[Idle-dev] noob questions about tkinter, tcl/tk, and wxpython

[Sean Felipe Wolfe]

So IDLE uses tkinter as its GUI toolkit yes? I was doing some reading
up and comparing with wxpython.

Tkinter was chosen because of simplicity? (Which seems like a good
reason). Is Tcl/tk still a relevant technology? Their website seems to
be active, soliciting students for the summer of code 2013, and lots
of advertising. What's the history between Tcl/Tk and Python?

Do we run into limitations using tkinter? Any particular annoyances?
Does it still seem like the best choice for a simple editor like IDLE?
Is tkinter a valid choice for modern GUI development or is it more of
a holdover?

As I intend get more into IDLE contributing, I'm just looking to get
more of a feel of what's going on behind the scences. I dig simple
approaches especially compared to some of the overly-complex systems I
have to work with on the day job :P

Thanks!

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