Fast text display?

[Mike Meyer]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> Jp Calderone <exarkun at divmod.com> writes:
>> What does "included with Python" mean anyway?  Different packagers
>> make different decisions.
> I mean included with the source distro from python.org.

Well, it includes Tkinter, but it doesn't include tcl/tk. So you get a
non-functional version of Tkinter if you install from those
sources. Not very useful.

>> This applies to other libraries as well, of course.  Installing
>> wxPython on Debian is a 5 second ordeal.
> I don't believe that, unless you're installing a binary.  I only want
> to install from source.

On FreeBSD, it takes about 5 seconds of my time to install
wxPython from source:

# cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/py-wxPython
# make install

Then I can go do something useful while the package system downloads,
compiles and installs all the required software. I don't know if
Debian has a similar system for installing from source. Gentoo does if
you want to stay with Linux.

FWIW, FreeBSD's Python package doesn't include tcl or tk, but will
install them as dependencies when you install Python so you get a
working Tkinter out of the box.

And in spite of all that, I use PyQt by preference.

        <mike
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