[Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread python
I've been away from Tkinter for awhile. Curious if Tkinter is available for iOS devices (iPad//iPhone)? My google searches have not come up with anything interesting. Thanks! Malcolm ___ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://m

[Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter compatibility with and enhancements for Windows 8 Metro GUI

2013-03-03 Thread python
Looking for feedback on Tkinter compatibility with Windows 8 Metro GUI and if there are any 3rd party libraries that support Windows 8 Metro touch screen enhancements. Thank you, Malcolm ___ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 3/3/13 1:26 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: I've been away from Tkinter for awhile. Curious if Tkinter is available for iOS devices (iPad//iPhone)? My google searches have not come up with anything interesting. Thanks! Malcolm No, it's not. I imagine the work to port Tk (and Tcl) to iOS would

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread Michael O'Donnell
As I understand it, GUI can be used under Objective C, but the only viable GUI is that used in Apple's Objective C. One solution would be to provide a library called tkinter with the same classes and methods as those provided by tkinter, but instead mapped onto Apple's GUI (is it COCOA?) This may

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 3/3/13 2:24 PM, Michael O'Donnell wrote: This may or may not be difficult, based on the kinds of metaphors Apple uses. It took Daniel Steffen, the previous maintainer of Tk on the Mac, nine months of full-time work (sponsored by Apple) to port Tk from its old Carbon base to its current Coc

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread Michael O'Donnell
Hi Kevin, > So: yes, it would be difficult. It would be extremely difficult. I wouldn't > hold my breath. I was not actually suggesting porting Tk (or Tkinter). Rather, building a set of classes with the same names as those Tkinter uses, and similar methods, but these instead call the iOS GUI

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter for iOS (iPad//iPhone)

2013-03-03 Thread Greg Ewing
Michael O'Donnell wrote: But yes, I can see problems, for instance if you used the pack geometry manager, it is unlikely that iOS would use similar. If iOS Cocoa is anything like regular Cocoa, there's nothing remotely like it. You'd have to reimplement the pack and grid geometry managers in th