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Tkinter: The good, the bad, and the ugly!

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid.invalid
Thu Jan 20 10:44:07 EST 2011 
On 2011-01-20, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Grant Edwards" <invalid at invalid.invalid>
>>>> On all of my computers, wxPython uses Gtk.  There are other choices
>>>> for wxWidget backends on Linux, but Gtk is by far the most common.
>>>> IOW, if Gtk is bad, then wxPython is bad.
>>>
>>> Not true.
>>
>> I think you're playing a bit fast and loose with your accusations.
>
>
>:-)
> I've made no accusations,

Yes you have.  You claimed what I stated was not true.

> but I only try to inform the people about the
> accessibility of different GUI libs.
>
>> Which of my statements was "not true"?
>>
>> 1) On all of my computers wxPython uses Gtk.
>>
>> 2) There are other backend choices on Linux besides Gtk.
>>
>> 3) Gtk is by far the most common wxWidgets backend on Linux/Unix.
>>
>> 4) If Gtk is bad then wxPython is bad.
>>
>> Note that 4) follows logically from 3), so to say that 4) is "not
>> true" you have to show that 3) is "not true".
>
> The wrong conclusion is that if Gtk is bad, then WxPython is bad. Gtk
> is inaccessible under Windows, not under Linux, but WxPython doesn't
> use Gtk under Windows so WxPython is OK.

Ah.  I didn't realize we were operating under the premise that Windows
was the only OS that mattered.  Sorry.

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