Links

If you haven't already installed them, you can download the neccecary programs and packages from the net:

  Python recommended for Unix machines
  ActivePython recommended for Windows machines
  Tk-library for Python
  Pmw megawidgets
  Blt (alternative link)

If you have any questions about any of these programs or packages, you should send an email to those who once made them. Alternatively, visit the official homepage, or post a message on an appropriate newsgroup:

  Pmw:gregm@iname.comnewsgroup: comp.lang.python
  Blt: ghowlett@fast.netnewsgroup: comp.lang.tcl
  Tkinter: Tcl/Tk homepagenewsgroup: comp.lang.python
  This doc: bjort@ifi.uio.no 

You can also download the entire manual as a zipfile if you want to be able to browse the documentation offline.

Troubleshooting

  • Getting Pmw.Blt to work on Windows machines. Some users have had a problem with importing the Pmw.Blt widget on Windows systems. Here is a recipe collected from Python newsgroup messages by Peter Brown at phbrown@acm.org:
    1. Install BLT 2.4u into C:/Python20/tcl, using BLT's installer (the one for Tcl/Tk 8.3). This gives you bin, include, and lib subdirectories of C:/Python20/tcl, with all the BLT stuff in them.
    2. Copy C:/Python20/tcl/lib/blt2.4 into C:/Python20/tcl/tcl8.3.
    3. Put the BLT DLLs in a directory on your PATH (not necessarilly a system directory, it just has to be on your PATH)

 

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