On Feb 18, 2:29 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 18, 5:30 am, "W. Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder why he uses it? > > He uses it because Pmw does a lot of heavy lifting for you when > designing Tkinter apps. Pmw adds things like widgets pre-populated > with scrollbars and labels and automatic widget/label alignment. I use > Pmw for all but the most trivial Tkinter applications. That said, > there is nothing in Pmw that you couldn't implement yourself in plain > Tkinter, it's just already been done for you. Check out the Pmw site > for lots of examples and details. Also, if you do install the module, > it comes with a demo directory. Run all.py to see Pmw in action. > > http://pmw.sourceforge.net > > > If I want to run his examples, where do I put the > > lib he includes? Same folder as the example? > > Library modules (like Pmw) generally belong in site-packages (/usr/lib/ > python2.x/site-packages in most unixes... not sure about windows). > > HTH, > > Pete
On Windows, most packages go here (adjust as needed for your setup): C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list