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r75363 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-11 20:31:23 +0200 (So, 11 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Add the Python FAQ lists to the documentation. Copied from sandbox/faq. Many thanks to AMK for the preparation work.
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r75365 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-11 22:16:16 +0200 (So, 11 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix broken links found by "make linkcheck". scipy.org seems to be done right now, so I could not verify links going there.
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r75376 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-12 03:26:07 +0200 (Mo, 12 Okt 2009) | 1 line
platform we don't care about
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r75392 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-10-13 18:11:49 +0200 (Di, 13 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Various link, textual, and markup fixes
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r75394 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-13 20:10:59 +0200 (Di, 13 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r75403 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-14 17:57:46 +0200 (Mi, 14 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7126: os.environ changes *do* take effect in subprocesses started with os.system().
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r75418 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-14 20:48:32 +0200 (Mi, 14 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7116: str.join() takes an iterable.
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r75484 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-18 09:58:12 +0200 (So, 18 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix missing word.
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r75572 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-20 23:55:17 +0200 (Di, 20 Okt 2009) | 1 line
clarify buffer arg #7178
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r75580 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-21 09:15:59 +0200 (Mi, 21 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7170: fix explanation about non-weakrefable builtin types.
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r75590 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-22 04:36:47 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
rewrite to be nice to other implementations
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r75592 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:05:48 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix punctuation.
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r75594 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:56:02 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r75595 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:56:56 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix duplicate target.
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r75596 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 10:05:04 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Add a new directive marking up implementation details and start using it.
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r75600 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:01:46 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Make it more robust.
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r75602 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:28:06 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Document new directive.
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r75603 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:28:23 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Allow short form with text as argument.
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r75605 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:48:10 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Use "impl-detail" directive where applicable.
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r75606 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:00:06 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#6324: membership test tries iteration via __iter__.
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r75607 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:04:09 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7088: document new functions in signal as Unix-only.
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r75610 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:27:24 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Reorder __slots__ fine print and add a clarification.
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r75611 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:42:32 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7035: improve docs of the various <method>_errors() functions, and give them docstrings.
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r75612 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:52:15 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7156: document curses as Unix-only.
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r75613 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:54:35 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#6977: getopt does not support optional option arguments.
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r75616 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 18:17:05 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Add proper references.
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r75617 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 18:20:55 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Make printout margin important.
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r75623 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-23 10:14:44 +0200 (Fr, 23 Okt 2009) | 1 line
#7188: fix optionxform() docs.
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r75627 | fred.drake | 2009-10-23 15:04:51 +0200 (Fr, 23 Okt 2009) | 2 lines
add further note about what's passed to optionxform
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r75647 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-24 12:04:19 +0200 (Sa, 24 Okt 2009) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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+:tocdepth: 2
+
+==========================
+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.
+For more info about Tk, including pointers to the source, see the Tcl/Tk home
+page at http://www.tcl.tk. Tcl/Tk is fully portable to the MacOS, Windows, and
+Unix platforms.
+
+wxWidgets
+'''''''''
+
+wxWidgets is a GUI class library written in C++ that's a portable
+interface to various platform-specific libraries, and that has a
+Python interface called `wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`__.
+
+wxWidgets preserves the look and feel of the
+underlying graphics toolkit, and has a large set of widgets and
+collection of GDI classes. See `the wxWidgets page
+<http://www.wxwidgets.org>`_ for more details.
+
+wxWidgets supports Windows and MacOS; on Unix variants,
+it supports both GTk+ and Motif toolkits.
+
+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
+you're writing open source software, you don't need to pay for PyQt, but if you
+want to write proprietary applications, you must buy a PyQt license from
+`Riverbank Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk>`_ and (up to Qt 4.4;
+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
+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
+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
+supports MacOS X's Carbon libraries.
+
+By installing the `PyObjc Objective-C bridge
+<http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net>`_, Python programs can use MacOS X's
+Cocoa libraries. See the documentation that comes with the Mac port.
+
+:ref:`Pythonwin <windows-faq>` by Mark Hammond includes an interface to the
+Microsoft Foundation Classes and a Python programming environment
+that's written mostly in Python using the MFC classes.
+
+
+Tkinter questions
+=================
+
+How do I freeze Tkinter applications?
+-------------------------------------
+
+Freeze is a tool to create stand-alone applications. When freezing Tkinter
+applications, the applications will not be truly stand-alone, as the application
+will still need the Tcl and Tk libraries.
+
+One solution is to ship the application with the Tcl and Tk libraries, and point
+to them at run-time using the :envvar:`TCL_LIBRARY` and :envvar:`TK_LIBRARY`
+environment variables.
+
+To get truly stand-alone applications, the Tcl scripts that form the library
+have to be integrated into the application as well. One tool supporting that is
+SAM (stand-alone modules), which is part of the Tix distribution
+(http://tix.sourceforge.net/).
+
+Build Tix with SAM enabled, perform the appropriate call to
+:cfunc:`Tclsam_init`, etc. inside Python's
+:file:`Modules/tkappinit.c`, and link with libtclsam and libtksam (you
+might include the Tix libraries as well).
+
+
+Can I have Tk events handled while waiting for I/O?
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+Yes, and you don't even need threads! But you'll have to restructure your I/O
+code a bit. Tk has the equivalent of Xt's :cfunc:`XtAddInput()` call, which allows you
+to register a callback function which will be called from the Tk mainloop when
+I/O is possible on a file descriptor. Here's what you need::
+
+ from Tkinter import tkinter
+ tkinter.createfilehandler(file, mask, callback)
+
+The file may be a Python file or socket object (actually, anything with a
+fileno() method), or an integer file descriptor. The mask is one of the
+constants tkinter.READABLE or tkinter.WRITABLE. The callback is called as
+follows::
+
+ callback(file, mask)
+
+You must unregister the callback when you're done, using ::
+
+ tkinter.deletefilehandler(file)
+
+Note: since you don't know *how many bytes* are available for reading, you can't
+use the Python file object's read or readline methods, since these will insist
+on reading a predefined number of bytes. For sockets, the :meth:`recv` or
+:meth:`recvfrom` methods will work fine; for other files, use
+``os.read(file.fileno(), maxbytecount)``.
+
+
+I can't get key bindings to work in Tkinter: why?
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+An often-heard complaint is that event handlers bound to events with the
+:meth:`bind` method don't get handled even when the appropriate key is pressed.
+
+The most common cause is that the widget to which the binding applies doesn't
+have "keyboard focus". Check out the Tk documentation for the focus command.
+Usually a widget is given the keyboard focus by clicking in it (but not for
+labels; see the takefocus option).
+
+
+