Tkinter on way out? (was: Newbe-books)

[lvirden at yahoo.com]

According to Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>:
:In article <c7gaa1$jll$1 at srv38.cas.org>,  <lvirden at yahoo.com> wrote:
:>Sorry - I hit the wrong button.  I guess I misunderstood wxPython -
:>I thought it was designed around a specific toolkit.  Does it
:>provide kde and gnome desktop compatibility?  If not, then it
:>seems strange that pythonians would move from one non-standard
:>library to another.
:			.
:I don't know what "kde and gnome desktop compatibility" means.
:I'm unconvinced the KDEers and GNOMEans do, though I'm willing
:to learn.  I find it exceptionally difficult to think of *any*
:GUI toolkit as "standard", without considerable qualification.
:
:The wxPythoneers are a good group.  From all I know, Tkinter
:remains more broadly portable than wxPython.

What I meant by such is this:

Do python applications, written using wxPython, take advantage of the
user's currently used KDE and/or GNOME themes, and do they communicate
with appropriate desktop facilities (sessions, drag and drop, clipboard,
etc.) when necessary?
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