tkinter and tcl/tk 8.3

[Steve Marx]

Sorry, not ActivePython!  That's what I get for installing Perl and Python
on the same day... ;-)  It's just Python 1.5 from www.python.org, Win95/NT
distribution.

        Steve

Robert <rhicks at rma.edu> wrote in message news:399F10E3.49AC9590 at rma.edu...
> And here I thought ActivePython was not going to be released until the 2.0
> version of Python was out...
>
> Steve Marx wrote:
>
> > I just installed ActivePython on my Windows 98 machine and wanted to
check
> > out IDLE.  Unfortunately, it seems to be hardcoded that Tkinter looks
for
> > Tcl/Tk 8.0.  I didn't install 8.0 in the windows installation because I
> > already have Tcl/Tk 8.3 installed, and was hoping to simply use that.
IDLE
> > gives me an error message saying that it can't find tcl80.dll and
tk80.dll
> > (which is quite right, as they're called tcl83.dll and tk83.dll to match
my
> > newer version).  I tried simply copying the files to tcl80.dll and
tk80.dll,
> > but then running IDLE caused an "illegal operation."
> >
> > I would hope that this is a FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere.
Does
> > anyone have a solution other than installing Tcl/Tk 8.0?  If not, is it
> > reasonable to expect a new version of Tkinter soon that supports 8.3?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >         Steve
>