Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'anyway.': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'bindings': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'gui': 0.12; 'fancy': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'ought': 0.16; 'partly': 0.16; 'personally,': 0.16; 'portable': 0.16; 'python;': 0.16; 'subject:GUI': 0.16; 'subject:desktop': 0.16; 'tk.': 0.16; 'tkinter.': 0.16; 'well-known': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'platforms': 0.22; 'comfortable': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'certainly': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'that.': 0.31; '25,': 0.31; 'produces': 0.31; 'subject:next': 0.31; 'fri,': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'possible.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'starting': 0.37; 'whatever': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'how': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; 'results.': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'gone': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'pick': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'jul': 0.74; 'yourself': 0.78; 'etc),': 0.84; 'pike': 0.84; 'subject:Project': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=0PL4IeGAKlFlXG6L5gRKlp2VsDKGUoZaAf06VtGrnas=; b=Kt1rOx/LZhiJk/iVrAmclMA6XMxAJQr3M1uc/wj/S23gL9EvJ5k0ODhya/De8cycsm VkR7lQ795rS1nV4mlAC6fYSWiWG1mhJMcxSIVuFZOgH/DWU9PDRS4KredcGvC5TTCQwG NnghoaVBSxySZ3w7v0vI6u4QPMwE/rqt2Dpu2p0zONyvu/Pn7PUr9fDAIveBqRRsIZvF conGulEM2+rwyTkWpkPJ6oNBn+yTZJTsbTm8ncwuHWduxZyaZuo3ogMrn8CJBcv5jeFz 1kLcEHMSlUKtAXViCIH/iaro6UNmo1flpAtVpta/u9Y/iT5WSlzz0uxVNU9vmqdwRjrM a4HQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.244.111 with SMTP id xf15mr5603673vdc.93.1406225737291; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:15:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <93c42547-557b-4839-baba-9ed54120595e@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 04:15:37 +1000 Subject: Re: Exploring Python for next desktop GUI Project From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1406225739 news.xs4all.nl 2938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37375 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75163 On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/07/2014 17:18, Chris Angelico wrote: >> The first one is certainly possible. Pick any of the well-known >> toolkits (Tkinter, wxwidgets, GTK, etc), and see how it feels. All of >> them are portable across the three platforms you name, so see which >> one is most comfortable for you to code in and produces the best >> results. > > > s/wxwidgets/wxpython/ unless you fancy wrapping it yourself :) > Yeah that. And pygtk rather than GTK. Or I could have gone the other way and said Tk instead of Tkinter. One way or another, I ought to have been more consistent. Anyway. Pick a good toolkit, get to know it, and use it. Personally, I like GTK, but that's partly because its bindings come with Pike, and I did GUI work with Pike before I did with Python; the same advantage, for someone starting with Python, goes to Tk. But the main thing is, it's easy to be cross-platform - take whatever feels good to you. ChrisA