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On 3/9/11 7:52 AM, Ben McClure wrote:
> Our Python
> needs X11 and needs to be built with tkinter support on X11, which
> Python.org doesn't provide for Python 2.7.  The Python that I
> inherited is built with X11 tkinter, but not built Framework.  Can you
> build a Framework Python with X11 tkinter?

I suspect it's possible, but I don't know how easy.

I'd ask on the pythonmac list, there are some knowledgeable folks there:

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

> I'll look into the wxGTK thing more, it might be worth the effort to
> see if I can get it working.

Another option is macports and/or fink -- they at least used to do 
pretty full support for X11.

-Chris



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