As far as I know Windows does not support ncurses natively (using CygWin probably changes that). So go with Tkinter. Looks crappy but at least it should run on all major platforms... > Hi All, > > Just learning Python - my first new language for about 18 years (I'm > not a programmer ...). I'm writing a small utility to manipulate some > text files (for the game VGA Planets, if you're interested: http:// > www.phost.de). It's currently working, but it looks a bit ugly with > raw_input and just basic text output. > > I have plans to expand the functions of the utility, and I want a > simple GUI frontend. I assumed I'd end up with something that looks a > bit like the Debian installer: a curses-driven thing with simple ascii > boxes and buttons. But reading a bit more about Python makes me think > that support for tcl/tk is much more developed than support for > curses. > > So my question is, should I go to the trouble of learning how to make > boxes and stuff using tcl/tk, or just go with ncurses as I imagined? > > Which is more portable? The basic idea is that this just runs on the > largest possible variety of systems (er, assuming they have Python > installed, of course). I use Debian mostly, but of course it needs to > run on bog-standard Windows boxes. Does that tilt the balance in > favour of curses or tcl/tk? Or should I just stick with ugly text? > > Thanks for all your help, > > CC (noob) > >
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