[Python-Dev] Conclusion: Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

2005-11-16 Thread Jim Jewett
Phillip J. Eby: > did you ever try using IPython, and confirm whether it > does or does not address the issue As I understand it, using IPython (or otherwise changing the interactive mode) works fine *if* you just want a point solution -- get something up in some environment chosen by the develop

Re: [Python-Dev] Conclusion: Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

2005-11-15 Thread Fernando Perez
Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon wrote: > There are several other reasons why the alternative solutions that came > up in this discussion are more attractive than IPython: > 1) AFAICT, IPython is not intended to work with IDLE. Not so far, but mostly by accident. The necessary changes are fairly easy

Re: [Python-Dev] Conclusion: Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

2005-11-15 Thread Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 06:48 PM 11/15/2005 -0500, Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon wrote: > >> Thanks everybody for contributing to this discussion. I didn't expect it >> to become this extensive. >> I think that by now, everybody has had their chance to voice their >> opinion. >> It seems safe to

Re: [Python-Dev] Conclusion: Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

2005-11-15 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 06:48 PM 11/15/2005 -0500, Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon wrote: >Thanks everybody for contributing to this discussion. I didn't expect it >to become this extensive. >I think that by now, everybody has had their chance to voice their opinion. >It seems safe to conclude that there is no consensus on

[Python-Dev] Conclusion: Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

2005-11-15 Thread Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon
Thanks everybody for contributing to this discussion. I didn't expect it to become this extensive. I think that by now, everybody has had their chance to voice their opinion. It seems safe to conclude that there is no consensus on this topic. So what I'm planning to do is to write a small extensi