[Tutor] Re: IDLE question (original) (raw)

Andrei project5 at redrival.net
Thu Jul 1 02:55:15 EDT 2004

Dick Moores <rdm rcblue.com> writes:

>If you want a >>> prompt with the color coding and other bells of IDLE >try the pyShell that comes with wxPython. It is now my preferred >Python interactive prompt...

To use the pyShell that comes with wxPython, I'd have to download and install and use all of wxPython, I suppose. I just read about wxPython on

PyCrust is a really nice Python shell - my favorite in fact - worth downloading wxPython IMO.

it's website, and I'm interested in what is said there about having the best GUI toolkit.

Everyone claims their product is better than the competition :). (I happen to agree on wxPython, but it's very much a matter of taste.)

But if I switch to wxPython, except for not using tkinter, will I be able to rely on the Python documentation, tutorials and books for learning Python? I'm guessing I can, but can you confirm this?

Yes. wxPython is just a set of libraries and tools like all the other libraries and tools you get with Python. You use whatever you need and ignore the rest.

Also, on the wxPython main page it says, "Welcome to the home of wxPython, a blending of the wxWidgets C++ class library with the Python programming language." Does this mean I'd have to know C++ to use the wxWidgets? Or is it the case that I would no more need to know C++ for wxPython than I need to know C to use Python.

Nope. I don't know C(++), and I can use it just fine. The docs are C++ oriented (with some Python annotations here and there), but although that's not an ideal situation, they're quite easy to follow after the inital shock :) - plus that it comes with a great demo with a lot of educational value. But anyway, you don't need to read the docs in order to use PyCrust/PyShell.

Yours,

Andrei

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