[Python-checkins] r63066 - in python/trunk/Doc/library: othergui.rst tk.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun May 11 16:56:04 2008
New Revision: 63066

Log:
#2709 followup: better description of Tk's pros and cons.


Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/othergui.rst
   python/trunk/Doc/library/tk.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/othergui.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/library/othergui.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/othergui.rst	Sun May 11 16:56:04 2008
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@
       <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and
       Robin Dunn.
 
-PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more
-widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition,
-there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and
-platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
+PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
+widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for 
+Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
 <http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
 much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
 different GUI toolkits are compared.

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/tk.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/library/tk.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/tk.rst	Sun May 11 16:56:04 2008
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
 
 :mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
-bundled with Python. Although it has been used to create some very good
-applications, including IDLE, its standard documentation is weak (but there
-are some good books and tutorials), and it has an outdated look and
-feel. For more modern, better documented, and much more extensive GUI
-libraries, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
+bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good 
+material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and 
+others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel, 
+which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other 
+GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about 
+alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
 
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