Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-29 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 29/04/2015 05:05, Rustom Mody wrote: On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 12:52:48 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: Am 27.04.15 um 01:06 schrieb Chris Angelico: On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Ben Finney wrote: It doesn't have to.

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Rustom Mody
On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 12:52:48 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > > Am 27.04.15 um 01:06 schrieb Chris Angelico: > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Ben Finney > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> It doesn't have to. By using the n

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Dave Cook
On 2015-04-26, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some > others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like Tkinter > is slightly better. What would be the pros/cons of these two? Would > there be a compelling reason to use another GU

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tuesday 28 April 2015 16:59, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> I don't think that choosing UCS-2 only is any worse than any other >>> application feature like "support only jpegs,

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 28.04.15 um 09:54 schrieb Steven D'Aprano: On Tuesday 28 April 2015 16:59, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: I don't think that choosing UCS-2 only is any worse than any other application feature like "support only jpegs, not every obscure image

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tuesday 28 April 2015 16:59, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> I don't think that choosing UCS-2 only is any worse than any other >> application feature like "support only jpegs, not every obscure image >> format GIMP supports" or "choose to u

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Dave Farrance
Christian Gollwitzer wrote: >Yes, the default theme is terrible on Linux (Mac & Windows uses native >widgets). There are additional themes available, which are buried in >some packages and a bit difficult to install, but give reasonable >approximations to the QT look; I'm talking about plastik

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I don't think that choosing UCS-2 only is any worse than any other > application feature like "support only jpegs, not every obscure image format > GIMP supports" or "choose to use floating point maths instead of some > numeric type with un

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tuesday 28 April 2015 15:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> On Monday 27 April 2015 17:22, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> This is a problem that won't just "go away". As more SMP blocks get >>> assigned, more people will start using them, and

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Monday 27 April 2015 17:22, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> This is a problem that won't just "go away". As more SMP blocks get >> assigned, more people will start using them, and get frustrated at >> your program for not letting them. (And w

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Monday 27 April 2015 17:22, Chris Angelico wrote: > This is a problem that won't just "go away". As more SMP blocks get > assigned, more people will start using them, and get frustrated at > your program for not letting them. (And why should an end user need to > know the difference between 😃 a

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 27.04.15 um 19:02 schrieb Grant Edwards: On 2015-04-26, Ben Finney wrote: Steven D'Aprano writes: Tkinter is easier to use, as it is standard with Python. So long as you have Tk/Tcl installed on your computer, Tkinter should work fine. However, Tkinter probably looks a bit more old fashi

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-04-26, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> Tkinter is easier to use, as it is standard with Python. So long as >> you have Tk/Tcl installed on your computer, Tkinter should work fine. >> >> However, Tkinter probably looks a bit more old fashioned. > > It doesn't have to. By u

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:54 am, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > Am 27.04.15 um 09:15 schrieb Steven D'Aprano: >> On Monday 27 April 2015 16:55, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: >> >>> YMMV. Is non-BMP needed for any living non-esoteric language? I agree >>> that it is a big flaw, but still is useful for ve

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 27.04.15 um 09:15 schrieb Steven D'Aprano: On Monday 27 April 2015 16:55, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: YMMV. Is non-BMP needed for any living non-esoteric language? I agree that it is a big flaw, but still is useful for very many projects. Yes. The Unicode Supplementary Multilingual Planes

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > Am 27.04.15 um 01:06 schrieb Chris Angelico: >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Ben Finney >> wrote: >>> >>> It doesn't have to. By using the newer ‘tkinter.ttk’ library >>> https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.ttk.html>, the

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Monday 27 April 2015 16:55, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > YMMV. Is non-BMP needed for any living non-esoteric language? I agree > that it is a big flaw, but still is useful for very many projects. Yes. The Unicode Supplementary Multilingual Planes (SMPs) are used for rare but still current E

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 27.04.15 um 01:06 schrieb Chris Angelico: On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Ben Finney wrote: It doesn't have to. By using the newer ‘tkinter.ttk’ library https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.ttk.html>, the GUI will use native look-and-feel widgets. Does the new library also deal with

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> Tkinter is easier to use, as it is standard with Python. So long as >> you have Tk/Tcl installed on your computer, Tkinter should work fine. >> >> However, Tkinter probably looks a bit more old fashioned. > > It doe

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > Tkinter is easier to use, as it is standard with Python. So long as > you have Tk/Tcl installed on your computer, Tkinter should work fine. > > However, Tkinter probably looks a bit more old fashioned. It doesn't have to. By using the newer ‘tkinter.ttk’ library https:/

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Gary Herron
On 04/26/2015 11:07 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 19:12 CEST schreef Gary Herron: On 04/26/2015 09:32 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 17:09 CEST schreef Steven D'Aprano: On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote: I want to use a GUI for Python.

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread IronManMark20
> > But just curious: what is the reason you use five different kinds of > GUI? It seems like it makes think difficult for you. I mean the > question as enlightenment for myself. A good question :). Most of this comes from the openness to create binding for many projects. Tkinter is a binding o

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 19:12 CEST schreef Gary Herron: > On 04/26/2015 09:32 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >> Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 17:09 CEST schreef Steven D'Aprano: >> >>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >>> I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside >>

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Gary Herron
On 04/26/2015 09:32 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 17:09 CEST schreef Steven D'Aprano: On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote: I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like Tkint

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/04/2015 17:16, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 15:02 CEST schreef Cecil Westerhof: I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like Tkinter is slightly better. What would be the pros/cons of thes

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 17:09 CEST schreef Steven D'Aprano: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > >> I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some >> others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like >> Tkinter is slightly better. What would be th

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op Sunday 26 Apr 2015 15:02 CEST schreef Cecil Westerhof: > I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some > others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like > Tkinter is slightly better. What would be the pros/cons of these > two? Would there be a compelling reas

Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:02 pm, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > I want to use a GUI for Python. When searching I found (beside some > others) Tkinter and wxPython. From what I found it looks like Tkinter > is slightly better. What would be the pros/cons of these two? Would > there be a compelling reason to