Tix, pmw and included batteries

[Bob X]

Will Stuyvesant wrote:
> Just bought the Python and Tkinter book by J. Grayson.
> It has much about pmw (Python megawidgets).  But um, in the Python 2.3
> dev there is going to be Tix as an included battery.  And I promised
> myself a while ago to only use included batteries if possible when it
> concerns software.  Just download the new version if your batteries
> run out! k:-)
> 
> Can anybody tell me about pmw and the future?  Or about what is so
> good about Tix that it made battery status? !:=)
> 
> '''
> If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end -- I
> wouldn't be a bit surprised.
>                 -- Dorothy Parker
> '''
Pmw has not been updated in a while...so I am wondering if that may be 
the reason.