GUIs - A Modest Proposal

[Martin P. Hellwig]

On 06/08/10 22:14, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2010-06-08, Martin v. Loewis <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>>> TkInter -> Tcl -> Tk -> Xlib
>>>>
>>>> Is the Tcl intepreter really need to use this GUI? Why not:
>>>>
>>>> (Pyton ->) Tkinter-API -> Xlib ?
>>> Even if this was possible (which it is not)
>>
>> Why is it not possible? It seems to have been done for other
>> languages.
>>
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Yes indeed, however gp forgot another step:
tkinter > tcl > tk > xlib/xcb > x server
There are already some more or less usable (though they look abandoned) 
experiments that do this:
https://launchpad.net/twisted-x11
http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/

However I don't think that x11 represents that majority (just a gut 
feeling I have no data to back this claim up) of gui users, so an equal 
solution should be found for windows and macs.

I do think it is technically possible to have your own window manager in 
python on x11 but I have no idea if you have equal possibilities on mac 
and windows (for example to define your own window decoration).
Though considering tk does just that I would guess this to be the case.

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