{"id":62,"date":"2007-10-31T23:59:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/tk-verses-gtkand-python-verses-tcl\/"},"modified":"2007-10-31T23:59:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T18:29:10","slug":"tk-verses-gtkand-python-verses-tcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bin-co.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/tk-verses-gtkand-python-verses-tcl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tk Verses Gtk(And Python verses Tcl)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back when I was using Windows, I searched for some language that would let me create GUI application. I knew C++ – but creating a GUI using C++ was very, very hard. After some searching I found Tcl\/Tk – it was perfect. I liked Tk so much that I used it to create GUI in perl programs<\/a>. And in Ruby<\/a>. And in Python. I even wrote tutorials for Tcl\/Tk<\/a> and Perl\/Tk<\/a>. Then I discovered Linux. initially I was glad that I did not choose VB – that would mean that I have to throw away all my custom programs. But since I used open languages like Tcl, Perl, Ruby etc, they will run on Linux as well.<\/p>\n

But when I actually ran the programs in Linux, I got the shock of a lifetime. The applications I created looked bad – really bad…<\/p>\n

TK Screenshot - Ugly<\/p>\n

I still use many Tk programs – but because of the looks issue, I decided to stop using Tk for my new programs. So I decided to try GTK. I even created a small application using PyGTK(my first) to view the harddisk space usage in Linux – Frees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frees Screenshot<\/p>\n

It was a very simple application – all I had to do is run the ‘df’ command, parse its output, and display a small table using that data. I was expecting around 100, 150 lines of code at the most. But after I created the app, I have 500+ lines of code.<\/p>\n

At first, I thought that it was a mistake on my part – I thought that I was not using the best method. But then I came across an article in Reddit<\/a> – gnocl or PyGtk?<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PyGtk is still the most recommended binding for Gtk. A lot of programs in Linux is written using PyGtk. So naturally there are a few advantages for using it…<\/p>\n