[Pythonmac-SIG] help build unix python on Mac

[Jack Jansen]

On maandag, apr 21, 2003, at 21:10 Europe/Amsterdam, Russell E Owen 
wrote:

> I've already installed a framework build of Python 2.2.2 (with Aqua Tk 
> 8.4.1) from source. I would also like a non-framework build that uses 
> unix X style Tk windows (so I can see how my application will look to 
> unix users).
>
> The problem I have is I keep getting a python that uses the Aqua 
> (framework) Tk instead of the unix X Tk that I also have installed.
>
> Any hints on how to do this? Details on what I tried are appended.

Look in setup.py in the toplevel Python source directory. It had a 
large amount of code that specifically tries to locate your Tcl and Tk. 
There's a special section that is executed first that looks for AquaTk. 
If you disable that (*and* if you have installed X11 and a normal X11 
Tcl/Tk too, in the usual place)
the normal unix code should kick in and you should get an _tkinter that 
uses that.

I haven't tried this, though, so please let us know whether it works:-)
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