On 2010-06-09, Martin v. Loewis <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > Am 09.06.2010 01:54, schrieb Grant Edwards: >> On 2010-06-08, Martin v. Loewis<mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >>> Am 08.06.2010 20:15, schrieb Grant Edwards: >>>> On 2010-06-08, Martin v. Loewis<mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >>>>>> TkInter -> Tcl -> Tk -> Xlib >>>>>> >>>>>> Is the Tcl intepreter really need to use this GUI? Why not: >>>>>> >>>>>> (Pyton ->) Tkinter-API -> Xlib ? >>>>> >>>>> Even if this was possible (which it is not) >>>> >>>> Why is it not possible? It seems to have been done for other >>>> languages. >>> >>> So you don't know for sure? Which implementation specifically >>> do you think of? >> >> There was a Scheme implementation called STk that didn't use Tcl. > > That's not true. See, for example, Src/tk-glue.c. It contains functions like > > static SCM TkResult2Scheme(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objproc) ... > SCM STk_execute_Tcl_lib_cmd(SCM cmd, SCM args, SCM env, int eval_args) > ... > > This looks *exactly* like the approach taken in _tkinter to me. > > One difference seems to be that they include the full source code of > Tcl and Tk with the interpreter, so you don't need to download it > separately. > > The other difference apparently is that they expose Tcl commands as > Scheme functions, so that they can write > > (Tk:pack [Tk:frame w.top :relief "raised" :bd 1] :expand #t :fill "both") > > However, this still uses a Tcl_Interp object during evaluation.
Of course you're right. I somehow missed the fact that Tcl was included in the distribution. That and the ability to bind Tk widgets to Scheme "variables" (you didn't have to get/put values) had somehow fooled me into thinking there wasn't a Tcl layer. That said, PerlTk didn't use Tcl did it? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! When you get your at PH.D. will you get able to gmail.com work at BURGER KING? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list