[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-20 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

Works, using = this works, it's what I'm using (was trying to be brief - was 
too brief evidently).

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-20 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

There may be a more uniform way to do all this that I'm not aware of. 
root.tcl.call() and root.tk.call() would be most symmetric while not creating 
extraneous windows, but that's not an option for the former, thus the methods I 
ended up using look different for Tk and Tcl.

Whatever the output, a tuple (8,5,9) or string 8.5.9 (easily converted to a 
tuple) will be nice, hiding any disparate implementation details.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Serhiy Storchaka

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

I don't think that we should document such minor details in Tkinter 
documentation. There are larger differences between Tcl/Tk versions that can 
make Python programs fail (e.g. introducing new internal Tcl/Tk type), and they 
are not documented.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

No, I don't expect something like the color change to be documented here 
(unless that thing is incorrectly documented within python.org's current 
release trees).

I do expect that just as python.org's OSX releases document the recommended 
version of TclTk to use (e.g., https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/) 
there should be equivalent documentation describing what version of TckTk is 
actualy compiled into the Windows releases here (e.g., 8.5.9 or 8.6.4 or such. 
(Note that Tkinter.TclVersion/TkVersion aren't sufficiently detailed to 
dynamically determine the exact in-built versions either).

Beyond that, it's up to the user to read more about that specified or 
recommended release in the external Tcl/Tk docs (except where such 
documentation is present in the doc trees on python.org).

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

Yes, the python.org releases specify the TclTK they should be used with, for 
OSX:
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/

If there's another python.org bug report list let me know, but this still seems 
to be the right place. Since Python.org's windows distribution is what led to 
this question, I'd like to at least see it documented somewhere what TclTk is 
compiled into the Python.org windows distribution. I didn't find any info on 
what TclTk Python.org's Windows build includes, and that's something that can 
be rectified here. (Since there are documented *recommendations* for what to 
use with the OSX builds from this site then there ought to be some similar 
documentation what is *built in* to the Windows builds from this site.)

As for the failure of TclTk to properly document the change they made to their 
colors, that's a matter for their bug tracker. I took their documentation at 
face value, and didn't find information to the contrary when I searched prior 
to posting this.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

FYI, I've filed a bug with the TclTk people regarding their documentation.

http://core.tcl.tk/tk/tktview/2a02881e4c23634022d0ae40a14383d9baad9eb9

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

Thank you. Before going down the road of revising PEP 101 (which appears to be 
very non-trivial despite the simple (and certainly always present) data 
involved), I'd like to know: is version information about the pre-compiled 
Windows binaries (of which this is one) already being captured anywhere else 
publically visible on a per-release or per-build basis? It's useful that such 
binaries exist given Windows' unique requirements versus other systems, but are 
these binaries themselves documented anywhere as they are updated (e.g., how to 
re-create them)? Such a source of truth would simplify that revision request.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Terry J. Reedy

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

The tkinter docs need to be expanded, but that is a different issue.

The complete tcl/tk version is displayed in Idle - Help - About Idle using 
self.tk.call('info', 'patchlevel').  Pending a reason not to, I would be in 
favor of adding this full info as a tkinter attribute (.version ?, .patch_level 
?) in addition to the current .TclVersion and .TkVersion attributes (which are 
now always the same, though once probably not).  This would be a new tracker 
issue.  

Adding the tcl/tk version included with the windows installer to the download 
web page seems reasonable to me.  This would be a third issue, involving 
revision of PEP 101 on making releases.  The first change would be the RM 
(Release Manager) getting the info from the WE (Windows Expert).  This would go 
somewhere under The WE then generates Windows installer files. Then somewhere 
under Now it's time [for the RM] to twiddle the web site. would be something 
about inserting the tcl/tk version is a revised template page, or whatever.  I 
leave it to you to look as the site for the specific page to revise and how, 
and to read this section of the PEP.  Proposed PEP changes are usually sent to 
PEP editors.  If you want to pursue this, you might first email Barry to see 
what he would prefer.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Falatic

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FYI, I'm currently using calls into Tkinter to get more detailed version info. 
Some methods work better than others... I've outlined my attempts below for 
reference (the last tcl_ver and tk_ver outputs are the ones I'm using, even 
though they are somewhat different in how they are written).

try:  # Python2
import Tkinter as tk
except ImportError:  # Python3
import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()

tcl_ver = tk.TclVersion  # Typical but low precsion
tcl_ver = tk.Tcl().eval('info patchlevel')  # Works but uses eval()
tcl_ver = root.tcl.call('info', 'patchlevel')  # Fails (AttributeError)
tcl_ver = tk.Tcl().call('info', 'patchlevel')  # Works, using

tk_ver = tk.TkVersion  # Typical but low precsion
tk_ver = tk.Tk().eval('info patchlevel')  # Works but makes extra window, uses 
eval()
tk_ver = tk.Tk().call('info', 'patchlevel')  # Works but makes extra window
tk_ver = root.tk.call('info', 'patchlevel')  # Works, using

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Ned Deily

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I am im favor of adding documentation for the existing tkinter TclVerion and 
TkVersion attributes to the tkinter section of the Standard Library reference 
as well as documenting a form of tkinter.Tcl().call('info', 'patchlevel') 
and/or tkinter.Tk().call('info', 'patchlevel') to return the full patchlevel 
string.  These spellings will work with every supported version of tkinter, 
Tcl, Tk, and platform.  Note that, while Tcl and Tk do have independent patch 
level strings, Tcl and Tk should normally always be installed at the same patch 
level; AFAIK, they are always released simultaneously upstream and are intended 
to be installed together.  If one were to add Tcl and Tk patchlevel attributes 
to tkinter, the code should be careful to dynamically get patchlevels via the 
equivalent of the above calls, and should not use the compile-time strings from 
Tcl/Tk include files tcl.h and tk.h, since on many platforms Tcl and Tk are 
installed as shared libraries and can be updated to a new patch l
 evel independently of the Python distribution.

As far as documenting the exact version of Tcl/Tk used in building the Python 
provided by a python.org Windows installer, that's a special case of 
documenting the versions of all third-party libraries used in the build.  I 
believe all of the information is available in the source tree PCBuild project 
files: Steve or Zach should be able to address whether that info is and/or 
should be available as part of the install process.  Adding all of that info to 
the release download page on python.org would be overkill as would a new PEP or 
a modification to PEP 101, IMO.  We do include general license information for 
possibly-included third-party libraries at the end of the license page in the 
release documentation set (https://docs.python.org/3/license.html) but, 
correctly, do not include specific version numbers there.  As a data point, for 
the python.org OS X installers, we now do include the specific version numbers 
of included libraries when producing the installer license file displayed
  as part of the installation process on OS X, with a link to the documentation 
set license page for the full text of the third-party licenses (see the 
attached jpg for an example).

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-19 Thread Terry J. Reedy

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

Ned, I was indeed thinking of creating the string upon startup.

Martin: Works, using ? using what?

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-18 Thread Ned Deily

Ned Deily added the comment:

Current source releases of Python do not specify which version of Tk they 
should be run with; that is largely up to the distributors of Python (including 
python.org binary installers for Windows and OS X) and the conventions of the 
platform the instances are running on.  There are versions of current Python 
3.4.x and Python 2.7.x running on supported platforms (like OS X) with various 
flavors of Tk 8.6, 8.5, and even 8.4.  So Python documentation has to be 
careful to avoid making assumptions about Tk version-specific features.  FWIW, 
a link to Tk 8.6 differences is provided on the Tcl/Tk 8.6 release page 
(http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.6.html) - Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.6 
(http://wiki.tcl.tk/21276).

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-17 Thread Terry J. Reedy

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

I ran colortest on Win7 with 2.7.9, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.0a3.  The first two 
are the same, the last two are also the same, but with the muted colors noted.  
The obvious difference is that for Windows, we changed from tcl/tk 8.5 to 8.6 
in 3.4.0.  The same change will happen (I believe) on OSX for 3.5.0.  You might 
want to try 3.5.0a3 on OSX and see if a) the tcl/tk version has changed and b) 
if it affects the colors there.  (I believe some people have also installed and 
run tcl/tk 8.6 with Python 3.4 but I do not know the details.)

AFAIK, tkinter passes color words to tk unchanged and has nothing to do with 
conversion to rgb and color rendering.  I presume the data for the conversion 
dict is somewhere in the tcl/tk source. Perhaps Serhiy can commont on this.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-17 Thread Serhiy Storchaka

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

From Tcl/Tk 8.6 on, Tk uses Web colours instead of X11 ones, where they 
conflict.

http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/403.html

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-17 Thread Terry J. Reedy

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

Aha. http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TkCmd/colors.htm should be changed.  Not an 
issue for this tracker though.

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-17 Thread Martin Falatic

Martin Falatic added the comment:

This change wasn't in their documentation anywhere:
http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/colors.htm
http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TkCmd/colors.htm

It would be of value to call this out in the Python documentation (as far as I 
can find, there's nothing specifying which version of TclTk goes with what 
version of Python for Windows).

As for OSX, it appears to use whatever TclTk is installed on the system. The 
recommended version isn't consistent with this change either - Python specifies 
8.5 for 2.7 and 3.4:
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/

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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-16 Thread Martin Falatic

New submission from Martin Falatic:

In Python 2.7.9 for Windows, colors displayed match their RGB values as defined 
in TclTk:
http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/colors.htm (8.6 is identical)

In Python 3.4.3 for Windows, the following colors differ noticeably from their 
TclTk counterparts: grey/gray, green, purple, and maroon.

Instead of the spec TclTk RGB values, these particular colors are rendered 
using the HTML RGB values.

This only happens in Python for Windows - OSX doesn't have this problem as it 
appears to use the same TclTk package for both 2.7 and 3.4 and correctly 
renders the colors per TclTk specs in each.

Tkinter ought to render named colors using the spec TclTk RGB values regardless 
of platform.

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priority: normal
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title: Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors 
using non-TclTk RGB values
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4
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[issue23982] Tkinter in Python 3.4 for Windows incorrectly renders certain colors using non-TclTk RGB values

2015-04-16 Thread Ned Deily

Changes by Ned Deily n...@acm.org:


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