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.. _other-gui-packages:
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Other Graphical User Interface Packages
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There are an number of extension widget sets to :mod:`Tkinter`.
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.. seealso::
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`Python megawidgets <http://pmw.sourceforge.net/>`_
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is a toolkit for building high-level compound widgets in Python using the
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:mod:`Tkinter` module. It consists of a set of base classes and a library of
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flexible and extensible megawidgets built on this foundation. These megawidgets
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include notebooks, comboboxes, selection widgets, paned widgets, scrolled
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widgets, dialog windows, etc. Also, with the Pmw.Blt interface to BLT, the
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busy, graph, stripchart, tabset and vector commands are be available.
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The initial ideas for Pmw were taken from the Tk ``itcl`` extensions ``[incr
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Tk]`` by Michael McLennan and ``[incr Widgets]`` by Mark Ulferts. Several of the
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megawidgets are direct translations from the itcl to Python. It offers most of
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the range of widgets that ``[incr Widgets]`` does, and is almost as complete as
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Tix, lacking however Tix's fast :class:`HList` widget for drawing trees.
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`Tkinter3000 Widget Construction Kit (WCK) <http://tkinter.effbot.org/>`_
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is a library that allows you to write new Tkinter widgets in pure Python. The
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WCK framework gives you full control over widget creation, configuration, screen
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appearance, and event handling. WCK widgets can be very fast and light-weight,
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since they can operate directly on Python data structures, without having to
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transfer data through the Tk/Tcl layer.
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The major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits that are
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also available for Python:
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.. seealso::
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`PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
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is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set. It
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provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C
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one. It comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides, and
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has good Python-specific reference documentation. There are also `bindings
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<http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/>`_ to `GNOME <http://www.gnome.org>`_.
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One well known PyGTK application is
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`PythonCAD <http://www.pythoncad.org/>`_. An
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online `tutorial <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is
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available.
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Merged revisions 59376-59406 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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r59377 | georg.brandl | 2007-12-06 01:24:23 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 2 lines
Add another GHOP student to ACKS.
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r59378 | raymond.hettinger | 2007-12-06 01:56:53 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 5 lines
Fix Issue 1045.
Factor-out common calling code by simplifying the length_hint API.
Speed-up the function by caching the PyObject_String for the attribute lookup.
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r59380 | georg.brandl | 2007-12-06 02:52:24 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 2 lines
Diverse markup fixes.
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r59383 | georg.brandl | 2007-12-06 10:45:39 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 2 lines
Better re.split examples.
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r59386 | christian.heimes | 2007-12-06 14:15:13 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 2 lines
Fixed get_config_h_filename for Windows. Without the patch it can't find the pyconfig.h file inside a build tree.
Added several small unit tests for sysconfig.
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r59387 | christian.heimes | 2007-12-06 14:30:11 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 1 line
Silence more warnings, _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE is already defined in pyconfig.h but several projects don't include it.
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r59389 | christian.heimes | 2007-12-06 14:55:01 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 1 line
Disabled one test that is failing on Unix
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r59399 | christian.heimes | 2007-12-06 22:13:06 +0100 (Thu, 06 Dec 2007) | 8 lines
Several Windows related cleanups:
* Removed a #define from pyconfig.h. The macro was already defined a few lines higher.
* Fixed path to tix in the build_tkinter.py script
* Changed make_buildinfo.c to use versions of unlink and strcat which are considered safe by Windows (as suggested by MvL).
* Removed two defines from pyproject.vsprops that are no longer required. Both are defined in pyconfig.h and make_buildinfo.c doesn't use the unsafe versions any more (as suggested by MvL).
* Added some more information about PGO and the property files to PCbuild9/readme.txt.
Are you fine with the changes, Martin?
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r59400 | raymond.hettinger | 2007-12-07 02:53:01 +0100 (Fri, 07 Dec 2007) | 4 lines
Don't have the docs berate themselves. Keep a professional tone.
If a todo is needed, put it in the tracker.
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r59402 | georg.brandl | 2007-12-07 10:07:10 +0100 (Fri, 07 Dec 2007) | 3 lines
Increase unit test coverage of SimpleXMLRPCServer.
Written for GHOP by Turkay Eren.
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r59406 | georg.brandl | 2007-12-07 16:16:57 +0100 (Fri, 07 Dec 2007) | 2 lines
Update to windows doc from Robert.
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`PyQt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/index.php>`_
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PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an
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extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
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available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool
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for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and
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is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a
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book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition
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<http://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
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Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
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with Python and Qt <http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
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Summerfield.
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`wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_
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wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around
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the popular `wxWidgets <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ (formerly wxWindows)
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C++ toolkit. It provides a native look and feel for applications on
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Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix systems by using each platform's native
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widgets where ever possible, (GTK+ on Unix-like systems). In addition to
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an extensive set of widgets, wxPython provides classes for online
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documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing,
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low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access,
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an XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library
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of user-contributed modules. wxPython has a book, `wxPython in Action
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<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and
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Robin Dunn.
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PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more
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widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition,
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there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and
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platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
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<http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
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much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
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different GUI toolkits are compared.
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