GUIs - A Modest Proposal

[Mark Lawrence]

On 06/06/2010 22:11, rantingrick wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2:06 pm, Mark Lawrence<breamore... at yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
>> On 06/06/2010 16:31, rantingrick wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 9:22 pm, ant<shi... at uklinux.net>    wrote:
>>
>>>> I ask the group; should we try to create a new GUI for Python, with
>>>> the following
>>>> properties?:
>>
>>>> - Pythonic
>>>> - The default GUI (so it replaces Tkinter)
>>>> - It has the support of the majority of the Python community
>>>> - Simple and obvious to use for simple things
>>>> - Comprehensive, for complicated things
>>>> - Cross-platform
>>>> - Looks good (to be defined)
>>>> - As small as possible in its default form
>>
>>> Yes i one hundred percent agree! The only problem is i am the only
>>> one! Good luck finding others to climb into this boat. From the
>>> beginning there has has been this really weird love-hate relationship
>>> with Tkinter in the Python community. I myself experience this
>>> emotional attachment every day as i wish for Tkinter to be more
>>> "pretty" and "feature-rich" whilst at the same time loving it's
>>> simplicity. Tkinter seems to be Python's whipping boy and nobody wants
>>> to whip another, so we are stuck in limbo with a lobotomy.
>>
>>> Heres an idea though, why not expand Tkinter with some new really cool
>>> widgets...? Hmmm...? That TIX package is a real PITA and could use a
>>> re-write. Can you believe it took until py3.0 for Tkinter to get a
>>> combobox :-O! Yea i know! :'-(
>>
>> Patches are welcome at any time.  I look forward to seeing your first
>> contribution.
>>
>> Kindest regards.
>>
>> Mark Lawrence.
>
> Hello Mark,
>
> Are you maintaining Tkinter or Tix or both? There is a nagging issue
> with Tix that needs fixing. Upon subbclassing some widgets and when
> using the import Tix and import Tix as *. Maybe it is already fixed in
> 3.0 (i have not checked) but we need to fix it.
>
> I am still currently rewriting Tkinter Tix and IDLE in my spare time
> but got a bit busy lately. Anyhoo, i would really like to bring some
> patches, upgrades, and just a general spit shining to the entire three-
> plexx so let me know.

I don't maintain either, I'm looking forward to seeing you do it.

Regards.

Mark Lawrence.