Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2005-01-27 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 27, 2005, at 12:17 PM, Gabriel Cosentino de Barros wrote: Now going back on topic: A think that neighter Tk nor wxWindow is a good choice for python. They both suck much of it when it came to abstraction. They're still better than glade or gtk. But could improve a lot. wxWindow has

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-30 Thread Steve Holden
Bernd Schmidt wrote: Thomas Bartkus schrieb: When run under Linux, my wxPython programs follow the look and feel of my Gnome desktop. When the same program is run on Windows, it follows that desktop theme. Both Gnome and Windows XP alter the the controls design according to user preferences.

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Alejandro Weinstein
Sure wxGlade/Boa/etc can help speed design and layout up, but what happens when you want to do non standard things or just get stuck because some thing just isn't working. Then you add the necesary hand crafted code to the automatic generated code. At least is what I did when I needed. --

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Steve Holden
Alejandro Weinstein wrote: Sure wxGlade/Boa/etc can help speed design and layout up, but what happens when you want to do non standard things or just get stuck because some thing just isn't working. Then you add the necesary hand crafted code to the automatic generated code. At least is what I

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Thomas Bartkus
Jarek Zgoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cameron Laird wrote: Well, while on Windows native look exists, on X11 native has other meaning. On my wife's desktop it's KDE that is native, GNUStep is native on mine and I strongly object calling GTK native, as one can

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Jp Calderone
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:37:22 -0600, Thomas Bartkus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jarek Zgoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cameron Laird wrote: Well, while on Windows native look exists, on X11 native has other meaning. On my wife's desktop it's KDE that is native,

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Jim Smith
Steve Holden wrote: I've tried a number of these tools, including BlackAdder, wxDesigner, wxGlade and BoaConstructor. I even paid money for some of them. I have also tried each of these and paid money for the first two. My personal favorite is wxDesigner. It is very polished and worth every

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-29 Thread Bernd Schmidt
Thomas Bartkus schrieb: When run under Linux, my wxPython programs follow the look and feel of my Gnome desktop. When the same program is run on Windows, it follows that desktop theme. Both Gnome and Windows XP alter the the controls design according to user preferences. wxPython GUIs reflect

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-28 Thread Alejandro Weinstein
I am especially interested in terms of learning curve, documentation, portability across platforms Linux/Windows and anything else you care to add. As I know only what I have read on this forum surfing the web I would really appreciate the input of those who have used both, or decided to use

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-28 Thread Cameron Laird
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alejandro Weinstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . . . the standard GUI for Python. I read some tutorials, but didn't go to far, and didn't like the Tkinter looks too much. Then I tried

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-28 Thread F. GEIGER
Esmail Bonakdarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I have found ALL of the posts useful, thank you so much. Please keep them coming! I am learning a lot. I will probably play a bit with Tkinter and wxPython and see how each feels, just as Peter Hansen

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-28 Thread Jarek Zgoda
Cameron Laird wrote: IMO, wxPython has a softert learning curve (specially if you use wxGlade), is portable between unix/windows/mac, with the advantage over Tkinter that it has a native look. Regarding documentation, . While people seem to mean a range of different

Re: Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-28 Thread Michael McGarry
Definitely look at PyQt. It was the GUI framework I chose when going through the same process 3 weeks ago. I have to disagree with F.Geiger (sorry, F.Geiger), I think a GUI builder is a necessity. It saves you a lot of time. The alternative is to keep changing your code until your GUI looks as

Tkinter vs wxPython

2004-12-27 Thread Esmail Bonakdarian
Greetings all. I will have about 2 weeks to pursue some Python related activities and would like to learn more about the graphical end of things. In that vein I would like some opinions regarding Tkinter and wxPython. (The previously recommended PyGame is appropriate for me for now, but I am