1 .. _tkinter:

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     3 *********************************

     4 Graphical User Interfaces with Tk

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     6 

     7 .. index::

     8    single: GUI

     9    single: Graphical User Interface

    10    single: Tkinter

    11    single: Tk

    12 

    13 Tk/Tcl has long been an integral part of Python.  It provides a robust and

    14 platform independent windowing toolkit, that is available to Python programmers

    15 using the :mod:`Tkinter` module, and its extension, the :mod:`Tix` module.

    16 

    17 The :mod:`Tkinter` module is a thin object-oriented layer on top of Tcl/Tk. To

    18 use :mod:`Tkinter`, you don't need to write Tcl code, but you will need to

    19 consult the Tk documentation, and occasionally the Tcl documentation.

    20 :mod:`Tkinter` is a set of wrappers that implement the Tk widgets as Python

    21 classes.  In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe

    22 mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.

    23 

    24 :mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes

    25 bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good 

    26 material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and 

    27 others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel, 

    28 which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other 

    29 GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about 

    30 alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.

    31 

    32 .. toctree::

    33    

    34    tkinter.rst

    35    tix.rst

    36    scrolledtext.rst

    37    turtle.rst

    38    idle.rst

    39    othergui.rst

    40 

    41 .. Other sections I have in mind are

    42    Tkinter internals

    43    Freezing Tkinter applications

    44 

    45