GUI in Windows

[morden]

Chad Netzer wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 13:15, morden wrote:
> 
>>Suppose I need to do some GUI on Windows. My understanding is that 
>>pythonTk is flaky on Windows.
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> 
> And where is this information from?  I'd guess Tkinter on Windows is
> about as stable as any of the 'portable' widget sets out there, with the
> possible exception of QT.  I haven't yet used WxWindows, but there are

Is QT more or less stable?

> many supporters in that camp, and it may also be quite 'stable (I'm
> honestly not sure).
> 
> 
>> My top requirement is that the toolkit is robust.
> 
> 
> What does this mean to you?  Tk is very unlikely to crash, and the
> Tkinter wrapper is very well tested with it, up to at least Tk version
> 8.3 (8.4 is still a bit too new to be fully trusted, as some things have
> changed)
> 

Ok. 8.3 then.

>> The second requirement is that the widget set is large.
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> 
> Okay.  Tkinter along with Pmw may be large enough, without knowing any
> more.
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>>I don't need anything fancy though,
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> 
> Hmmm.  Do you really know what you want or need?  This seems to
> contradict what you just said above.
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> 
>>buttons, comboboxes, widgets for entering text/integers/date/time/etc,
>>tables, groups, top and pull down menus.
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> 
> Tkinter along with Pmw has all that.  In fact, Tkinter alone has all
> that, but Pmw has some nice helpers.
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> 
>>If it's portable it's a plus.
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> 
> Agian, Tkinter plus Pmw.
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> 
>>Again, I want something with extensive track record and _very stable_
>>like pythonTk wrapper on UN*X platforms.
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> 
> Tkinter.  Pmw.
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> 
>>Thank you.
> 
> 
> What GUI programming experience do you have?  What toolkits have you

I have only experience using proprietary hui toolkits on top of Motif
targeted at C++ developers. I hate them (the toolkits, the Motif and the 
developers :-)

> used?  What do you need that Tk doesn't have?  Can you be more specific
> about your needs?  The above requirements are vague.  Tk has the benfit

I listed pretty much all the widgets that I need in my previous e-mail.
What I meant by a "large" widget set were pretty much all the things listed.

> of being around longer than just about any of the portable widget sets,
> and is actively maintained, so I'm not sure why you discount it.  Most
> people who move on from it do NOT do so because of 'stability' or 'track
> record' issues, I would venture.
> 
> Having used Tkinter a *LOT*, I'm ready to try WxWindows and/or QT.  But
> Tkinter serves it's purpose well enough.
> 
Ok. Since you claim that Tkinter is stable under Windoze I guess that 
would be my bet then. Besides, I assume the code will run on UN*Xes also.

Thank you for all the info.