Re: [Matplotlib-users] use of Tkagg on Mac OS X question

[Andrew S. <str...@as...>]

Matt Newville wrote:

>Perry Greenfield wrote:
>
>  
>
>>We are trying to have setup.py handle X11-based Tkinter on Mac OS X
>>(to date that is the only Tkinter we use). Does anyone out there
>>use Tkagg with the Aqua-based Tkinter on Mac OS X? We are unclear
>>as to whether the Aqua version is really useful yet.
>>    
>>

It's been a little while since I've gotten down-and-dirty on OS X, but 
as of a year or so ago, I was continually frustrated with Tkinter on OS 
X because of apparent weird little bugs, but I never felt sufficiently 
on top of Tkinter to really believe they were bugs with Tkinter or with 
me.  Anyhow, I switched to wx, and have never been happier.  It looks 
great on Aqua, is totally cross-platform, and XRCed rocks!

>TkAgg with Aqua-based Tkinter works for me on Mac OS X.  (That's
>with matplotlib 0.54 -- I haven't tried the latest CVS with fixes
>for dynamic updates, but am happy to hear it will be faster!). 
>
>The Aqua-based Tkinter is not great, and I would be perfectly happy
>using X11-based Tkinter.  I simply installed the Tkinter with the
>MacPython and its PackageManager.  Is X11-based Tkinter available in
>such a package, or does it require a source build??  A source build
>would be OK with me, but might make it difficult to distribute apps.
>  
>
Fink sticks to the X environment, so I'm 99% sure that if you install 
their Tkinter it'll run on X11.  I think this probably means installing 
Python from fink, too. So you'd have 2 Pythons: Apple's and fink's (in 
/sw/bin/python, I guess).  If you want to distribute apps as a packaged 
.dmg that someone can just download and run on an OS X system, the fink 
route seems a little, uh, challenging.

Good luck!
Andrew