#2709 followup: better description of Tk's pros and cons.

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Georg Brandl 2008-05-11 14:56:04 +00:00
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@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ also available for Python:
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and
Robin Dunn. Robin Dunn.
PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition, widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for
there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
<http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a <http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
different GUI toolkits are compared. different GUI toolkits are compared.

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@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ classes. In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe
mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact. mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
:mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes :mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
bundled with Python. Although it has been used to create some very good bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good
applications, including IDLE, its standard documentation is weak (but there material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and
are some good books and tutorials), and it has an outdated look and others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel,
feel. For more modern, better documented, and much more extensive GUI which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other
libraries, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section. GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about
alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
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