| [2] | 1 | .. _other-gui-packages:
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| 3 | Other Graphical User Interface Packages
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| 4 | =======================================
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| 5 |
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| [391] | 6 | Major cross-platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) GUI toolkits are
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| 7 | available for Python:
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| [2] | 8 |
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| 9 | .. seealso::
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| 11 | `PyGTK <http://www.pygtk.org/>`_
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| 12 | is a set of bindings for the `GTK <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set. It
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| 13 | provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than
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| 14 | the C one. It comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides, and has
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| 15 | good Python-specific reference documentation. There are also bindings to
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| [391] | 16 | `GNOME <http://www.gnome.org>`_. An online `tutorial
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| [2] | 17 | <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is available.
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| 18 |
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| 19 | `PyQt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_
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| 20 | PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit. Qt is an
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| 21 | extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
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| 22 | available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool
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| 23 | for generating bindings for C++ libraries as Python classes, and
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| 24 | is specifically designed for Python. The *PyQt3* bindings have a
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| 25 | book, `GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition
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| 26 | <http://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/>`_ by Boudewijn
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| 27 | Rempt. The *PyQt4* bindings also have a book, `Rapid GUI Programming
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| 28 | with Python and Qt <http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`_, by Mark
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| 29 | Summerfield.
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| 30 |
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| 31 | `wxPython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_
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| 32 | wxPython is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Python that is built around
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| 33 | the popular `wxWidgets <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>`_ (formerly wxWindows)
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| 34 | C++ toolkit. It provides a native look and feel for applications on
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| 35 | Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix systems by using each platform's native
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| 36 | widgets where ever possible, (GTK+ on Unix-like systems). In addition to
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| 37 | an extensive set of widgets, wxPython provides classes for online
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| 38 | documentation and context sensitive help, printing, HTML viewing,
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| 39 | low-level device context drawing, drag and drop, system clipboard access,
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| 40 | an XML-based resource format and more, including an ever growing library
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| 41 | of user-contributed modules. wxPython has a book, `wxPython in Action
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| 42 | <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and
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| 43 | Robin Dunn.
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| 44 |
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| 45 | PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
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| 46 | widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for
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| 47 | Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
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| 48 | <http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
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| 49 | much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
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| 50 | different GUI toolkits are compared.
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