On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jerry LeVan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have recently upgraded my Mac to ActiveTCL from Tk Aqua. It appears >> that tcl/tk 8.4.14 works much more smoothly than apple's 8.4.0. >> >> I am trying to port some of my tcl stuff to python ( MacPython >> 2.4.3). >> I am using tkinter for the gui. >> >> It appears that tkinter.so is linked to the tk in /System/Library... >> (ie the old apple version) instead of the tk in /Library/Frameworks/ >> Tk.... >> >> This means that the interface is sorta clunky ie the window zoom >> buttons >> don't work, scroll controls in the lower right corner get covered up, >> scrolling and selection are a bit flakey... >> >> Is it possible to build tkinter against a more modern tk? If so, how? >> >> (Reading the forums at ActiveState on Python seems to indicate that >> ActiveStates tkinter for the Mac ( I have a G4) also links against >> the old Apple Tk.) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jerry >> _______________________________________________ >> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >> >> > Use Python 2.5. I had no problems getting it to link against a more > recent build of Tcl/Tk Aqua--I think it does so by default and look at > the Apple-installed version only as a fallback.
Well, I am also running Python 2.4.3 on my Linux and Windows Xp box, I have enough trouble keeping stuff straight without having different versions of everything :) Jerry _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
