On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:20 +0100, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy all, > > Python programmers looking for a built-in GUI toolkit are told two > things: one, Python already comes with a GUI toolkit, and two, it > looks equally ugly on all platforms. This is because the Tk widget > library, that Tkinter uses, defaults to looking like Motif, which > hasn't been the default widget set of *anything* for a long time. > > The Tk folks are apparently getting their act together. Tile is a > "theming engine" for Tk with widgets that look and act native:: > > <URL:http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/> > > Tile is included with Tcl/Tk 8.5 and Tcl developers, at least, are > encouraged to migrate to using it:: > > <URL:http://wiki.tcl.tk/11075> > > What effect will this have on Python's Tkinter? Is it possible we can > soon expect that the long-time, but much-neglected, built-in GUI > module for Python can take advantage of this and provide widgets that > look and act like the native GUI on Unix, Windows and MacOS?
FYI, changes done in tcl/tk are usually quite rapidly integrated in Tkinter. For example, for the "panedwindow" widget, introduced in tk8.4 (first version out in the end of 2002), a Tkinter wrapper was available in Python 2.3 (first version out mid-2003). So I don't doubt that the Tile extension package will be integrated in Tkinter, as soon as it is available in an official tcl/tk release. Note also that there is already an "unofficial" Tkinter wrappers set for the Tile widgets, done by Kevin Walzer. See: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=165637 (package tkinter-wrapper) I personnally will surely use this package. Not only does it provide a native and more pleasing to the eye appearence, but it also finally provides widgets that are quite standard nowadays (notebook, combo-box, tree widget, ...), but that weren't available before in tk without an extension package. HTH -- python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in 'U(17zX(%,5.zmz5(17l8(%,5.Z*(93-965$l7+-'])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
