[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone point me to any good examples of how to get started > developing new Tkinter widgets in Tcl/Tk? > > I have read a number of the popular books on Python and Tkinter: > > - Grayson, J.E., Python and Tkinter Programming, Manning Publications, > 2000 > - Lutz, M., Programming Python, O'Reilly, 1996. > - etc. > > but all seem to sidestep the entire issue of developing new widgets in > Tk and then wrapping them for Tkinter. > > I have a large number of unique widgets to implement and any help here > would be greatly appreciated. I prefer to work in Tkinter instead of > alternatives such as WxPython because I have a strong background in > Tcl/Tk. > You could do worse than look at the Python Megawidgets code from
http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ although there is probably some code in there that's more for framework reasons that is strictly needed for a single extension widget. As usual the effbot is ahead of the game with the Widget Construction Kit, see http://effbot.org/zone/wck.htm regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
