GUI in Python under MSDOS?

chris patti cpatti at atg.com
Tue Feb 22 10:27:32 EST 2000


"Warren Postma" <embed at geocities.com> writes:

> Is there any gui for Python that will operate under MSDOS, especially
> extended 32-bit MSDOS using the djgpp 32 bit C++ compiler/dos-extender?
> Yes, you heard me right.
> 
> Support for VESA or even some common accellerated VGA cards would be
> excellent, but standard VGA [unaccellerated] would still be better than
> nothing.
> 
> I found a version of Squeak [a free and nifty smalltalk-80 variant, see
> www.squeak.org ] that has a DOS version, but I much prefer Python's syntax
> and structure.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Warren

The mere thought of a DOS port of Tk and then Tkinter to DOS
makes my head hurt :)

The mere fact that Python runs in extended DOS is a major win,
though.

I have a 386 laptop I plan to run it and Squeak on :)

-Chris

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