Bill Williams wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Ben Kovitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe this is a better question for me to ask: *How* did you get > > Python 2.4 running with Tkinter on OS X? > > I didn't do anything special to get Python 2.4 and Tkinter running on OS > 10.3.9. Just downloaded and installed MacPython OSX 2.4.1 dmg (Mar 31, > 2005) and TclTk Aqua 8.4.10 dmg (June 6 2005). The IDE About box says > IDE 1.0.2, Python 2.4.1 #2 Mar 31 2005 build 1666, and it all just > works, including saving a script as an applet. > > The point about applets is that one nugget of information points out > that the graphics environments like Tkinter conflict with the IDE > graphics environment, so you can't run them under the IDE, and saving as > applets was the easiest way to get stuff to run standalone.
Thanks for the info, Bill. Now I understand the need to create an applet. I want to run stand-alone anyway, and the IDE was getting "spinning beachball forever". So it looks like I just have some sort of incompatibility between installed versions. I was going hang my head in resignation and try reinstalling everything, but I noticed that Python 2.5 got officially released today, so I installed it to use on something else. I tried the Tkinter "Hello World" app, and works! Hooray! So now I'm in business. Ben Kovitz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
