....with a twist.
I'm undertaking my first semi-substantial Python GUI application after a
long time dabbling with the language.
I'm fairly experienced with Tcl/Tk, so Tkinter seems the obvious choice
to reduce my Python learning curve. However, my Tcl applications
typically make use of a *lot* of extensions to the core widget set, such
as BWidgets, tablelist, and Tile.
I've found minimal Tkinter wrappers for all of these extensions, but
they are all labelled "experiment al," lightly documented at best, and
little-used (as far as I can tell) by Python developers.
So: my question is, would it be more productive for me to wrestle with
these extensions when there doesn't seem to be much constituency for
their use, or would it be better/faster/more efficient for me to start
scaling the wxPython mountain?
For what it's worth, my application has to run on OS X and Windows, and
will be commercial, so this combination of requirements rules out
PyGTK/PyQt/just about every other cross-platform GUI toolkit.
Advice, especially from those Tkinter devs who look beyond the core
widget set for their apps, is appreciated!
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Kevin Walzer
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:16:36 -0500,
Kevin Walzer <sw@wordtech-software.com> wrote: For what it's worth, my application has to run on OS X and Windows,
and will be commercial, so this combination of requirements rules out
PyGTK/PyQt/just about every other cross-platform GUI toolkit.
According to their respective web sites, both Qt and PyQt have
commercial licenses, and both run on both OS X and Windows. Is there
another reason you cannot use them? Usually the concern is the other
way around, that the Qt and PyQt licenses aren't sufficiently free or
Free.
Disclaimer: I have no financial or business ties to Trolltech or to
Riverbank.
Regards,
Dan
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Dan Sommers
<http://www.tombstoneze ro.net/dan/>
Dan Sommers wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:16:36 -0500,
Kevin Walzer <sw@wordtech-software.com> wrote:
For what it's worth, my application has to run on OS X and Windows,
and will be commercial, so this combination of requirements rules out
PyGTK/PyQt/just about every other cross-platform GUI toolkit.
According to their respective web sites, both Qt and PyQt have
commercial licenses, and both run on both OS X and Windows. Is there
another reason you cannot use them? Usually the concern is the other
way around, that the Qt and PyQt licenses aren't sufficiently free or
Free.
Disclaimer: I have no financial or business ties to Trolltech or to
Riverbank.
Regards,
Dan
Commercial Qt is a little out of my price range.
--
Kevin Walzer
iReveal: File Search Tool http://www.wordtech-software.com
On 2/10/06, Kevin Walzer <sw@wordtech-software.com> wrote: ...with a twist.
I'm undertaking my first semi-substantial Python GUI application after a
long time dabbling with the language.
I'm fairly experienced with Tcl/Tk, so Tkinter seems the obvious choice
to reduce my Python learning curve. However, my Tcl applications
typically make use of a *lot* of extensions to the core widget set, such
as BWidgets, tablelist, and Tile.
I've found minimal Tkinter wrappers for all of these extensions, but
they are all labelled "experiment al," lightly documented at best, and
little-used (as far as I can tell) by Python developers.
So: my question is, would it be more productive for me to wrestle with
these extensions when there doesn't seem to be much constituency for
their use, or would it be better/faster/more efficient for me to start
scaling the wxPython mountain?
For what it's worth, my application has to run on OS X and Windows, and
will be commercial, so this combination of requirements rules out
PyGTK/PyQt/just about every other cross-platform GUI toolkit.
If you're planning on selling an application, especially to OS X
users, then Tk is absolutely out of the question. It doesn't have even
the slightest resemblence to native behavior, and lacks the polish and
flash that occasionally lets a non-native app get away with it. Given
the limits you've stated, I believe your only options are wxPython and
writting 2 guis using PyWin/PyObjC. The second option requires
knowledge of the native tool sets for the respective platforms, so if
you don't have that I can only suggest wxPython. If you're used to Tk
you will face a learning curve, and you will need to look for or write
replacements for the custom widgets you've been using.
Advice, especially from those Tkinter devs who look beyond the core
widget set for their apps, is appreciated!
--
Kevin Walzer
iReveal: File Search Tool
http://www.wordtech-software.com
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Hi Kevin!
I have no experience with Tkinter, but I did some small GUIs with
wxPython and PyGTK.
wxPython works very well on Windows, but on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian in my
case) it is very difficult to work with and buggy.
PyGTK-Applications on the other hand maybe do not look totally like
Windows-Apps, but they work equally good on both systems (and have
native look when working with Gnome).
I would take a look at PyGTK in combination with Glade, which is what I use.
Regards, Florian.
On 2006-02-11, db*****@gmail.c om <db*****@gmail. com> wrote: What's wrong with wxPython? (http://www.wxpython.org)
Nothing. A lot of us use it.
Didn't see it mentioned here.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were supposed to.
You might want to check the wxpython mailing list if you want
to see it mentioned more often.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Why are these
at athletic shoe salesmen
visi.com following me??
On 2006-02-11, Florian Nykrin <fn*****@t-online.de> wrote: wxPython works very well on Windows, but on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian in my
case) it is very difficult to work with and buggy.
That's odd. I've been using wxPython for many years on both
Windows and on many distributions and haven't found a bug yet.
I admit that wxWidgets doesn't have the most elegent API in the
world...
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Grant Edwards grante Yow! Thousands of days of
at civilians... have produced
visi.com a... feeling for the
aesthetic modules --
Florian Nykrin wrote: Hi Kevin!
I have no experience with Tkinter, but I did some small GUIs with
wxPython and PyGTK.
wxPython works very well on Windows, but on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian in my
case) it is very difficult to work with and buggy.
PyGTK-Applications on the other hand maybe do not look totally like
Windows-Apps, but they work equally good on both systems (and have
native look when working with Gnome).
I would take a look at PyGTK in combination with Glade, which is what I
use.
Regards, Florian.
Unfortunately, PyGTK does not run natively on the Mac (it's X11 only).
--
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