On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:22:51 +0300 "Ville M. Vainio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - I have no idea where the links files are. But since Python works > > it should allow Ubuntu to restart even if ubuntu starts using the > > newly-installed python. And indeed, restarting Ubuntu went well. > > I'm still a bit concerned about this approach, since it messes with > the "system" python. What will happen when security fixes for python > come up? What about the python packages you install with apt-get later > on, will they be available normally? > > Of course all this "may work", but caution should be advised. You have a point. So far I've found that all other python packages work, the key to getting that to happen was compiling python from source with the --enable-unicode=ucs4 flag as the default is ucs2 but ubuntu uses ucs4. Packages linked against Tk8.4 have to be compiled from source. You're right about security fixes for python - you'd have to make a point of recompiling from the latest source to get those I guess. Here's my original how to for anti-aliased fonts with Ubuntu 8.04, http://www.mail-archive.com/leo-editor@googlegroups.com/msg00320.html with the addendum that when I moved to a new machine just a few days ago I found I couldn't get PIL to compile from source without changing to occurrences of '#import "tk.h"' to '#import "tcl8.5/tk.h"'. I think the real solution is for leo and python to move to gtk - I understand how the relationship between python and tk evolved, but I can't see how tk can sensibly evolve to be a "modern" gui toolkit without basically duplicating gtk at that point. gtk support is good for linux / windows / mac os X, but probably weaker for some of the other unixen out there on which tk works well - so that's a problem. On the other hand tk doesn't have to go away, and hopefully python 2.6 / 3.0 will be linked against tk 8.5 in future distros anyway, so we're really just experiencing growing pains. At least open source gives us the tools to fix things. Cheers -Terry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
