So IDLE uses tkinter as its GUI toolkit yes? I was doing some reading up and comparing with wxpython.
Tkinter was chosen because of simplicity? (Which seems like a good reason). Is Tcl/tk still a relevant technology? Their website seems to be active, soliciting students for the summer of code 2013, and lots of advertising. What's the history between Tcl/Tk and Python? Do we run into limitations using tkinter? Any particular annoyances? Does it still seem like the best choice for a simple editor like IDLE? Is tkinter a valid choice for modern GUI development or is it more of a holdover? As I intend get more into IDLE contributing, I'm just looking to get more of a feel of what's going on behind the scences. I dig simple approaches especially compared to some of the overly-complex systems I have to work with on the day job :P Thanks! -- A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. - Abraham Maslow _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
