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| 4 | <meta name="description" content="Pmw - a toolkit for building high-level compound widgets in Python"> | |
| 5 | <meta name="content" content="python, megawidget, mega widget, compound widget, gui, tkinter"> | |
| 6 | <title>Pmw features</title> | |
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| 9 | <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ee" | |
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| 12 | <h1 ALIGN="CENTER">Pmw features</h1> | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | <p> | |
| 15 | Pmw is a toolkit for building high-level compound widgets, or | |
| 16 | <em>megawidgets</em>, constructed using other widgets as component parts. | |
| 17 | It promotes consistent look and feel within and between graphical | |
| 18 | applications, is highly configurable to your needs and is easy to | |
| 19 | use.</p> | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | <p> Pmw consists of:</p> | |
| 22 | <ul><li><p>A few base classes, providing a foundation for building | |
| 23 | megawidgets.</p> | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | </li> | |
| 26 | <li><p>A library of flexible and extensible megawidgets built on | |
| 27 | the base classes, such as buttonboxes, notebooks, | |
| 28 | comboboxes, selection widgets, paned widgets, scrolled | |
| 29 | widgets and dialog windows.</p> | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | </li> | |
| 32 | <li><p>A lazy importer/dynamic loader which is automatically | |
| 33 | invoked when Pmw is first imported. This gives unified | |
| 34 | access to all Pmw classes and functions through the <strong>Pmw.</strong> | |
| 35 | prefix. It also speeds up module loading time by only | |
| 36 | importing Pmw sub-modules when needed.</p> | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | </li> | |
| 39 | <li><p>Complete reference documentation, covering all classes and | |
| 40 | functions including all megawidgets and their options, | |
| 41 | methods and components. Helpful tutorial material is also | |
| 42 | available.</p> | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | </li> | |
| 45 | <li><p>A test framework and tests for Pmw megawidgets.</p> | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | </li> | |
| 48 | <li><p>A slick demonstration of the megawidgets.</p> | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | </li> | |
| 51 | <li><p>An interface to the BLT busy, graph and vector commands.</p> | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | </li></ul> | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | <p> The interface to Pmw megawidgets is similar to basic Tk widgets, so it | |
| 56 | is easy for developers to include both megawidgets and basic Tk | |
| 57 | widgets in their graphical applications. In addition, Pmw | |
| 58 | megawidgets may themselves be extended, using either inheritance or | |
| 59 | composition.</p> | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | <p> The use of the Pmw megawidgets replaces common widget combinations | |
| 62 | with higher level abstractions. This simplifies code, making it | |
| 63 | more readable and maintainable. The ability to extend Pmw | |
| 64 | megawidgets enables developers to create new megawidgets based on | |
| 65 | previous work.</p> | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | <p></p> | |
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| 73 | </p></center> | |
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| 76 | <font size=-1> | |
| 77 | <center><P ALIGN="CENTER"> | |
| 78 | Pmw 1.2 - | |
| 79 | 5 Aug 2003 | |
| 80 | - <a href="index.html">Home</a> | |
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| 82 | </p></center> | |
| 83 | </font> | |
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| 86 | </html> | |
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