Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-05-31 Thread Arndt Roger Schneider
Pradeep B schrieb: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: Tkinter doesn't wrap native printing API's. There are a few extensions that do it, but they are platform specific and not complete. The usual ways of printing are like this: 1. If you're outputting data from the text

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-05-31 Thread Pradeep B
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > Tkinter doesn't wrap native printing API's. There are a few extensions that > do it, but they are platform specific and not complete. > > The usual ways of printing are like this: > > 1. If you're outputting data from the text widget, write t

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-05-29 Thread Kevin Walzer
Is printing from GUI still a 'not-happening' thing with Tkinter ? I have just started learning it. Tkinter doesn't wrap native printing API's. There are a few extensions that do it, but they are platform specific and not complete. The usual ways of printing are like this: 1. If you're outp

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-05-29 Thread Pradeep B
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Peter wrote: >> >> On Jan 15, 9:12 am, Kevin Walzer wrote: On Jan 15, 6:24 am, Mark Roseman  wrote: > >  Peter  wrote: >> >> Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and >> Tkinter hasn't cha

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-21 Thread Ethan Furman
Peter wrote: On Jan 15, 9:12 am, Kevin Walzer wrote: On Jan 15, 6:24 am, Mark Roseman wrote: Peter wrote: Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just as relevant today as it was back then. I'd sa

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-21 Thread Peter
On Jan 15, 9:12 am, Kevin Walzer wrote: > On 1/14/10 3:39 PM, Peter wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan 15, 6:24 am, Mark Roseman  wrote: > >>   Peter  wrote: > >>> Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and > >>> Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-14 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 1/14/10 3:39 PM, Peter wrote: On Jan 15, 6:24 am, Mark Roseman wrote: Peter wrote: Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just as relevant today as it was back then. I'd say that Tkinter has subs

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-14 Thread Peter
On Jan 15, 6:24 am, Mark Roseman wrote: >  Peter wrote: > > Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and > > Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just > > as relevant today as it was back then. > > I'd say that Tkinter has substantially changed - wi

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-14 Thread Mark Roseman
Peter wrote: > Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and > Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just > as relevant today as it was back then. I'd say that Tkinter has substantially changed - with the introduction of the 'ttk' themed widgets.

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-13 Thread Lord Eldritch
Peter wrote: > provides in his book (I used it once for my first GUI, but these days > use Pmw more for my GUIs). > Maybe I'm wrong, but for me, it is THE Tkinter reference. I would probably choose another organization of the book, but I am not aware of a better, more complete treatise about. E

Re: Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-13 Thread Peter
On Jan 13, 11:19 am, Ethan Furman wrote: > Greetings! > > I am hoping to acquire a book on Python and Tkinter, and found this one. >   However, it was published in 2000 for Python 1.52... > > Can somebody who has this book comment its continued relevance?  Is it > still useful for Python 2.5 and T

Python and Tkinter Programming by John Grayson

2010-01-12 Thread Ethan Furman
Greetings! I am hoping to acquire a book on Python and Tkinter, and found this one. However, it was published in 2000 for Python 1.52... Can somebody who has this book comment its continued relevance? Is it still useful for Python 2.5 and Tk 8.4? Is it *very* useful? Comments appreciated