Hi, Grant, On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2017-08-05, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well tk is already an optional part of the Python standard library, >> whereas wx is an external package. So for your simple requirements, >> Tk may be the way to go. > > I find it much easier to get a simple application written and working > with Tk than with wx. However, once the size/complexity increases > beyond a certain point, I find wx to be less work.
What version of wx/python did you try? It is very easy to work with wx{Python, Phoenix} no matter which application {complexity} we are talking about. There are a lot of samples/demos on the wxpython web site. Thank you. > >> I'm guessing the tk would result in the >> smallest executable as well, though I could be very wrong. > > The last time I compared wx vs tk bundled sizes using py2exe (for a > fairly simple application), using tk generated far larger .exe files. > > When you use Tk, it pulls in a complete TCL implementation as well as > the Tk libraries (which contain way more library files than wx -- > IIRC, there was a _lot_ of localization stuff in the Tk libraries). > > -- > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! ... he dominates the > at DECADENT SUBWAY SCENE. > gmail.com > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list