[Tutor] wxPython GUI builder

[Kevin McCormick]

dman wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:45:47PM +0800, Kenneth Tsang wrote:
> 
> [ want RAD GUI builder for cross-platform deployment ]
> 
> For wxPython ther is Boa Constructor (free) or wxDesigner (demo is
> free, small fee for registered version).
> 
> For GTK+ (PyGTK) there is glade, and the accompanying 'libglade'
> library.
> 
> wxPython looks pretty good and will give you close to native LnF in
> the end result.  I really like PyGTK and find it easy to get things to
> look right.  The neat thing about using a glade/libglade combo is you
> don't actually generate any code -- the GUI is built dynamically at
> runtime from the glade project file.  You can even change the
> arrangement of stuff without rebuilding the code (more significant
> with compiled languages like C or C++).  (BTW gtk, pygtk, glade, and
> libglade have all been ported to windows.)
> 
> HTH,
> -D
> 
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On the subject of PyGTK and Glade, I am a complete newbie.  I have been
trying some things with Tkinter, but GTK apps are definitely more slick
looking and I would like to get started with that.  However, I have
always had trouble getting things like that set up (I have BlackAdder
beta, but have never taken the time to figure it out).  I really don't
know where to begin or even how to load the component libraries.  I use
Linux Mandrake 7.2 (waiting for 8.1) with Python 2.0.

Would some users of PyGTK talk about their setup and sources of help for
beginners?