From 53d36cc961ff2080fa91a216cce718295259d723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:30:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-33280: Reorganize external Tcl/Tk references. (GH-6473) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit (cherry picked from commit 67a8f4fed3169e1b8c947c10f6e06863e399ae32) Co-authored-by: Andrés Delfino <34587441+andresdelfino@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/library/tkinter.rst | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst index a6a2e473d3d..d9c1c35aa29 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst @@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ The :mod:`tkinter` package ("Tk interface") is the standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit. Both Tk and :mod:`tkinter` are available on most Unix platforms, as well as on Windows systems. (Tk itself is not part of Python; it -is maintained at ActiveState.) You can check that :mod:`tkinter` is properly -installed on your system by running ``python -m tkinter`` from the command line; -this should open a window demonstrating a simple Tk interface. +is maintained at ActiveState.) + +Running ``python -m tkinter`` from the command line should open a window +demonstrating a simple Tk interface, letting you know that :mod:`tkinter` is +properly installed on your system, and also showing what version of Tcl/Tk is +installed, so you can read the Tcl/Tk documentation specific to that version. .. seealso:: + Tkinter documentation: + `Python Tkinter Resources `_ The Python Tkinter Topic Guide provides a great deal of information on using Tk from Python and links to other sources of information on Tk. @@ -32,9 +37,6 @@ this should open a window demonstrating a simple Tk interface. `Tkinter docs from effbot `_ Online reference for tkinter supported by effbot.org. - `Tcl/Tk manual `_ - Official manual for the latest tcl/tk version. - `Programming Python `_ Book by Mark Lutz, has excellent coverage of Tkinter. @@ -42,7 +44,25 @@ this should open a window demonstrating a simple Tk interface. Book by Mark Rozerman about building attractive and modern graphical user interfaces with Python and Tkinter. `Python and Tkinter Programming `_ - The book by John Grayson (ISBN 1-884777-81-3). + Book by John Grayson (ISBN 1-884777-81-3). + + Tcl/Tk documentation: + + `Tk commands `_ + Most commands are available as :mod:`tkinter` or :mod:`tkinter.ttk` classes. + Change '8.6' to match the version of your Tcl/Tk installation. + + `Tcl/Tk recent man pages `_ + Recent Tcl/Tk manuals on www.tcl.tk. + + `ActiveState Tcl Home Page `_ + The Tk/Tcl development is largely taking place at ActiveState. + + `Tcl and the Tk Toolkit `_ + Book by John Ousterhout, the inventor of Tcl. + + `Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk `_ + Brent Welch's encyclopedic book. Tkinter Modules @@ -175,21 +195,6 @@ documentation that exists. Here are some hints: place to go when nothing else makes sense. -.. seealso:: - - `Tcl/Tk 8.6 man pages `_ - The Tcl/Tk manual on www.tcl.tk. - - `ActiveState Tcl Home Page `_ - The Tk/Tcl development is largely taking place at ActiveState. - - `Tcl and the Tk Toolkit `_ - The book by John Ousterhout, the inventor of Tcl. - - `Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk `_ - Brent Welch's encyclopedic book. - - A Simple Hello World Program ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^