[Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Tal Einat]

Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:
>> Using Tkinter is a major reason that maintaining and further
>> developing IDLE is difficult. For example, it took me many hours just
>> to get a working Tkinter scrolled frame widget, having had to write it
>> from scratch and struggle with the under-documented Canvas widget.
>> Another example is that integration of the new ttk (a.k.a. Tile)
>> widget set, which supports native look&feel on various platforms and
>> adds modern widgets, has still not been integrated despite being
>> available in Tk for years and despite considerable effort being
>> invested into it.
>
> Tal, you've got some catching up to do, yourself.  Tile went into Tk in
> 8.5, two years ago.

I was referring to the integration of the new ttk widgets into IDLE,
which still hasn't happened despite two years having gone by.

Sorry for not being clear on that point.

- Tal Einat