[Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter on OSX works...

[Steven Burr]

I've got the same set up, and it's working quite well.  I thought it 
might be useful to mention that I got tcl/tk through fink --  
http://fink.sourceforge.net/ -- which automates the download, 
configuration, compilation and installation of command line and X 
Windows programs for use with Darwin.

I also used fink to download the readline library, which allows the use 
of emacs-style editing to recall command history and edit commands in 
the Python interpreter.  It's compiled into the binary version of Python 
for Darwin at http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/, but apparently doesn't 
come "out of the box" with the Python source code or the OS X developer 
tools.

On Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at 10:04 PM, Daniel Lord wrote:

> 0) You need and X Server (Tenon xTools or XFree86) installed--there is 
> no Quartz/Aqua Tkinter support.
> If you can compile unix software and don't mind using opt-cmd-A to 
> change between Aqua & X, Xfree86 CVS source is free.
> Xfree installation is not for the faint of heart. read about it here: 
> http://mrcla.com/XonX/start.html.
>
> Otherwise, Tenon's commercial package is installable as a 
> binary--simple and 'rootless' meaning it runs in a window under Aqua.
> It is pricey ($199) and more buggy with some X programs than XFree 
> though. XFree works for me.
>
> 1) Be sure you have the Mac OSX tools installed since the next steps 
> will require compilation and linking.
>
> 2) Go to http://www.scriptics.org and get tcl8.3.3 and tk 8.8.3 and 
> build (./configure, make, make install). They worked fine for me on OSX 
> 10.0.3.
>
> 3) Get the Python 2.1 sources and build it from source. Read the README
>        They suggest: "Run  configure with "OPT='-g -traditional-cpp' 
> ./configure
>         --with-suffix=.exe --with-dyld" .
>
>        Well , since the shell is tcsh, this works better:
>             set OPT='-g -traditional-cpp'; ./configure --with-dyld
> 	Trust me--you can leave out the --with-suffix=.exe, but the rest 
> is important.
>
>     NOTE: read the README on  how to enable Tkinter.
> 	i.e Be sure to go into the Modules/Setup file and edit the tkinter 
> lines to ensure Tkinter support is built.
>               The README give details. DO this before compiling.
>
> I have done the above and have Tkinter running on OSX. Even Python 
> MegaWidgets (Pmw) works! Now if I could just get Apple's Perl to see 
> Tk....
>
> On Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at 09:01 AM, pythonmac-sig-
> request@python.org wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm sorry this has probably been covered already..what's the timescale 
>> for
>> Tkinter on OSX? Anytime soon? Or anyone have WxWindows in a 
>> user-friendly
>> state. I'm having to look at Java in order to get a gui that isn't
>> sucky...and I'm not the "typed" type...
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> tom
>>
>
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