Hallöchen! Calvin Spealman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The choice is GUI toolkits is largely seperate from > Python. Consider that they are just bindings to libraries that are > developed completely seperate of the language. GUI is should be > seperate from the language, and thus not bound to same > expectations and desires as elements of the language itself. I disagree. A modern language must provide a convenient and well-embedded way to write GUI applications. This is not a sign of decadence, but a very good promotional argument. Delphi and first and foremost VB are extremely popular, and it's sad to see that Python could get a lot more of the cake if the efforts for IDEs and toolkits were somewhat streamlined. Besides, all other already good aspects of Python wouldn't suffer at all. Tkinter fits into Python very well and it is very easily (if not trivially) accessible for users of our applications. People complain about non-native look-and-feel on Windows, but sorry, I simply find it unacceptably ugly on all platforms. Don't misunderstand me: I don't like neat GUI effects just for the sake of it but Tkinter makes an outdated impression on the end-user. I've been having a closer look at wxPython which is not Pythonic at all and bad documented. Probably I'll use it nevertheless. PyGTK and PyQt may have their own advantages and disadvantages. However, in my opinion we don't need yet another binding so thin that C or C++ is shining through, but a modern replacement for Tkinter with its Pythonic way of thinking. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
