[Tkinter-discuss] Help

[Ned Deily]

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<AANLkTi=1tUNYur=VNWvk4+Jn2vYP1px7ijo3z2eww7ou at mail.gmail.com>,
 Georges Arsouze <georges.arsouze at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, i'm beginning with tk
> I'm working with Snow leopard and Python 3.1
> As you say, I have download Tcl/tk with ActivateState
> Now I have Tcl.framework and Tk.framework in /Library/Framework
> 
> In a mail, i read : "There's no need to build it yourself. "
> 
> So , i try in Python 3
> In python 3.1 I try
> 
> >>> *import tkinter*
> >>> *tkinter._test()*
> 
> ans i always obtain
> 
> This is Tc/Tk version 8.4 ............

Yes, as I noted in previous posts, until recently all python.org 
installers (including those for Python 3.1.x) have been linked with 
Tcl/Tk 8.4 as that has been the only version supplied with Mac OS X 
prior to 10.6.  With Python 2.7 and Python 3.2, there is now a second 
python.org installer variant available, one which only works on 10.6, is 
64-bit/32-bit, and is linked with Tcl/Tk 8.5.  If you want to use Tcl/Tk 
8.5, you can use that installer for Python 3.2, which is being released 
this weekend and should be officially available in the next 2 to 3 days. 
 You will need to use the latest ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5 with it as the 
Apple-supplied Tcl/Tk 8.5 in OS X 10.6 is known to have serious 
problems.  Python 3.2 should be preferred to 3.1, in any case, as there 
are many bug fixes in it.

If you don't want to use 3.2 and don't mind using an X11-based Tk, 
another option is to install Python 3.1 using MacPorts.  The default 
MacPorts Tk is 8.5 via X11.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org