Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk

Path	csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path	<python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To	python-list@python.org
Delivered-To	python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status	OK 0.002
X-Spam-Evidence	'H': 1.00; 'S': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'not': 0.07; 'detect': 0.07; 'installed.': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tcl/tk': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'wrote': 0.14; '"python"': 0.16; '10.6.': 0.16; 'png': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'tcl': 0.16; 'usable': 0.16; '(you': 0.16; 'alpha': 0.16; 'extensions': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'packages.': 0.19; 'solution.': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'install': 0.23; 'load': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'package.': 0.24; "haven't": 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'newer': 0.30; 'gives': 0.31; 'cocoa': 0.31; 'img': 0.31; 'though.': 0.31; 'allows': 0.31; 'checked': 0.32; 'python.org': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; 'mac': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'idle': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'easily': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'release': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'results.': 0.60; 'solve': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; "you'll": 0.62; 'received:204': 0.75; 'article': 0.77; 'channel,': 0.84; 'installer': 0.84; 'received:204.14': 0.84; 'snow': 0.91
X-Injected-Via-Gmane	http://gmane.org/
To	python-list@python.org
From	Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
Subject	Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk
Date	Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:29:28 -0700
References	<mailman.11225.1403635811.18130.python-list@python.org> <lodruv$k45$1@dont-email.me> <mailman.11241.1403724416.18130.python-list@python.org> <lofciv$nq6$1@dont-email.me> <mailman.11256.1403779201.18130.python-list@python.org> <loh45o$14g$1@dont-email.me> <lohpaq$6hr$1@dont-email.me>
Mime-Version	1.0
Content-Type	text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding	7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host	204.14.154.233
User-Agent	MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X)
X-BeenThere	python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version	2.1.15
Precedence	list
List-Id	General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe	<https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive	<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post	<mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help	<mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe	<https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.11270.1403821787.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
Lines	36
NNTP-Posting-Host	2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace	1403821787 news.xs4all.nl 2883 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43079
X-Complaints-To	abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref	csiph.com comp.lang.python:73641

Show key headers only | View raw

In article <lohpaq$6hr$1@dont-email.me>,
 Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 26.06.14 14:37, schrieb Christian Gollwitzer:
> > Am 26.06.14 12:39, schrieb Peter Tomcsanyi:
> >> "Christian Gollwitzer" <auriocus@gmx.de> wrote in message
> >> news:lofciv$nq6$1@dont-email.me...
> >>> For PNG image support you can load either the Img package which gives
> >>> support for a large variety of images, or the smaller tkpng package.
> >>
> >> My first Google search for
> >> "tkpng" "python"
> >> gave no usable results. So I am not sure if and how can I use these Tk
> >> extensions from Python...
> >
> >  On my Mac it came with the OS (I
> > think); you'll do Tk.eval("package require Img").
> Just checked back with my vanilla VM install of Snow Leopard (10.6), 
> that the Img package is installed. So doing this package require Img in 
> case you detect 8.5 should solve your PNG problem on the Mac (you can do 
> "package require Tk" to get the version number). I haven't checked alpha 
> channel, though. For the rotated text there is no good solution. Of 
> course, pushing people to install 8.6 is better:)

Just a reminder that you should *not* depend on the Apple-supplied Tk 
8.5 in OS X 10.6.  That was the first release of Cocoa Tk and it has 
proven to be almost unusable, at least with IDLE and some other 
Tkinter-based apps.  Install a newer Tcl/Tk 8.5.x, like from ActiveTcl, 
and use a python that links with it, like from the python.org 
installers. The ActiveTcl installer also installs "teacup" which allows 
you to easily install additional Tcl packages.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad@acm.org

Thread

Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk "Peter Tomcsanyi" <tomcsanyi@slovanet.sk> - 2014-06-24 20:11 +0200
  Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-06-25 08:58 +0200
    Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk "Peter Tomcsanyi" <tomcsanyi@slovanet.sk> - 2014-06-25 21:26 +0200
      Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-06-25 22:48 +0200
        Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk "Peter Tomcsanyi" <tomcsanyi@slovanet.sk> - 2014-06-26 12:39 +0200
          Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-06-26 14:37 +0200
            Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-06-26 20:38 +0200
              Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-06-26 15:29 -0700
            Re: Python 3.4.1 installer on Mac links Python to old Tcl/Tk "Peter Tomcsanyi" <tomcsanyi@slovanet.sk> - 2014-06-27 23:52 +0200

csiph-web