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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2010-05-27 13:30:09 +0000
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2010-05-27 13:30:09 +0000
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@@ -6,18 +6,15 @@ Graphic User Interface FAQ
.. contents::
-General GUI Questions
-=====================
-
What platform-independent GUI toolkits exist for Python?
---------------------------------------------------------
+========================================================
Depending on what platform(s) you are aiming at, there are several.
.. XXX check links
Tkinter
-'''''''
+-------
Standard builds of Python include an object-oriented interface to the Tcl/Tk
widget set, called Tkinter. This is probably the easiest to install and use.
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ page at http://www.tcl.tk. Tcl/Tk is fully portable to the MacOS, Windows, and
Unix platforms.
wxWidgets
-'''''''''
+---------
wxWidgets (http://www.wxwidgets.org) is a free, portable GUI class
library written in C++ that provides a native look and feel on a
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ well as in freeware or shareware.
Qt
-'''
+---
There are bindings available for the Qt toolkit (`PyQt
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_) and for KDE (`PyKDE <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pykde/intro>`__). If
@@ -57,13 +54,13 @@ Qt 4.5 upwards is licensed under the LGPL license) a Qt license from `Trolltech
<http://www.trolltech.com>`_.
Gtk+
-''''
+----
PyGtk bindings for the `Gtk+ toolkit <http://www.gtk.org>`_ have been
implemented by James Henstridge; see <http://www.pygtk.org>.
FLTK
-''''
+----
Python bindings for `the FLTK toolkit <http://www.fltk.org>`_, a simple yet
powerful and mature cross-platform windowing system, are available from `the
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ PyFLTK project <http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net>`_.
FOX
-'''
+----
A wrapper for `the FOX toolkit <http://www.fox-toolkit.org/>`_ called `FXpy
<http://fxpy.sourceforge.net/>`_ is available. FOX supports both Unix variants
@@ -79,13 +76,13 @@ and Windows.
OpenGL
-''''''
+------
For OpenGL bindings, see `PyOpenGL <http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net>`_.
What platform-specific GUI toolkits exist for Python?
------------------------------------------------------
+========================================================
`The Mac port <http://python.org/download/mac>`_ by Jack Jansen has a rich and
ever-growing set of modules that support the native Mac toolbox calls. The port