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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by darkpuma on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:09PM (#20415282)
Tk from python is pretty damn convenient, being as it's always there. Not the most modern toolkit for sure, but always being there is a pretty compelling feature for some GUI projects.
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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by deckiedan on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:25PM (#20415997)
Since it came up, Tkinter's drag and drop story is pretty grim too.

I've used Tkinter with python to make a whole bunch of quick utilities (sync tools for non-techies, XML editing stuff for file applications which lack needed tools, etc.) and think it's very under appreciated.

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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by aidenn0 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:23PM (#20415418)
FWIW, ubuntu python3 does not install Tk by default.
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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by usbseeker on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:31PM (#20415513)
Don't use system python. Use a virtualenv and install your own python. I would expect system python to only install what is needed.
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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by JadeNB on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:17PM (#20415933)
I think aidenn0 was just replying to the claim that "it's always there".
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Re:Racket Is an Acceptable Python by mehrdadn on Thursday July 11, 2019 @06:06PM (#20416333)
It's not always there. Like it's not there on MSYS2.
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