[Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter vs Tk strangness

[Michael Lange]

Hi,

Thus spoketh Daniel.Schep at srnl.doe.gov 
unto us on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:48:09 -0400:

> I've tested Python2.7 and it exhibits the same problems so it must not 
> ship with a new enough version of Tcl either.

As far as I see, Python2.7 still comes with Tk8.5.2 .

> 
> What are my options? If I'm not mistaken I can't just swap the version
> of Tcl used by Python, but building Python from source (on windows)
> seems like a headache. Is it possible to rebuild just Tkinter with a
> different version of Tcl somehow?
> 

I agree, I think building python on windows is not trivial.

So I think, if you don't want to build Python from sources (which seems
to me a lot of work for such a tiny bug), your options seem to be:

Downgrade to Python2.5, if you don't depend on some new Python2.6
features   or
Try ActivePython, maybe they have a more current Tk version included    or
Try a step ahead into the future to Python3, maybe there's a newer Tk
version included     or
Try to live with it; if this is the only problem you have with your
Python version this is what I'd do (remember, if it's really an
already fixed Tk bug, time is on your side :)

Regards

Michael



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