[Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
without starting a should we ban tkinter discussion, i'd like to propose that we add rounded corners buttons. that might make the aesthetic level go up a bit more poor me, if only py had some really nice native gui Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club Mauritius _

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Barry Scott
> On 16 Jan 2019, at 16:11, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > wrote: > > without starting a should we ban tkinter discussion, i'd like to propose that > we add rounded corners buttons. that might make the aesthetic level go up a > bit more > > poor me, if only py had some really nice native gui I

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Christopher Barker
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 2:07 PM Barry Scott wrote: > aesthetic level go up a bit more > > > tkinter is a wrapper around TK -- so it's TK that would need to "modernize" > poor me, if only py had some really nice native gu > > pip install PyQy5 > or pip install wxpython native support to Windows

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/16/2019 11:11 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: without starting a should we ban tkinter discussion, Then don't bring up such an idea. i'd like to propose that we add rounded corners buttons. This is out-of-scope for python-ideas. 'Tkinter' abbreviates 'Tk interface'. It provides

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Barry
> On 16 Jan 2019, at 20:32, Christopher Barker wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 2:07 PM Barry Scott wrote: > >> aesthetic level go up a bit more >>> > tkinter is a wrapper around TK -- so it's TK that would need to "modernize" >>> poor me, if only py had some really nice native gu >>

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
let us say i'm a novice user, for me py's gui is such. if on Mac it gives rounded corners but on others no, it's pretty unpredictable. and if it does have roundedness but you can't control it then it's no good Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club Mauritius On Thu, 17 Jan 2019, 0

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
pip imstall PyQt5? Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club Mauritius pip install PyQy5 > > Barry > ___ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
maybe commercial licenses issue Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club Mauritius The install story is SO much better now that the "built in" advantage of > tkinter is no longer such a big deal. > > -Chris > ___ Python-ideas mailing list

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/16/2019 7:26 PM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: let us say i'm a novice user, for me py's gui is such. if on Mac it gives rounded corners but on others no, it's pretty unpredictable. and if it does have roundedness but you can't control it then it's no good It is using native widgits of

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer writes: > maybe commercial licenses issue Among others. Tastes differ on licensing, look-and-feel, and consistent UI. Not just cross-platform, but within-platform as well: people may have other software that uses specific toolkits (aside from those that have been menti

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Greg Ewing
Terry Reedy wrote: It is using native widgits of the platform that people on the platform are used to. Indeed, and because of that, you *shouldn't* have any control over it. People get annoyed when a GUI follows an author's personal preferences instead of platform conventions. -- Greg

Re: [Python-ideas] tkinter: time for round buttons?

2019-01-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 04:26:06AM +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > let us say i'm a novice user, for me py's gui is such. if on Mac it gives > rounded corners but on others no, it's pretty unpredictable. Its not unpredictable at all, it is easy to predict: if I'm using a Mac, it has Mac