Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment:
Thanks, Andrew, for the offer. I think we have enough to go on right now but we may want to touch base a bit later. >From your comment about how IDLE on macOS is different than it is on Windows >or Linux, I assume that means you may be new to IDLE on macOS. Yes, there are >a number of sometimes subtle differences. Most of these are differences in how >Tk behaves (rather than IDLE itself) and usually with a very good reason: Tk >tries very hard to be a "good" citizen in each of the three major windowing >environments it is supported: Windows-native, macOS-native, and X11 (Linux and >others). As such, Tk tries to look and behave as native applications in each >are expected to behave, which leads to subtle but important programming >issues, like the fact that macOS applications are expected to have one menu >bar that appears at the top of the active display whereas on other platforms, >each window may have its own menu bar. Or Tk uses the macOS-supplied file >opening and closing sheets which differ from other platforms, etc etc. That >can make using Tk-based apps, like IDLE, more familiar-looking to and easier to learn for macOS users but it can be disconcerting if you are using such an app on multiple platforms. Or perhaps you meant something else. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38946> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
