[GRASS-dev] Python & Tcl/Tk

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:56 PM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:42:23 +0100
> From: "Marco Pasetti" <marco.pasetti at alice.it>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Python & Tcl/Tk
> To: "GRASS Developer Mailing List" <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
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> Hi all,
>
> I just installed Python 2.51 for Windows, and I noticed that it  
> contains
> Tcl/Tk... Is it all we need for GRASS or do I need to install also
> Activestate Tcl?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marco

Python has long use TkInter as a default GUI scripting platform. This  
is why it comes with TclTk. We are using wxPython. With the new GUI,  
TclTk is no longer necessary EXCEPT for NVIZ. NVIZ functionality still  
needs to be ported to wxPython.

Michael