Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-22 Thread jimscafe
I will look at QT, I see there is a book on QT4 in Amazon which would get me started. Previously the Windows license put me off QT but I understand that has changed now. It isn't only the font problem but behavious for some wx widgets is different too (and odd on linux for the combo box) Tim Jo

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-22 Thread jimscafe
The ability to print reports is certainly an asset of wx... though I don't find the need to print is as prevalent as it used to be. Kevin Walzer-5 wrote: > > jimscafe wrote: > >> >> To the more experienced (i.e. people who program for a living), is using >> tk >> a sensible decision? I looke

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-20 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 20, 2009, at 4:10 AM, Michael Lange wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:51:38 -0700 Tim Jones wrote: You can get the DPI value on Linux using "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" in a terminal. You can even do this from Tk, just type: dpi_value = root.winfo_fpixels('1i') (where "root" is

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-20 Thread Michael Lange
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:51:38 -0700 Tim Jones wrote: > > You can get the DPI value on Linux using "xdpyinfo | grep resolution" > in a terminal. > You can even do this from Tk, just type: dpi_value = root.winfo_fpixels('1i') (where "root" is your Tk() window) to get the currently used

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 19, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Tim Jones wrote: ...be aware that ANY cross-platform toolkit is going to see problems with the DPI setting differences between Windows (72 DPI default) and Linux X11 (72 to 99 DPI default). You really need to create your widgets in such a manner that things can

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread Cameron Laird
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 08:51:38AM -0700, Tim Jones wrote: . . . > Sorry to usurp the TK-ness of this thread, but have you taken a look > at PyQT (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro)? > It's Python wra

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 19, 2009, at 1:42 AM, jimscafe wrote: I am a businessman who writes his own software to help run the business. That said I started writing software in Fortran on an ICL mainframe, then on a Commodore pet, then an Apple II. I gravitated towards Python some 6 years ago (via java and pe

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread Kevin Walzer
jimscafe wrote: To the more experienced (i.e. people who program for a living), is using tk a sensible decision? I looked at other gui options, but all seemed complicated and not necessarily well documented online. Where am I likely to come across things I need to do that will be impossible in

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread Cameron Laird
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 01:42:34AM -0700, jimscafe wrote: . . . > There doesn't seem to be much development going on in tk, is this a > potential future problem? . .

[Tkinter-discuss] From wxPython to TK

2009-03-19 Thread jimscafe
I am a businessman who writes his own software to help run the business. That said I started writing software in Fortran on an ICL mainframe, then on a Commodore pet, then an Apple II. I gravitated towards Python some 6 years ago (via java and perl) and enjoy Python. The gui is another matter. I