WxPython versus Tkinter.

[rantingrick]

On Jan 23, 4:18 am, rusi <rustompm... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 23, 5:07 am, rantingrick <rantingr... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > WxPython versus Tkinter (A code battle to the death!)
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> > by Rick Johnson.
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> > I have in many threads declared that Tkinter (and TclTk) is currently
> > --and has been for a decade-- the wrong choice for Python's stdlib
> > GUI. Throughout the 90's Tkinter was fine. However we have been in the
> > 21st century for more than a decade and Tkinter is no longer relevant.
> > Many people have argued (weakly) that Tkinter is still valid. However
> > their arguments have been mostly baseless opinions that sadly lack
> > vision for the future.
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> > In this thread i intend to slay my enemies with cold hard facts based
> > on code. It is time to put your code where your mouth is (or you
> > foot). This will be an open challenge to *anyone* in this community,
> > in the world, and *even* the great Guido van Rossum himself! It is now
> > time for you (python community) to prove the worth of Tkinter or
> > accept its demise at my hands!
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> > Some of you may think this sounds like an impossible challenge. How
> > can one man defend his position against the entire world! Yes, it
> > would seem impossible for one man to face an entire community in open
> > challenge! And in most cases only a fool would challenge the world.
> > However, i have not one ounce of fear within me while facing these
> > odds because my position is the correct position. My position is based
> > on facts and NOT friendship, truth and NOT tantrums, and finally
> > vision NOT vengance! I am on the correct side of history!
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> > It is time to prove once and for all how dated and worthless Tkinter
> > is compared to wxPython. Yes, WxPython is not as advanced as i would
> > like it to be for a 21st century GUI library. However compared to
> > Tkinter, Wx is light years ahead! Wx is our best hope to move Python
> > into the 21st century.
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> > So now is the time for all you naysayers, trolls, and minions to face
> > me in mortal combat within the arena of truth and righteousness. Ready
> > your minds and wield your text editors for we shall battle for the
> > glory of Python! And when i have slayed the fools with their own
> > foolishness then ye all shall be enlightened!
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> > So PUT UP OR SHUT THE HELL UP!
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> >  Challenge 1: (Simple Directory Viewer)
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> > Create a simple Directory Viewer GUI. You CANNOT use a treectrl!  The
> > point of this challenge is to show that Tkinter has no support for a
> > true ListCtrl widget. However the Wx::ListCtrl is fully featured! For
> > wxPython the code is simply wielding a few built in classes. For
> > Tkinter no such ListCtrl functionality exists. You CAN create the
> > functionality yourself (and i know this because i HAVE created it!)
> > however it involves tons of work and still can't hold a candle to the
> > wx::ListCtrl
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> >  Requirements:
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> > How the user navigates to a folder is not important but you must
> > display the list of files/folders in two view modes with icons;
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> >  1. Display files in both ReportView and ListView.
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> >   * Reportview:
> >     ...scrollable vertical list with three columns.
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> >   * Listview:
> >     ...scrollable horizontal-ly wrapping list.
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> > Note: If you do not understand the view modes just run my code for an
> > example. But the user must be able to switch between these two modes
> > easily. How the switching is done is unimportant -- I simply used two
> > buttons.
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> >  2. Columns
> >   * Minimum of three cols; Name, Size, and Type (reportview).
> >   * the "Name" column must include an icon AND label (both views).
> >   * columns must be sortable by the user (reportview).
> >   * columns must be sizable by the user (reportview).
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> >  3. Items
> >   * All must be editable in place (no popup editing allowed!).
> >   * All items must be selectable/deselectable by user.
> >   * All items must be delete-able by the user.
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> > That is the challenge. Step forth and battle if you can!
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> >  WxPython code:
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> >https://sites.google.com/site/thefutureofpython/home/code-challenges
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> > I await any challengers...
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> Tried the code with debian sid and default python (2.6)
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> I get (after some loading... statements)
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> Segmentation fault
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> [Actually this is the first time in my 10 years of python that Ive
> seen a pure python module segfault :-) ]

Congratulations genius! However if you are really smart you would have
read the note in the source that says "tested on windows only!".
Segfault. Thanks for the laugh!