On 9/25/06, Russell E Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 5:26 PM -0400 2006-09-25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I'm very interested in this and would be happy to help with testing. > >I teach Python at the college level using John Zelle's Python book > >(it uses Tk for simple GUI programs). Most of the programs run fine, > >but some of the more complex ones crash intermittently within Tk. > >The same program seems to run fine on Windows using 2.4.3 although > >it does crash intermittently on CentOS 4.3 within Tk. > > > >In the meantime, are you saying the simplest solution for my > >students with Macs is to use ActiveState (some have G4 laptops and > >some have Intel based laptops)? > > > >I have a G5 running 10.3.9 at work (IT isn't planning to upgrade > >yet) and a G5 running 10.4.x at home so I'll be happy to test on > >both of those. > > If it's bugs in Tcl/Tk that are causing the crashes then by all means > I would try: > - Install ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.4.11 or 8.4.13. > - Install MacPython (it's better than the one from Apple, plus you're > about to modify python, and you shouldn't modify anything in /System) > - Modify _tkinter.so according to Bob Ippolito's recipe. At the command line: > > install_name_tool \ > -change /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Tcl \ > /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Tcl \ > -change /System/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.4/Tk \ > /Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.4/Tk \ > > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so > > The above command should be six lines long; you'll probably have to > unwrap at least the last line. > > An alternative is to install ActiveState Python instead of MacPython, > because it works with ActiveState Tcl/Tk "out of the box". But it > doesn't include readline. You can add readline, but I think it's > easier to fix _tkinter.so.
Note that the command is actually just one line long, with a bunch of line continuations (the backslashes at the end of the first 5 lines). The shell doesn't care either way, but it is just one command. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
