by manual generation of e.g. enums.

python-tickit mirrors the Perl Tickit APIs where possible. The following APIs are mirrored:

• Tickit::Pen, as a MutableMapping subclass;
• Tickit::Rect, as a Container subclass;
• Tickit::RectSet, as a MutableSet subclass;
• Tickit::StringPos; and
• Tickit::Term.

Please refer to the relevant collections.abc documentation for Python ABC subclasses.