Python & TKInter applets

[phil hunt]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 08:40:19 -0700, Robert Johnson <rjohnson at exotic-eo.com> wrote:
>
>"Gilles Lenfant" <glenfant.nospam at bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:9b1sf4$2hm3$1 at news4.isdnet.net...
>> What about running an activeX on a Mac or Linux box ?
>> If you want a real cross platform support (any OS and any browser) you
>> should consider using jython to make applets in python.
>> www.jython.org
>> Warning: this requires you program the GUI with java packages (Swing or
>AWT)
>> and not with usual "pythonic" Tkinter.
>> and AFAIK, Swing applets swing applets run only with Netscape 6 or with IE
>+
>> Java 2 plugin.
>>
>
>Python and TKInter don't work on Mac or Linux boxes?

Yes they do. They just don't work *as web applets*.

But python/Tkinter is a very good solution for multi-platform
programming, IMO.

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