[Pythonmac-SIG] Python in Jaguar is where?

[Walt Ludwick]

Hey, Bill:  That's good info about "fixing" the Python that ships w/ 
Jaguar, and also about installing Fink.   I think i can see why you 
switched away from Fink to the Apple-supported version... but that puts 
my key question in a new light.  You wrote:

> ...The Fink version works just fine on Jaguar and has for quite some 
> time.  I had been using it up until recently (I switched to the OS X 
> installed version of Jaguar because I need to ship standalone apps 
> that use PyObjC and, as such, didn't want to risk an unnecessary 
> dependency on the Fink install -- with the readline and ssl support, 
> the Apple installed Python fits my needs *because I use Python/Cocoa 
> to do the GUI development*).

(my *emphasis*).  Does this mean that there's a GUI development option 
for Python - neither Tkinter nor wxPython / PythonCard - and it's in 
the Jaguar/ Developer Tools installation that i already have, which is 
supported by Apple?

See, the key question for me is:  "What's the best GUI environment for 
someone just beginning to learn programming in Python (the ideal 
programming language for beginners, i gather from reliable sources) on 
Mac OS X?"  Once i get my answer to that question (still open), then 
the question of how best to build Python in Jaguar, and/or how best to 
work with the Python contained therein, should answer itself - right?

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Walter Ludwick
wludwick@mac.com