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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-11 14:56:04 (GMT)
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#2709 followup: better description of Tk's pros and cons.
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@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ classes. In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe
mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
:mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
-bundled with Python. Although it has been used to create some very good
-applications, including IDLE, its standard documentation is weak (but there
-are some good books and tutorials), and it has an outdated look and
-feel. For more modern, better documented, and much more extensive GUI
-libraries, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
+bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good
+material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and
+others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel,
+which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other
+GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about
+alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
.. toctree::