TPJ wrote: > GUI's etc: PyGtk on Windows > "(...) So if someone develops mainly for X and just wants to make sure > that it is not impossible to run on Windows, you can use PyGTK. (...)", > July 2nd, 1999 > > pyGTK on Windows > "(...) > > can i use pyGTK under > > Windows??? > > It's probably doable (...) but not worthy in my oppinion (...). A much > better choice is wxPython (...)" > > "(...)even if it is made to work under windows, pygtk would not have a > windows look and feel. wxPython is probably your best bet (...)" > > pygtk vs. wxPython > 4. "(...) If you want cross-platform capabilities (...) then go > wxWindows." May 17 2002 > > 7. "(...) The pygtk (and gtk port in general) does not yet support > threading on windows. (...) GTK 2.0 is supposed to fix it but support > isn't available *yet*. (...)" May 17 2002 > > PyGTK vs. wxPython > 7. "(...) wxPython would indeed be a better choice if your applications > are only to run on a certain infamous legacy operating system from the > Pacific Northwest. The PyGTK is a better choice if you are writing for > Linux and want your application to also be able to run on windows. > (...)" Apr 25 > > 11. "(...) I'm using wxPython because GTK for windows wasn't ready > three years ago when I initially had to write my first Windows > application. If I evaluated both of them again today, I might choose > GTK, and I might not." Apr 27 > > > > In the nearest future I will have to decide what to use: PyGTK or > wxPython. I like those both APIs. wxPython has more widgets, but PyGTK > seems to be faster. I can use them both for free (it's very important). > My only concern is that although I'm doing development on Linux, I'd > like to make my application runnable on Windows as well (Py2Exe). I'd > like to choose PyGTK (because of its rich documentation), but I'm not > sure if PyGTK is stable on Windows... For now I know that wxPython runs > well on Windows. > > For now I haven't experienced any problems with wxPython on Linux > (Slackware, Aurox /Polish RH-like distro/). I used wxPython on Linux, > but I stopped because of its poor documentation (mainly C++ docs, not > Python docs). But recently I noticed this documentation got better > (*much* better!). > > How well does PyGTK run on Windows (98, 2K, XP)? How stable is it? Will > I be able to make an executable (using Py2Exe) of an application that > uses PyGTK?
I use wxPython through Wax - Wax makes it nice and easy. Note that wxPython doesn't have a completely native look and feel on Windoze, but it's pretty good. I've never programmed with pygtk - *but* I did play with Gajim (?) a Jabber client written with pygtk. The look and feel isn't native eaither - but it's very classy. It made me want to learn GTK ! I'll probably stick with Wax though. Gajim ahs a version bundled with py2exe - which definitley works. The only slight downer is that the user has to install the GTK+ runtime. (The wealth of chociues makes this *slightly* confusing for the complete noob). Best Regards, Fuzzy http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
