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QuickTimeTcl

Michael Peuser mpeuser at web.de
Sun Aug 24 14:07:55 EDT 2003 
"Cameron Laird" <claird at lairds.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> In article <e96edb9f.0308201555.4d75f440 at posting.google.com>,
> Bgc <sscherer at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I'm interested in producing educational applications with Python.  Of
> >special interest is the playback of video, something that has as of
> >yet eluded me.  I'm wondering what kind of access Python has to the
> >Tcl scripting language, because of the following project:
> >
> >http://hem.fryistorg.com/matben/qt/
> >http://sourceforge.net/projects/quicktimetcl/
> >(I hope that URL is correct; google for QuicktimeTcl if not)
> >
> >I understand (actually, I'm just beginning to explore) Python's
> >wrapper access to Tk, but I'm sort of confused about Python's access
> >to the Tcl scripting language.  Is there a similar wrapper for the Tcl
> >language, and if so, can anyone suggest a reasonable process for
> >creating a Python wrapper for QuicktimeTcl?
> .
> .
> .
> Python does all of Tcl.
>
> Tk is a superset of Tcl.  Tkinter gives access to all
> of Tk.  Conclusion:  Tkinter gives access to all of
> Tcl, in particular.
>
> That doesn't mean you automatically get everything you
> want.  There are a couple of difficulties:
> 1.  From a Pythonic viewpoint, programming
>     Tcl through the Tkinter.tk.eval()
>     mechanism isn't pretty.  Developers
>     making heavy use of Tcl often *do*
>     write Python wrappers.
>
>     I know of no such wrapper for
>     QuicktimeTcl.
> 2.  QuicktimeTcl isn't Tcl, strictly; it's
>     an *extension* of Tcl.  Sometimes ex-
>     tensions work transparently with
>     Tkinter; sometimes ... not.  I have no
>     idea what shape Tkinter-plus-Quicktime-
>     Tcl is in.
>
> 'Sounds like a fun project, though.
> --


Snack - a quite acceptable Tcl sound toolkit with some extra Canvas widgets
is made on top of Tcl. You can look into the tkSnack.py to see how that
interfacing works.
http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/
Kindly
Michael P
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