Re: On AnyGUI Core

"Peter Damoc" <[email protected]> Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:41:24 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.anygui.devel
Message-ID <op.su6fjaylrbdvmk@media>
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:13:38 +0300, David McNab <[email protected]> =
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wrote:

> Peter Damoc wrote:
>>>> There is currently no such thing
>>> True, but (IMHO) the PMW/Tkinter combination comes very close
>>> (http://pmw.sourceforge.net).
>
>> anything Tkinter makes me thing at ugly GUIs
>
> That's because most tk gui authors don't take the time to style their
> interfaces.
>
> Agreed - default tkinter looks horrible. For instance, the default grey
> background and bold text for fields - a graphic design abortion!
>
> The beauty of Tkinter is that it's accessed through python classes. So
> all you have to do is write a subclass once for each of the widget
> classes you use, and all the ugliness goes away.
>
> D

Does Tkinter supports skins? Simply changing the bgcolour or the font
don't cut it... it still looks ugly by todays standards.

Peter.


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