On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Russell E. Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Dudeja, Rajat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> So, now I've finally started using Eclipse and PyDev as an IDE for my >> GUI Application. I just wrote some sample programs as an hands on. >> >> Now I would like to take up Tkinter. I'm using Active State Python >> version 2.5 and found that there is not Tkinter and Tk module in it. >> >> To use Tkinter do I actually require Tk installed on my machine? Please >> suggest and where can I find both these modules? >> >> Also, please direct me to a good and short document on using Tkinter or >> Tk in Python. > > What operating system? > > For MacOS X this should not happen because Tcl/Tk is already available. > But the best Python for MacOS X is the binary installer from python.org > and the best Tcl/Tk is ActiveState version 8.4.19 (the Tcl/Tk that comes > with MacOS X 10.4 and 10.5 is rather old and buggy). > > For Windows: the standard python.org binary Python includes its own > Tcl/Tk. So the simplest solution is to use that. I know nothing about > ActiveState's Python for Windows but it is possible that it requires > ActiveState Tcl/Tk to use Tkinter. > > For unix: I'm not sure about ActiveState and unix. But the standard > package installer that comes with your unix should offer tcl/tk, python > and _tkinter (possibly as 3 separate packages, possibly not) and at > least tcl/tk and python should be installed by default. > > In general ActiveState puts out a very nice Tcl/Tk installer that > includes many useful extra packages. But I've never seen the point to > ActiveState's Python installer. When I last tried it, their Python was > missing readline and did not add any useful packages to the standard > python.org version. > > For info on Tkinter: <http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter> > > -- Russell > > P.S. if you do install Tcl/Tk to use with Tkinter, please use 8.4.x, NOT > 8.5. Python 2.5.x is not fully compatible with Tcl/Tk 8.5.
Could you clarify what you mean when you say "not fully compatible with Tcl/Tk 8.5" ? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
