[Pythonmac-SIG] PackageManager tarfile MacOS9

[Jack Jansen]

On 28-jan-04, at 10:31, Peter Maas wrote:

> Jack Jansen wrote:
>> First of all, Tcl/Tk was never ported to the Carbon model, and 
>> MacPython-OS9 2.3 is Carbon-only, so Tkinter will never work in
> > MacPython-OS9 2.3.
>
> Is there any GUI library that works on Win32 and Mac and is compatible
> with MacPython-OS9 2.3? Im afraid the answer is no.

Some work was done on porting wxPython to MacPython-OS9, but I haven't 
heard anything about it for a long time. So, there's a good chance that 
the developers lost interest...

>> If you really need Tkinter, you have to get MacPython 2.2.3 and use 
>> it only in the Classic execution mode.
>
> So a MacOS9-Python-2.2 app for  wouldn't run as smooth on MacOSX as a
> MacOS9-Python-2.3 app, right?

Tkinter does not run smoothly on MacOS9. A couple of years ago, when 
Scriptics started, Mac development of Tcl/Tk was basically halted, and 
Tcl/Tk got worse and worse on MacOS9. So don't expect a miracle from 
Tkinter on MacOS9.

But your script will run reasonably smoothly on MacOSX, with MacPython 
2.3. Tcl/Tk on OSX is in a pretty good shape, still not perfect but 
definitely usable and continuing to improve.
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