Dear Ben et al:
A few months ago I asked a similar question to yours, but mine was in
the context of python. Apple OS X version 10.4.x has python 2.3.
The latest one in fink (unstable) is the current stable python
release, 2.4, which is what I use in fink.
OS X 10.4 now ships with tcltk, an aquafied, X-11-independent,
version. Because of this, Tkinter (python's default interface) can
now have an aqua interface. In addition to being aesthetically more
pleasing than the X11-based Tkinter, it is faster, especially when
launching IDLE or using a Pmw-Tkinter-based menu.
I asked if it would be possible to have an option to use this within
the confines of Fink without any particular heroics (or hassles).
As a proof of principle, I made an info file called (for lack of
anything better) "aquapython.info" http://babyurl.com/MqqB3M
Instead of displacing the standard fink python, it coexists, and can
be invoked using "aqua_python" or "aqua_idle" from the command
lines. (It also has 3 applications, but I am having trouble getting
two of them to launch). Since everything installs into a Framework,
and you can put frameworks anywhere, I hid it in /sw/share (although
it would make more sense to have it in /sw/Library/Frameworks). I
then created a symbolic link to python2.4's site-packages directory,
so the framework build of python can share all the stuff like numeric
and scientific that I need, without me having to maintain multiple
installations of these modules.
(If there is any interest I can put it on the package tracker -- I
don't feel qualified to pass judgement on this myself.)
Doing it this way enables the user to have an "aquafied" alternative
python contained entirely within fink that peacefully coexists with
the standard one. I purposely did NOT want to replace the standard
python because there are some shortcomings to the aqua TclTk, namely
it lacks Blt, so some Pmw graphing modules won't work. But almost
everything else I checked does, and it provides an example how this
sort of thing might be accomplished.
All the best,
Bill Scott
William G. Scott
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA
Sinsheimer Laboratories
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California 95064
USA
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