Tkinter and wxWindows

[Jive Dadson]

Laura Creighton wrote:
> 
> > What are the pluses and minuses of Tkinter and wxWindows for Python GUI's?
> > --
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> 
> Use Google Groups in comp.lang.python and check out
> 'Tkinter wxWindows'.  Get ready for a long read.
> 
> Short version -- wxWindows look more cool.  The program just like a
> windows app.  This is either very good or very bad, depending on what
> you think of windows programming.  If you use Tkinter, then what you
> write will run anywhere.  Not true wxWindows.  I find programming
> in Tkinter a joy, but then everybody knows I am weird.
> 
> Laura

I was under the impression that wxWindows runs on pretty much the same platforms as Python.  No?  And there's a Python extention (wxPython), which is what I really meant to ask about, not wxWindows per se.  Have you used wxPython?

Jive 

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