Hi Richard, I would strongly second the advice that Kevin provided: rewriting is a substantial step not to be taken lightly. If a mere facelift is desired, migrating to the more modern tools provided in recent versions of Tcl/Tk may well meet your needs at a fraction of the cost/effort.
For additional information, you can point your technical people at http://www.tkdocs.com. Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list