[Visualpython-users] VPython and TkAqua

[Owen D. <ow...@ba...>]

Looking in the archives, I did not see anything definitive about using 
VPython with the MacPython/TkAqua package.  I did not succeed in doing 
so.

First, I downloaded and installed vpython, and the demos ran fine, 
using the default x11 Tk windows.  Great!

I then installed TkAqua, then installed the MacPython "additional 
packages" which includes an IDE and package manager.  I used the 
package manager to install tkinter, which successfully uses TkAqua.

Thus I get to the point that I can run both TclTk and Python with Aqua 
windows rather than the X11 windows.  Very sweet!

However, when I modify the VPython script to use the above, by changing 
it to use /usr/bin/pythonw rather than /sw/bin/python (below), it dies 
because it cannot find the visual package.

Now, I'm a newbie to python, so am not aware of how to import packages 
etc for a program like vpython.  I know the MacPython package manager 
can download and install the Numeric package, but it does not have a 
pointer to the visual package.

Is there a simple way for me to modify my startup script to use the 
/sw/../visual package?  Is this the right approach?  I suspect not, 
because there are likely built-in x11 dependencies in the visual 
package itself.

Thanks

	-- Owen

Owen Densmore         908 Camino Santander   Santa Fe, NM 87505
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#! /bin/sh
PYTHON=/usr/bin/pythonw
visualdemodir=/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/visual/demos
visualidledir=/sw/lib/python2.3/idlelib
cd $visualdemodir
$PYTHON $visualidledir/idle