diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/othergui.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/othergui.rst Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.. _other-gui-packages: + +Other Graphical User Interface Packages +======================================= + +There are an number of extension widget sets to :mod:`Tkinter`. + +.. seealso:: + + `Python megawidgets `_ + is a toolkit for building high-level compound widgets in Python using the + :mod:`Tkinter` module. It consists of a set of base classes and a library of + flexible and extensible megawidgets built on this foundation. These megawidgets + include notebooks, comboboxes, selection widgets, paned widgets, scrolled + widgets, dialog windows, etc. Also, with the Pmw.Blt interface to BLT, the + busy, graph, stripchart, tabset and vector commands are be available. + + The initial ideas for Pmw were taken from the Tk ``itcl`` extensions ``[incr + Tk]`` by Michael McLennan and ``[incr Widgets]`` by Mark Ulferts. Several of the + megawidgets are direct translations from the itcl to Python. It offers most of + the range of widgets that ``[incr Widgets]`` does, and is almost as complete as + Tix, lacking however Tix's fast :class:`HList` widget for drawing trees. + + `Tkinter3000 Widget Construction Kit (WCK) `_ + is a library that allows you to write new Tkinter widgets in pure Python. The + WCK framework gives you full control over widget creation, configuration, screen + appearance, and event handling. WCK widgets can be very fast and light-weight, + since they can operate directly on Python data structures, without having to + transfer data through the Tk/Tcl layer. + + +The major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits that are +also available for Python: + +.. seealso:: + + `PyGTK `_ + is a set of bindings for the `GTK `_ widget set. It + provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than + the C one. It comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides, and has + good Python-specific reference documentation. There are also bindings to + `GNOME `_. One well known PyGTK application is + `PythonCAD `_. An online `tutorial + `_ is available. + + `PyQt `_ + PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an + extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is + available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool + for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and + is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a + book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition + `_ by Boudewijn + Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming + with Python and Qt `_, by Mark + Summerfield. + + `wxPython `_ + wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around + the popular `wxWidgets `_ (formerly wxWindows) + C++ toolkit. It provides a native look and feel for applications on + Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix systems by using each platform's native + widgets where ever possible, (GTK+ on Unix-like systems). In addition to + an extensive set of widgets, wxPython provides classes for online + documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing, + low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access, + an XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library + of user-contributed modules. wxPython has a book, `wxPython in Action + `_, by Noel Rappin and + Robin Dunn. + +PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more +widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for +Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming +`_ page in the Python Wiki for a +much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the +different GUI toolkits are compared. +