Activestate python vs. Python 2.1.1

[Maan M. Hamze]

PythonWin (activestate Python) includes Tcl/Tk libs.  I do not know about
IDLE.
But it also installs the Python ActiveX Scripting engine which allows Python
to be used in ASP pages as a scripting language.
Maan

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
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> "Volucris" <volucris at hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > ActivePython is based on Python, so everything in the standard Python
distro
> > (AFAIK) is in ActivePython. But also, including Pythonwin, COM stuff,
the
> > docs in Windows help format, and other stuff that I can't remember.
>
> Actually, ActivePython is an extended subset of the standard
> distribution -- it doesn't include IDLE and the Tcl/Tk libraries
> necessary for Tkinter support.  IDLE is a pretty good alternative to
> Pythonwin.
>
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)