Gui Advice Needed: wxPython or PyQT ?

Andrew Henshaw andrew.henshaw at gtri.gatech.edu
Fri May 9 22:51:07 EDT 2003


Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> Andrew Henshaw wrote:
> 
>> For example, if someone had distributed a Qt app for Win2000 before
>> XP was released, then that app wouldn't automatically get the facelift
>> that a wxWindows app would have gotten.
> 
> applications without a special manifest file/resource don't get much
> of a facelift, no matter what library they're using:
> 
>     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xptheming.asp
> 
> </F>
Here are some screenshots from a small app that I've done using wxPython 
(thanks to kodos <http://kodos.sourceforge.net> for the UI inspiration) 

under win2000:
   http://webpages.charter.net/ahenshaw/regexTester2000.jpg

and under winXP:
        http://webpages.charter.net/ahenshaw/regexTesterXP.jpg

with no manifest file.  I'd say they both look appropriately native and that 
the facelift is notable.

--Andy






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