Re: r2863 - /branches/test_suite/test_suite/unit_tests/unit_test_runner.py -- November 21, 2006 - 17:24

It's about time they overhauled Tk.  I haven't been keeping current
with Tcl/Tk development, I thought that that had stalled.  Version 8.5
can't come soon enough!  Unfortunately at http://wiki.tcl.tk/2237 they
say that Tk3D only runs on Unix/Linux, and I don't know how capable it
is.

Edward


On 11/22/06, Gary S. Thompson <garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Edward d'Auvergne wrote:
>
> > On 11/22/06, Gary S. Thompson <garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Edward d'Auvergne wrote:
> >>
> >> > Are you having a play with the unittest GUI?
> >>
> >>
> >> I was just having a go to see that it worked. The version I was using,
> >> however, is under the wrong license (I stole it from zope I think) so it
> >> was just a test of the code/concept  and will most probably disappear
> >> again.
> >>
> >> > If so, is it any good?
> >> > Pity it's in Tk though,
> >>
> >> Why the problem with tk? Tk is nice (mostly)  and is present in all
> >> python distributions (note the prejudice, I am an old tcl/tk programmer)
> >
> >
> > There's nothing wrong with Tk.  Wish was the first widget set I played
> > with, and I do think it is very useful for certain applications.  Tk
> > does need to be modernised though, it desperately needs font
> > antialiasing!  And the Tk widgets could do with a lot of polish.
> >
>
> Have you looked at version 8.5 a lot of this is going in there... beta
> testing is supposed to be fairly soon ;-)
>
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/12753
> Themed Tk (a.k.a. Ttk <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14796> in the core). TIP#248
> [81 <http://tip.tcl.tk/248>]
>
> http://www.markroseman.com/tcl/guide85.html
> *Antialiased text under X11.* This allows Tk to fit in much better with
> modern Linux desktops; the lack of antialiased fonts has been a frequent
> criticism recently. Based on Xft. (don't lnow about mac or windows)
>
> regards
> gary
>
> > I ported an early version of relax (0.2 which was called 'mf' back
> > then) to use the Gtk widget set.  I called it 'xmf' but unfortunately
> > I never added it to the relax repository.  It was pretty pathetic -
> > not destroying flexibility while implementing a GUI is a very hard
> > job.  Qt support in Python was and still is light years ahead of Tk,
> > Gtk, etc.  Implementing a complex GUI for relax would significantly
> > benefit from using the advanced Qt bindings.  For 3D opengl work, for
> > example assembling data pipes (when runs are renamed to pipes) to
> > create the equivalent of a script, the stable Qt bindings would be
> > better for sanity of the developers :)
> >
> > Edward
> >
> > .
> >
>
>
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