diff --git a/Doc-26/library/othergui.rst b/Doc-26/library/othergui.rst index 14ad7e17c..0a1ec1f72 100644 --- a/Doc-26/library/othergui.rst +++ b/Doc-26/library/othergui.rst @@ -31,63 +31,54 @@ There are an number of extension widget sets to :mod:`Tkinter`. .. % -Other GUI packages are also available for Python: +The major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits that are +also available for Python: .. seealso:: + `PyGTK `_ + is a set of bindings for the `GTK `_ 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 `_. + One well known PyGTK application is + `PythonCAD `_. An + online `tutorial `_ is + available. + + `PyQt `_ + 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 + `_ by Boudewijn + Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming + with Python and Qt `_, by Mark + Summerfield. + `wxPython `_ wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around the - popular `wxWidgets `_ C++ toolkit.  It provides a + popular `wxWidgets `_ (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.  Both the wxWidgets and wxPython projects are under active - development and continuous improvement, and have active and helpful user and - developer communities. + contributed modules.  wxPython has a book, + `wxPython in Action `_, + by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn. - `wxPython in Action `_ - The wxPython book, by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn. - - PyQt - PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an - extensive C++ GUI toolkit 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. An online manual is available - at http://www.opendocspublishing.com/pyqt/ (errata are located at - http://www.valdyas.org/python/book.html). - - `PyKDE `_ - PyKDE is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped interface to the KDE desktop libraries. KDE - is a desktop environment for Unix computers; the graphical components are based - on Qt. - - `FXPy `_ - is a Python extension module which provides an interface to the `FOX - `_ GUI. FOX is a C++ based Toolkit for - developing Graphical User Interfaces easily and effectively. It offers a wide, - and growing, collection of Controls, and provides state of the art facilities - such as drag and drop, selection, as well as OpenGL widgets for 3D graphical - manipulation. FOX also implements icons, images, and user-convenience features - such as status line help, and tooltips. - - Even though FOX offers a large collection of controls already, FOX leverages C++ - to allow programmers to easily build additional Controls and GUI elements, - simply by taking existing controls, and creating a derived class which simply - adds or redefines the desired behavior. - - `PyGTK `_ - is a set of bindings for the `GTK `_ widget set. It - provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C - one. It automatically does all the type casting and reference counting that you - would have to do normally with the C API. There are also `bindings - `_ to `GNOME `_, and - a `tutorial - `_ is - available. - -.. % XXX Reference URLs that compare the different UI packages +PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more +widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition, +there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and +platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming +`_ page in the Python Wiki for a +much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the +different GUI toolkits are compared.