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- .. _other-gui-packages:
- Other Graphical User Interface Packages
- =======================================
- There are an number of extension widget sets to :mod:`Tkinter`.
- .. seealso::
- `Python megawidgets <http://pmw.sourceforge.net/>`_
- 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) <http://tkinter.effbot.org/>`_
- 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 <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
- is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ 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 <http://www.gnome.org>`_. One well known PyGTK application is
- `PythonCAD <http://www.pythoncad.org/>`_. An online `tutorial
- <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is available.
- `PyQt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/index.php>`_
- 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
- <http://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
- Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
- with Python and Qt <http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
- Summerfield.
- `wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_
- wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around
- the popular `wxWidgets <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ (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
- <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, 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
- <http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
- much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
- different GUI toolkits are compared.