Python-URL! - 2000/06/15

by Andrew M. Kuchling - DejaNews: [1]

• Tk has always been a bit problematic on the Macintosh, meaning there is no Python GUI toolkit that works entirely satisfactorily across Windows, Unix, MacOS. Jim Ingham reported that he's planning to begin a MacOS X port of Tk using the Quartz drawing model: (see DN630305722)
• A Python article in the UK-based _Visual Systems Journal_: http://www.vsj.co.uk/archive/june2000/outlook/outlook1-0600.asp
• Zope 2.2.0 beta 1 was released. http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.0b1/ Change log: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.0b1/CHANGES.txt

Python-URL now catches up with ActiveState's recent Python-related announcements:

• - They'll be shipping binary installations of Python (ActivePython), much as they've done for the Perl world; http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePython.html
• - They're developing two IDEs for Python -- one, called Komodo, based on Mozilla, and one, called Visual Python, which will be a plugin for Microsoft's Visual Studio; http://activestate.com/Products/VisualPython.html http://activestate.com/Products/Komodo.html
• - They're offering enterprise support for Python http://activestate.com/Products/PythonDirect/index.html