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From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: No ttk in 2.7
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 21:55:56 +0100
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On 20/05/2015 19:52, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> Op Wednesday 20 May 2015 18:47 CEST schreef Ned Batchelder:
>
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 12:43:29 PM UTC-4, Ned Batchelder wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 12:35:40 PM UTC-4, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>>> I want to start playing with tkinter, but there are some
>>>> differences between 2 and 3. For this I use at the moment the
>>>> following code: import sys
>>>>
>>>> if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
>>>> import Tkinter as tk
>>>> import ttk
>>>> else:
>>>> import tkinter as tk
>>>> from   tkinter import ttk
>>>> or can it better be done in another way?
>>>
>>> Are you sure you want this program to run under both 2.x and 3.x?
>>> That will add a layer of complexity to your project. If your
>>> goal is to learn how to use Tkinter, you might be better off just
>>> picking one version of Python, and sticking with it.
>>>
>>> Deciding what versions of Python to support is not always a simple
>>> decision.  It should be based on a realistic assessment of who will
>>> be using your program, and what requirements they will have.
>>>
>>> --Ned.
>>
>> Oh, and I meant to include this: if you *do* want to support both
>> 2.x and 3.x, the six module can make it easier. It helps smooth over
>> modules that have been moved. You can use this line, for example:
>>
>> from six.moves import tkinter_ttk as ttk
>
> Thanks for the tip. I will look into it.
>

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