Python GUIs: Abandoning TkInter and welcoming wxPython?

Mikael Lyngvig mikael at pobox.com
Wed Jun 30 20:48:11 EDT 1999


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:07:51 -0500, Lyle Johnson <jlj at cfdrc.com>
wrote:

>Just to add fuel to the fire, we now have a Python interface to FOX, a
>cross-platform GUI toolkit:
>
>    http://www.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/fox.html
>
>The latest version of the Python wrappers can be picked up at:
>
>    ftp://ftp.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/FXPy-0.99.42.tar.gz
>
>I don't know how the speed of FXPy would compare with some of the others
>mentioned (Tk, wxWindows, Qt, GTK, ...) but it would be worthwhile for
>some independent opinions.

I'm downloading it now.  The http URL is wrong, it should be
http://www.cfdrc.com/FOX/fox.html.

The presentation seems promising, but I'd like to suggest a binary
distribution for PC/Intel computers.  I know this is not common for
Unix distributions, but it's the norm for PCs.


-- Mikael





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