Linux GUI for python?

[Lord Jester]

Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
under linux. Right now I'm just starting out but
latter on I want to get into building programs
that have GUIs. Any suggestions?

[Derrick 'dman' Hudson]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, Lord Jester wrote:[color=blue]
> Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
> under linux. Right now I'm just starting out but
> latter on I want to get into building programs
> that have GUIs. Any suggestions?[/color]

I like wxPython or PyGTK.

You'll have to investigate each and decide what you want in terms of
API and Look-and-Feel.

-D

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[Jules Dubois]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, in article
<news:pan.2003. 12.11.23.20.01. 662183@NOSPAMco mcast.net>, Lord Jester wrote:
[color=blue]
> Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
> under linux.[/color]

I used Tkinter for about 10 weeks. I didn't like it at first but the more
I used it the more I liked it. There's some good (but incomplete)
documentation at

http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/docs.html

Alan Gauld has written a useful tutorial but I've lost the URL.

PyGTK looks very good to me. There is a very nice tutorial at
http://www.moeraki.com/pygtktutorial/ and reference at
http://www.moeraki.com/pygtkreference/ There's a mailing list for PyGTK; I
get it through NNTP courtesy of the nice people at http://www.gmane.org/

Finally, Alex Martelli says (Message-ID:
<7Ypob.72491$e5 .2660364@news1. tin.it>), "Yes, eric + pyqt + qt _IS_ a great
RAD [...]".

[T. Schulz]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

I started with Tkinter and Tix. Always found it quite hard to read the
Tk documentation.

Now I moved to wxPython and I belive thats the way to go.

Thomas


Lord Jester wrote:
[color=blue]
> Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
> under linux. Right now I'm just starting out but
> latter on I want to get into building programs
> that have GUIs. Any suggestions?[/color]

[Eric Brunel]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

Jules Dubois wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, in article
> <news:pan.2003. 12.11.23.20.01. 662183@NOSPAMco mcast.net>, Lord Jester wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
>>under linux.[/color]
>
>
> I used Tkinter for about 10 weeks. I didn't like it at first but the more
> I used it the more I liked it. There's some good (but incomplete)
> documentation at
>
> http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/docs.html[/color]

I'd recommend "Thinking in Tkinter" at:

http://www.ferg.org/thinking_in_tkinter/all_programs.html

for beginning and "An introduction to Tkinter" at:

http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/index.htm

for more advanced things and reference. And when you're really fluent in
Tkinter, then you can use tcl/tk's manual pages for a really complete reference:

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4

You'll have to convert tcl syntax to Python's, but once you're used to it, it's
not really difficult.
[color=blue]
> Alan Gauld has written a useful tutorial but I've lost the URL.[/color]

It's here:

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutgui.htm

part of his "Learning to program" pages:

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/

But I do prefer "Thinking in Tkinter".
[color=blue]
> PyGTK looks very good to me. There is a very nice tutorial at
> http://www.moeraki.com/pygtktutorial/ and reference at
> http://www.moeraki.com/pygtkreference/ There's a mailing list for PyGTK; I
> get it through NNTP courtesy of the nice people at http://www.gmane.org/
>
> Finally, Alex Martelli says (Message-ID:
> <7Ypob.72491$e5 .2660364@news1. tin.it>), "Yes, eric + pyqt + qt _IS_ a great
> RAD [...]".[/color]

HTH
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[Padraig@Linux.ie]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

Jules Dubois wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, in article
> <news:pan.2003. 12.11.23.20.01. 662183@NOSPAMco mcast.net>, Lord Jester wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
>>under linux.[/color]
>
>
> I used Tkinter for about 10 weeks. I didn't like it at first but the more
> I used it the more I liked it. There's some good (but incomplete)
> documentation at
>
> http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/docs.html
>
> Alan Gauld has written a useful tutorial but I've lost the URL.
>
> PyGTK looks very good to me. There is a very nice tutorial at
> http://www.moeraki.com/pygtktutorial/ and reference at
> http://www.moeraki.com/pygtkreference/ There's a mailing list for PyGTK; I
> get it through NNTP courtesy of the nice people at http://www.gmane.org/[/color]

Don't forget about glade which can speed things up
immensely. E.Gs are always nice:

http://www.pixelbeat.org/talks/pygtk

cheers,
Pádraig.

[Lord Jester]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 01:03:55 +0000, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, Lord Jester wrote:[color=green]
>> Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
>> under linux. Right now I'm just starting out but
>> latter on I want to get into building programs
>> that have GUIs. Any suggestions?[/color]
>
> I like wxPython or PyGTK.
>
> You'll have to investigate each and decide what you want in terms of
> API and Look-and-Feel.
>
> -D[/color]

Thanks everyone for the assistance. :)

JesterDev

[Steve Lamb]

Re: Linux GUI for python?

On 2003-12-11, Lord Jester <jester.dev@NOS PAMcomcast.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
> under linux. Right now I'm just starting out but
> latter on I want to get into building programs
> that have GUIs. Any suggestions?[/color]

Personally I use wxPython as the base with Boa-Constructor as the RAD IDE.

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