Fancy GUI with Python

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On Sunday 28 May 2006 19:25, 63q2o4i02 at sneakemail.com wrote:
> Hi all.  I just downloaded and installed the new Office suite from MS
> with their new 'ribbon' based UI.  I think it's pretty cool and AFT*
> for a new UI paradigm.  I hope it sticks.
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering how to implement a gui like this with Python.  I
> don't think wx or qt or gtk or tkinter support this sort of fading and
> glowing type of effects... or do they?  I played with wx way back in
> 2000 or so (C++ version), and it certainly didn't have any of that.  I
> don't know if this stuff is now built into XP, or if it's specialized
> libraries only accessible to MS for their purposes.  Can a python gui
> framework be redirected to use the new gui?  Or is this something that
> has to be manually emulated from a low-level if python is to make use
> of it?  What about under linux?
>
> So I'm not sure if this is a Python question, a xxx-Python question
> (where xxx is the widget toolkit of choice), or a windows API type of
> question.
>
> How does one make fancy fading guis with python? (cross-platform if
> possible)
>
> thanks
> ms
>
> *AFT = about freakin' time

Unless I'm missing something (I haven't examined it exhaustively), everything
therein seems quite easily doable using python and Qt. I'd check it out.


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