Linux GUI for python?

L

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?
 
D

Derrick 'dman' Hudson

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?

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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J

Jules Dubois

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:20:01 GMT, in article
Looking for any suggestions for a GUI for python
under linux.

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:
<[email protected]>), "Yes, eric + pyqt + qt _IS_ a great
RAD [...]".
 
T

T. Schulz

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
 
E

Eric Brunel

Jules said:
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

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

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".
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:
<[email protected]>), "Yes, eric + pyqt + qt _IS_ a great
RAD [...]".

HTH
 
P

Padraig

Jules said:
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/

Don't forget about glade which can speed things up
immensely. E.Gs are always nice:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/talks/pygtk

cheers,
Pádraig.
 
L

Lord Jester

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

Thanks everyone for the assistance. :)

JesterDev
 
S

Steve Lamb

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?

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

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