[Tutor] tcl/tkinter on python 2.1 for mac os x

[Eric Leary]

In Oct 2001 I downloaded python 2.1 for mac os x.

I am learning python from Gauld's book and Laningham's book.

the download has a note where the tkinter modules should be saying they 
are not available yet.

now on Apple OS X site tcl tkinter is appearing as a link to a  file 
that can be downloaded

does this mean I can get the tkinter modules for macpython on OS X?  my 
own casting about has not turned them up.

PS:  There is kind of a gap between what's covered in the above cited 
books and the regular list of  books.  (lutz, chun, etc.) can someone 
cook  up some useless but instructive exercises (with code listing) for 
simplified spreadsheet (dumber than dan bricklin visicalc) and flatfile 
database so that old farts like me who are learning to code as a 
cultural endeavor rather a productive one can get an idea of how these 
types of apps are made. (yes i know visicalc was not made with an OO 
language, still...) I can sort of think of a way to make  a database 
with dictionarys and I can mostly wrap my head around how do do it with 
objects but I don't really get how to do the methods for a record 
object.  (laningham has a database project but I need one a little 
simpler to start with) for real programmers this is stupid of course 
because they would just use one of the cool db api(s).  maybe  something 
that could also show the easier to implement ideas of relational dbs as 
well  (although I assume there aren't any of those!)

thanks

ericleary@pcisys.net