Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-09 Thread gb
azrael writes: > OK, now. Isn't it maybe time to throw out TK once and for all? no, because Tk has a clear advantage over many other UI tolkits Tk _was designed_ and it was designed by very competent people [1] good luck with smurfs' hunting [2], ciao

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-08 Thread Philip Semanchuk
On Aug 7, 2011, at 8:26 PM, azrael wrote: > Today I found a quote from Guido. > > wxPython is the best and most mature cross-platform GUI toolkit, given a > number of constraints. The only reason wxPython isn't the standard Python GUI > toolkit is that Tkinter was there first. > -- Guido van R

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-08 Thread python
Azrael, > Isn't it maybe time to throw out TK once and for all? Python is missing one > of the most important aspects of todays IT industry. GUI development native > library (I mean a serious one). Check out enhancements to Tk like Ttk included in Python 2.7 and 3.1 and above. http://www.tkdocs

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-08 Thread ln4
azrael wrote: > Today I found a quote from Guido. > > wxPython is the best and most mature cross-platform GUI toolkit, given a > number of constraints. The only reason wxPython isn't the standard Python > GUI toolkit is that Tkinter was there first. -- Guido van Rossum > > OK, now. Isn't it mayb

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:26 am azrael wrote: > Today I found a quote from Guido. > > wxPython is the best and most mature cross-platform GUI toolkit, given a > number of constraints. The only reason wxPython isn't the standard Python > GUI toolkit is that Tkinter was there first. -- Guido van Rossum

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-07 Thread Gregory Ewing
azrael wrote: If I would have gotten a dollar for every time I talked to someone in a company about why they dont use python for their products and I was served the answer "Well it kind of sucks in GUI development", I would be a millionaire. Even assuming that Python + wxPython sucks less than

Re: WxPython and TK

2011-08-07 Thread Ian Kelly
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:26 PM, azrael wrote: > Today I found a quote from Guido. > > wxPython is the best and most mature cross-platform GUI toolkit, given a > number of constraints. The only reason wxPython isn't the standard Python GUI > toolkit is that Tkinter was there first. > -- Guido van

WxPython and TK

2011-08-07 Thread azrael
Today I found a quote from Guido. wxPython is the best and most mature cross-platform GUI toolkit, given a number of constraints. The only reason wxPython isn't the standard Python GUI toolkit is that Tkinter was there first. -- Guido van Rossum OK, now. Isn't it maybe time to throw out TK once