[wxPython] wxIDLE (just an idea)

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I think the real reason is that Tkinter is simple an easy to install on
every platform that python run. wxPython is better and simple to install on
windows, but is really hard to install on linux, mainly because it depend on
GTK. Moreover tkinter is allready installed on most unix version.

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From: CCF.Herzog@gmx.net [SMTP:CCF.Herzog@gmx.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:01 PM
To: wxpython-users@lists.wxwindows.org
Subject: [wxPython] wxIDLE (just an idea)

this is just an idea...
"Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for
Python yet?" Eric S. Raymond is quoted on the wxPython home
page.

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Actually, my experience has been exactly the opposite. While GTK is
installed on most every Linux box these days, installing idle is a royal
pain in the neck because of the different versions of tcl/tk needed. So it
turns out I use nedit as an editor, and don't use a debugger at all!

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I think the real reason is that Tkinter is simple an easy to install on
every platform that python run. wxPython is better and simple to install on
windows, but is really hard to install on linux, mainly because it depend on
GTK. Moreover tkinter is allready installed on most unix version.

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I think the real reason is that Tkinter is simple an easy to install on
every platform that python run. wxPython is better and simple to install

on

windows, but is really hard to install on linux, mainly because it depend

on

GTK. Moreover tkinter is allready installed on most unix version.

Tcl/Tk or tkinter? I think more the former, less the latter. Anyway, GTK
is getting that way too. Now that Sun, IBM and others are behind the GNOME
project then it will become even more so.

So that leaves wxGTK as the only real dependency. Would it be better to
include it in the wxPython binary RPMs? Should it be a combined source
package too? Anybody know how to make distutils configure, build and
install a non Python-related package, and include it in the RPMs and source
bundles that it creates?

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