Tkinter or wxpython?

kyosohma at gmail.com kyosohma at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 14:34:01 EDT 2007


On Aug 6, 12:49 pm, Kevin Walzer <k... at codebykevin.com> wrote:
> kyoso... at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I tried the PMW widget toolkit. It was ok, but it seemed kind of
> > buggy. I found out about Tix on a forum of some sort. When I tried to
> > find out how to get it and use it, all I found was conflicting
> > information. I finally got it downloaded only to find I had to compile
> > it and I didn't have the right version of TCL. So I switched to
> > wxPython then. Months later I found out that Tix is now included with
> > Python.
>
> > I still don't know how to use it though. As with most external Tkinter
> > widget sets, Tix doesn't have examples. The docs look less inviting
> > than man pages...but I realize that's probably just me. I just don't
> > like man pages much.
>
> Tkinter comes more naturally to me than other toolkits because I'm also
> a Tcl developer. I just haven't felt the need to learn wxPython because
> I can get what I need from Tkinter, even the more complicated GUI layouts.
>
> --
> Kevin Walzer
> Code by Kevinhttp://www.codebykevin.com

Yeah...I would assume I would enjoy Tkinter more if I knew more tcl.
Until that day arrives though, it will probably still be fairly
confusing for me to figure out. I do like it's "pythonic" style
though.

Mike




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