[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Piddle on the Mac

[Louis M. Pecora]

Chris Barker wrote:

>"Louis M. Pecora" wrote:
>
>> Never got it to work.  Will go back to Tk and that widget stuff with canvas.  I am searching for a simple plotting APIs to embed in my numerical simulations programs.  Just for quick and easy graphics feedback and info while I concentrate most of the time on the numerical algorithms and mathematics.
>
>Hmm. What version of Python are you using? if you're using 1.6, that may
>explain it, Otherwise, it really should work. I could send you my Piddle
>folder if you want. I'm using it on a stock 1.5.2c1 version.

I'm using 1.5.2c1 .  I have the Piddle folder and put it in the lib folder in Python folder and added a path to it $PYTHON:lib:Piddle:  (or something).  

What might help is to tell me what demo's tests should work on the Mac just by dropping them on the Interpreter.  Do any work from the IDE.  I remember the issue of Tkinter *not* working from the IDE.  Something about console windows.

>Unless you're using tk for other things, I would encourage you to get
>Piddle to work it's pretty nice, and graphite should work on top of it,
>which would be even nicer. Tk on the Mac is really kind of a pain.
>
>Did you try GNUplot? there were a couple of messages on this list about
>it working on the Mac. If so, it would be pretty full featured.

Looked at GNUplot and decided it appeared to need Tk.  Is that right?  Anyway, that's why I went for Tkinter.  



Cheers,

Lou Pecora