On 10/12/12 Rob Echlin said: > Hi > Has anyone here written GUI applications for Linux? > I am interested in writing a relatively simple app to start with, > prefereably in Python, maybe Perl if Python is too much work to get libs > for. > > Examples: > - list the up/down status of a couple of web sites, > - maybe something more complicated, maybe to list the unread emails available on a couple of accounts, > - then a truly trivial graphical game, something like "Hello Gamer > rfinnius- you have pressed 11 keys since the app started". > - Where rfinnius is your login name. Python with Tkinter is more than sufficient for this. You can graduate up to Gtk or Qt if you want a more sophisticated api. > Also, is anyone familiar with doing those things with the Enlightenment libraries? > Is Python supported well in Enlightenment? No idea. Does anyone use Enlightenment anymore? Mike