> So, that leaves me wondering, why is Tkinter still getting so much > focus in the Python standard library? > > Maybe a better question is, how has Tk managed to keep beating up the > newer, more modern, more featureful, better documented toolkits > encroaching on his territory? What's Tk's secret weapon?
The trick is very simple. Tkinter just *doesn't* get much focus. Very few of the core developers actively work on it; I do so only once every two years or so to merge all the patches that get contributed. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list