GUIs - A Modest Proposal

[rantingrick]

On Jun 11, 4:08 pm, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt... at ixokai.io> wrote:
> On 6/11/10 1:20 PM, rantingrick wrote:
>
> > Run the warning. Then and *only* then can we move forward with facts.
>
> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+Tkinter+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+Tkinter%22
>
> Compared to:
>
> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+wx+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+wx%22
>
> and
>
> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+PyQT4+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+PyQT4%22
>
> -1; This most trivial and unreliable of metrics is, despite its limited
> effectiveness, enough alone to show that there is sufficient usage of
> Tkinter to argue against removal without a compelling replacement being
> available and a migration path available for those who used Tkinter
> before to make use of this replacement.
>
> There is neither a compelling replacement ready yet (though PyGUI may
> become one, sure) nor any migration path available ('just download
> tkinter from pypi' is not sufficient)


Fair enough! Although whether or not we want to remove Tkinter i think
it would be a good idea to get some feedback. But alas i am tired of
fighting with you guys about it.

So, since we are *keeping* Tkinter i want some suggestions for
improvement. And don't go telling me that nothing needs fixing,
because i have documented time and again the problems in Tkinter and
IDLE. I have already made patches/fixes for some of them but somehow i
fear the *in crowd* will never accept my changes just from pure spite.

So let me hear of ANY improvements and/or suggestions for Tkinter/IDLE
docs, code, or whatever.