Which python framework?

[blissend at gmail.com]

On Monday, January 6, 2014 12:37:24 PM UTC-5, blis... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, January 6, 2014 12:09:28 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:02 AM,  <blissend at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I love programming in python but I'm having trouble deciding over a framework for a single player MUD like game I'm making for fun. Ideally it's a cross-platform free framework in case I want make it open source later with good capabilities of customizing the GUI look/style.
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> > If by "MUD-like" you mean that it's fundamentally based on scrolling
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> I suppose what I'm trying to accomplish isn't ordinary. Yes, it's fundamentally a scrolling text based game but... with input commands only as a secondary option. I'm going to design a new user experience I have in mind via a GUI that can engage users without having to type commands. This is why I'm wondering about alternatives.

It appears pyqt has better theming capabilities from what I'm reading up on.