On 24 Jun, 2010, at 2:52, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote: > > On 2010-06-10, at 9:23 PM, Stephen Gava wrote: > >>>> i guess i'll re-install python 2.7b2 again to double check, but this seems >>>> very odd... >>>> >>>> also, are you then saying that no-one running snow leopard on a 64bit >>>> capable machine is able to use Tkinter anymore if they install the >>>> python.org package for '10.5.. +' osx...? >>> >>> IIRC not in 64-bit mode, the system version of Tcl/Tk 8.4 just isn't >>> available in 64-bit. Luckily you can use 'arch -ppc -i386 python2.7' to >>> start python in 32-bit mode (This won't work with 2.6 BTW). > > Try ActivePython 2.7 rc1. I am able to import _tkinter on a 64-bit SnowL > machine. This works because ActivePython 2.7 uses Tcl/Tk 8.5 (not 8.4) .. > which is installed on SnowL.
The python.org installer sadly enough can't link to Tk 8.5 because Tk 8.5 isn't available before SL and I don't want to rely on a separate install of Tk because IDLE needs to work out of the box. And yes, "arch -ppc -i386 python2.7" enables you to import Tkinter. That's why IDLE works. > > -srid > > PS: we (ActiveState) are trying to patch _tkinter.c, so a _tkinter.so built > using 8.5 will also load 8.6 (or any subsequent version) on the user's > machine (using tcl stubs). This will make it possible for 'import _tkinter' > to work on 10.5 as well (if ActiveTcl 8.6 beta, with 64-bit, is installed). > cf. http://bugs.python.org/issue8798 Could that work for Tk 8.4 as well? It would be rather nice if we could have just one _tkinter extension that worked both with the Apple install of Tcl/Tk and separate installs. Ronald
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