Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-19 Thread Kevin Walzer
Michael O'Donnell wrote: So running Tk 8.5 with python 2.6 under mac wasn't a problem for you ? This is confusing me because the thread was about this, so I was considering you were in the same boat. The problem of the strand is that the BINARY distribution of 2.6 doesn't work on Mac. If you do

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> So running Tk 8.5 with python 2.6 under mac wasn't a problem for you ? > This is confusing me because the thread was about this, so I was > considering you were in the same boat. The problem of the strand is that the BINARY distribution of 2.6 doesn't work on Mac. If you download the source, swi

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Guilherme Polo
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Fred Mailhot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/18 Guilherme Polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] >> >> But if it is a problem with python on mac then just changing to pyqt >> won't cut it. Or if it is a problem with python *and* tcl, then I take >> you have no issu

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Kevin Walzer
Michael O'Donnell wrote: My understanding was that this would be resolved with Tk8.5, but no dice. Still hoping this will be addressed. :-( So what was all the fuss about switching to the ATSU code. Mick ATSUI is a more modern font rendering technology with support for Unicode. The older

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> My understanding was that this would be resolved with Tk8.5, but no > dice. Still hoping this will be addressed. :-( So what was all the fuss about switching to the ATSU code. Mick ___ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://ma

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> But if it is a problem with python on mac then just changing to pyqt > won't cut it. Or if it is a problem with python *and* tcl, then I take > you have no issues with unicode in pure tcl code, or what ? No, the problem is that Tk8.4 could not display unicode characters properly on Mac (e.g., ch

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Fred Mailhot
2008/11/18 Guilherme Polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > > But if it is a problem with python on mac then just changing to pyqt > won't cut it. Or if it is a problem with python *and* tcl, then I take > you have no issues with unicode in pure tcl code, or what ? [copied from an earlier post of mine

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Guilherme Polo
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Fred Mailhot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/17 Michael O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] >> I would reallly love to see if the new python on mac fixes my unicode >> problems). > > Oh God yes. I've done every kind of voodoo imaginable with Tk8.5 libs > a

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-18 Thread Fred Mailhot
2008/11/17 Michael O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > I would reallly love to see if the new python on mac fixes my unicode > problems). Oh God yes. I've done every kind of voodoo imaginable with Tk8.5 libs and still can't get things to display properly. It's a bit ridiculous. (I'd rewrite e

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-17 Thread Kevin Walzer
Michael O'Donnell wrote: Hi all, Last I tried (2 days ago), the python 2.6 installer for MacOSX was broken for Tkinter. Discussion on the web suggests that python tries to link against the wrong version of Tk. Even Idle doesn't launch. Have other tkinter users experienced this? Any easy fixes

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-17 Thread Michael O'Donnell
Hi Guilherme, > can't do much. So if you know how to fix it would be very nice to > submit the patch to the bug tracker, because apparently issue4017 > stopped progressing. Someone posted to the bugtracker the following: [Kevin's post of 6.Oct, 02:58] You can avoid this prob

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-17 Thread Guilherme Polo
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Michael O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, I'm also unable to use Tkinter with python 2.6 on Mac OS X. There is an >> open bug about this: >> >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4017 > > I'm just curious, > > Given Python is the 6th most popular programming lan

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-17 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> Yes, I'm also unable to use Tkinter with python 2.6 on Mac OS X. There is an > open bug about this: > > http://bugs.python.org/issue4017 I'm just curious, Given Python is the 6th most popular programming language (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html) And Tkinter is

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

2008-11-17 Thread Dave Opstad
Michael O'Donnell wrote: > Have other tkinter users experienced this? Any easy fixes without > requiring me to learn how to compile python from scratch? Yes, I'm also unable to use Tkinter with python 2.6 on Mac OS X. There is an open bug about this: http://bugs.python.org/issue4017 Dave _