Re: techwing, "Text-Only vs. GUI"
I saw a post by techwing over on
Midnight Pub[1], so I thought that I'd
dash off a quick response. Hopefully
they read gopher.
Apparently Tkinter is no fun. I'm just
learning Python, so I won't comment on
that (much).
But here are some leads on quick,
easy-to-use GUIs for batch scripts,
bash scripts, and python.
A Quick GUI for Windows Batch Scripts
=====================================
Yes, batch scripts. On a practical
level, batch scripts get you past the
execution policy constraints placed on
PowerShell. On a personal level, I
enjoy writing batch scripts a lot. I
first computed with DOS, so the whole
experience feels natural to me. I am
consciously following dbucklin's lead
in just using the tools I want to
use[2].
Anyways, the Wizard's Apprentice[3] is
perfect for adding quick GUI dialogs
to your batch files. Thanks to Dion
Nicolaas for creating such a great
open source solution.
Quick GUIs for Bash Scripts
===========================
I've just done a bit of experimenting
with Zenity, but Zenity[4] and YAD[5]
appear to serve the same function as
the Wizard's Apprentice for bash
scripts. In my limited experience,
Zenity is very easy to use.
Quick GUIs for Python
=====================
I have not used Gooey[6] at all yet,
but I've read the docs, and it looks
like it could help you avoid Tkinter
in a lot of situations. I plan on
using it in the future. Someone on the
Hacker News also mentioned Wooey[7],
which might be worth a look.
[1] gemini://midnight.pub/posts/564
[2]
gopher://sdf.org/0/users/dbucklin/posts/craft.txt
[3]
http://wizapp.sourceforge.net/
[4]
https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/3.32/
[5]
https://github.com/v1cont/yad
[6]
https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey
[7]
https://github.com/wooey/Wooey
