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Python GUIs: Abandoning TkInter and welcoming wxPython?

Nick Trout nick at NOSPAMvideosystem.co.uk
Fri Jul 9 13:17:07 EDT 1999 
wx runs on more platforms than Windows and X. If you really want to get rid
of Tcl/Tk why not implement Tk in wxWindows. This would give people the
flexiblity to use either interface without the bulk of Tcl/Tk and still
retain portability. You would then only have to include wxWindows with
Python and an interface for Tk written in wxWindows.

Speaking as a new user I find both Tcl/Tk and wxWindows useful. It would be
nice if the Tcl bit were removed as it seems bulky and redundant and a Tk
interface would be faster (sorry, just reitering!). Tk is great for quick
knocked up interfaces and wxWindows seems better for writing larger more
"windowsie" projects!

Haven't had a chance to look at FOX yet.

N


Alexander V. Voinov <Alexander.V..Voinov at p98.f112.n480.z2.fidonet.org> wrote
in message news:000015d7 at bossar.com.pl...
>From: "Alexander V. Voinov" <avv at quasar.ipa.nw.ru>
>
>Lyle Johnson wrote:
>
>> Just to add fuel to the fire, we now have a Python interface to FOX, a
>> cross-platform GUI toolkit:
>>
>>     http://www.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/fox.html
>>
>> The latest version of the Python wrappers can be picked up at:
>>
>>     ftp://ftp.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/FXPy-0.99.42.tar.gz
>>
>> I don't know how the speed of FXPy would compare with some of the others
>> mentioned (Tk, wxWindows, Qt, GTK, ...) but it would be worthwhile for
>> some independent opinions.
>
>It looks great. It seems "intuitively obvious" (for me, of course :-) both
>in programming and in using (I mean keyboard handling, at least under
>Windows). Yes, the principal question, I ask always when see a new GUI is:
>
>IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT MOUSE?
>
>Gtk still fails to answer this positively. Qt-2.0 is very close to the
>ideal, as I can see.
>
>The only thing surprised me a bit: I failed to switch to a non-US keyboard
>layout while in text entry field (window.py example). I run Windows NT 4.0,
>SP4. I.e. the toolbar indicator said I'm in the required mode, but the
>letters I entered were just those ABC-xyz... I can proceed without this in
>getting started and evaluation, but it's necessary for any application I
>would deliver to users.
>
>Alexander
>
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