ANN: WxInter

[Ed Suominen]

Good points. The thing to do, IMHO, would be to improve wxWindows/wxPython
to provide the text and canvas widget functionality, and then move with the
WxInter idea to use it as a path for abandoning TkInter.

I have Tk and OOP experience, and could work on WxInter (all Python) with
the help of others. But the work on wxWindows/wxPython (C++) would have to
be someone else's domain. The wxWidgets project has a bounties page [1]. If
there were enough interest (e.g., by the Python foundation), that might be
a route to get the needed text/canvas functionality.

Would a PEP be welcomed or opposed on this topic?

[1] http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/wiki.pl?WxWidgets_Bounties

Ed Suominen
Registered Patent Agent
Open-Source Software Author (yes, both...)
Web Site: http://www.eepatents.com


Eric Brunel wrote:

> Jeremy Bowers wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 15:55:30 -0700, Ed Suominen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>WxInter is a drop-in replacement for TkInter, providing user-transparent
>>>wxPython-based replacements for each and every part of the Tkinter class
>>>library. Because wxPython can do anything that the ancient and stagnant
>>>TkInter can do (but with a themable, modern window appearance), legacy
>>>code will still run, looking better than ever, and Python's last
>>>connection to the Tcl/TK albatross will be forever broken.
>>>
>>>OK, I just made all this up. But why couldn't it happen? I'd even be
>>>tempted to code it myself, but I'm sure others with some wxPython
>>>experience could do it much faster and better.
>> 
>> 
>> Well, it would break my app. The TKInter text widget is better than what
>> the wxWindows text widget can provide for me
> 
> Agreed. And I didn't see any equivalent of the Tkinter Canvas widget in
> any other toolset. In fact, I didn't even see any widget coming close to
> it. For some kind of applications (namely application doing vector
> drawing), it is nearly impossible to consider anything else than Tkinter
> *because* of the Canvas widget...
> 
> However, I'll be glad if someone can prove me wrong...