Using AUI in the demo

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I've applied most of Andrea's demo patch, which you can see in the latest preview build, and I'm curious how you feel about using AUI in the main frame. Is the wow-factor worth the potential confusion of how to use it? (Such as somebody clicking the X on the demo tree pane.) Could the non-native aspect turn off some folks? Is it useful?

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I think you want the demo when it first pops up to look as native as
possible. I found that very impressive the first time I ran the demo
(Windows user here). To me that native look and feel one of the big
selling factors of wxPython, and something that sets it apart from
Tkinter and pyGTK.

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On 5/10/07, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

I've applied most of Andrea's demo patch, which you can see in the
latest preview build, and I'm curious how you feel about using AUI in
the main frame. Is the wow-factor worth the potential confusion of how
to use it? (Such as somebody clicking the X on the demo tree pane.)
Could the non-native aspect turn off some folks? Is it useful?

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The new demo doesn’t even work for me.

removing and reinstalling didn’t help.

OS: Windows XP

Details:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Program Files\wxPython2.8 Docs and Demos\demo\Main.py”, line 2067, in

OnClose
self.ShowMain()
File “C:\Program Files\wxPython2.8 Docs and Demos\demo\Main.py”, line 2071, in
ShowMain
frame = wxPythonDemo(None, “wxPython: (A Demonstration)”)

File “C:\Program Files\wxPython2.8 Docs and Demos\demo\Main.py”, line 1221, in
init
self.ReadConfigurationFile()
File “C:\Program Files\wxPython2.8 Docs and Demos\demo\Main.py”, line 1358, in

ReadConfigurationFile
self.expansionState = eval(fid.readline().strip().split(“:”)[1])
IndexError: list index out of range

On 5/9/07, Bill Baxter wbaxter@gmail.com wrote:

On 5/10/07, Robin Dunn robin@alldunn.com wrote:

I’ve applied most of Andrea’s demo patch, which you can see in the

latest preview build, and I’m curious how you feel about using AUI in
the main frame. Is the wow-factor worth the potential confusion of how
to use it? (Such as somebody clicking the X on the demo tree pane.)

Could the non-native aspect turn off some folks? Is it useful?

I think you want the demo when it first pops up to look as native as
possible. I found that very impressive the first time I ran the demo

(Windows user here). To me that native look and feel one of the big
selling factors of wxPython, and something that sets it apart from
Tkinter and pyGTK.

–bb

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