Hi Cam, I tried it on my system and it actually worked. I’m guessing it’s
because I have a newer version of Tk installed than the system one.
Have your testers download Tcl/Tk from here, install it, and see what happens.
https://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
<https://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads>
Mark
> On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:54 AM, Cam Farnell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I've developed a simple flowcharting program in Python 2.7 + Tkinter which I
> am about to release as open source. All the development was done on an
> Xubuntu box so it works under Linux and, thanks to the magic of VirtualBox,
> I've tried it successfully under a couple of version of Windows. Under Macs
> it is more problematic. What I've found so far is:
>
> - If you run it under the Python 2.7 that comes with the machine then you get
> a message about it not finding a config file, which is normal for first-time
> startup, but then it hangs without even starting the GUI and there is no way
> to interrupt it to see what is going on.
>
> - If you run it under Python 2.7 which was installed with the package manager
> "brew" (https://brew.sh/) then it works.
>
> Neither of the people who tried if for me on their Macs know much about
> Python, and I certainly don't know much about Macs.
>
> Therefore I'm hoping that someone on this list who has a Mac and knows
> something about Python might be willing to give it a try. Based on that I
> could make changes or at least update the web site to let Mac users know what
> the situation is.
>
> The web site with information and the download link is:
>
> http://www.retroflow.ca
>
> Many thanks
>
> Cam Farnell
> Halifax, NS, Canada
>
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