On 9/11/06, Russell E. Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Russell E. Owen wrote:
> > > I just changed to the universal python 2.4.3 (I had been using
> > > activestate's 2.4.3) as part of moving to releasing universal builds of
> > > code.
> > >
> > > Everything is fine except it's using Tiger's built in ancient version of
> > > Aqua Tcl/Tk instead instead of version 8.4.11 that I installed myself
> > > (in /Library/Frameworks). Is there some trick to getting it to use my
> > > version?
> > >
> > I had a similar question a few weeks ago:
> >
> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2006-July/017779.html
> >
> > Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks for the answer, but I confess to being disappointed.
>
> ActiveState Python 2.4.3 uses the Tcl/Tk in /Library, if found, else
> uses the built-in version in /System. Very handy and what I expected the
> universal MacPython to do.

That's arguable. I don't particularly care either way though.

> Messing with _tkinter.so to hard-code a different path to Tcl/Tk seems
> much less safe.

Except it's actually perfectly safe, and will result in the same
behavior that you expect.

-bob
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