On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:37:22 -0600, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Jarek Zgoda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cameron Laird wrote: > > > > Well, while on Windows "native" look exists, on X11 "native" has other > > meaning. On my wife's desktop it's KDE that is native, GNUStep is native > > on mine and I strongly object calling GTK "native", as one can read on > > SWT/Eclipse website. There's no "universally native" look on X11. Some > > toolkits look better, but this is a matter of personal taste, for > > software developer clean, stable API and suitable widgets are of much > > higher value. > > > > What I think people mean by "native" is that it follows the design scheme > selected for the desktop. > > When run under Linux, my wxPython programs follow the look and feel of my > Gnome desktop. When the same program is run on Windows, it follows that > desktop theme. Both Gnome and Windows XP alter the the controls design > according to user preferences. wxPython GUIs reflect this automatically and > the controls always look and work like the underlying system.
I think you're right about what "native" means. > > I may be wrong but I don't think you get that with TKinter! Tk has native widgets for many platforms. Jp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
