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Posted by Edward d'Auvergne on November 21, 2006 - 17:50:
Well, a canvas that draws using OpenGL.

On 11/22/06, Edward d'Auvergne <edward.dauvergne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All that's needed is an OpenGL widget.


On 11/22/06, Gary S. Thompson <garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Edward d'Auvergne wrote: > > > 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 > > > the tk3d you maybe thinking of is a way of rendering widgets so they > look 3d?? (I had that confusion when I fiorst looked at some of the tk docs) > there is also http://public.kitware.com/VTK/what-is-vtk.php which is > extremely capable > > regards > gary > > > > > 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 > >> > > >> > . > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Dr Gary Thompson > >> Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, > >> University of Leeds, Astbury Building, > >> Leeds, LS2 9JT, West-Yorkshire, UK Tel. +44-113-3433024 > >> email: garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax +44-113-2331407 > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > > > > . > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Gary Thompson > Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, > University of Leeds, Astbury Building, > Leeds, LS2 9JT, West-Yorkshire, UK Tel. +44-113-3433024 > email: garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax +44-113-2331407 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >




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