In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote: > >> I'd like to experiment with Tk 8.5 (now in beta) in my Python > >> application, but Python 2.5 requires Tk 8.4.x. > > > > Why do you say that? AFAIK, that's not the case. > > It's been a while, but when I've tried to run my Tkinter app against Tk > 8.5 with a stock Python installation, I get an error message saying that > Tk 8.4.x is required. It's probably tkinter.so that hard-codes the > Tcl/Tk version, not Python itself--I should have been clearer on that. > However, I still need to know what to patch... I have no idea how Tkinter does with Tcl/Tk 8.5. But one way to try it is to build python from source (after installing Tcl/Tk 8.5). It's not hard, but it takes awhile and you have to specify the right options to get a framework build (these are documented in the build instructions). -- Russell
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