The next 20 years of Python [LWN.net]

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 13, 2013 17:04 UTC (Sat) by maxiaojun (guest, #91482)
Parent article: The next 20 years of Python

Some complain about tkinter

tkinter based Apps looks retro on Ubuntu, for example, my toy app: https://github.com/maxiaojun/zip-fix/blob/master/gui.py
Same app looks much more native on OSX.

Tcl doesn't support Unicode character outside BMP? WTF?

The widgets are quick to fire but there are glitches here and there.

And, finally, I'm not aware of complete, official and up-to-date reference documentation of tkinter (in Python). There are several incomplete and unofficial around the Internet.

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The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 13, 2013 19:13 UTC (Sat) by Jandar (subscriber, #85683) [Link] (3 responses)

TCL supports Unicode since 8.1 released at 1999-04-30.

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 14, 2013 6:41 UTC (Sun) by maxiaojun (guest, #91482) [Link] (2 responses)

Check:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)#Basic_Multilingual_Plane
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/388.html

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 16, 2013 19:32 UTC (Tue) by Jandar (subscriber, #85683) [Link] (1 responses)

This tip is only about the quoted form of Unicode, not about the real Unicode characters themselfes.

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 21, 2013 7:08 UTC (Sun) by maxiaojun (guest, #91482) [Link]

Try displaying a non-BMP character in a tkinter widget.

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 14, 2013 22:27 UTC (Sun) by juliank (guest, #45896) [Link] (1 responses)

> And, finally, I'm not aware of complete, official
> and up-to-date reference documentation of tkinter (in Python)

You mean http://docs.python.org/2/library/tkinter.html is incomplete?

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 15, 2013 2:06 UTC (Mon) by maxiaojun (guest, #91482) [Link]

Yes. It is just a quick skim of tkinter.