Can python be installed on Mac in order to use tcl / tk 8.6?
I would like to know how to get the official python installation from python.org (3.6.1) for Mac in order to use tcl / tk 8.6. I am using different versions of tcl / tk 8.5 with tkinter for my project GUI and I am constantly running into very limited errors (crash on scrolling, windows-mgmt problems ).
Since I have not faced the same problems on Windows using 8.6, I suspect / hope that using the newer tcl / tk can make Mac work easier if it is possible to combine it properly with python / tkinter.
IDLE doesn't matter to me (in case it won't work with tk 8.6.). I am also aware of similar old questions on SO that usually led to a link to the official python.org page about this issue (stating to use 8.5) and I am also aware of this python bug issues .
I would still like to know if it is possible to use tcl / tk 8.6 on Mac, how this can be achieved and what potential disadvantages would be.
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The bottom python.org/download/mac/tcltk
explains that macOS will only link a binary compiled for tcl / tk 8.5 with some version 8.5. I believe there are sources for macOS python binaries other than python.org that are compiled for tcl / tk 8.6. Try Homebrew ?, MacPorts? Others ?? (I don't have a mac and only read the names, but no reviews.)
The 3.7.0 PSF Mac installer will presumably be switched to use tk 8.6. The current 3.7.0a2 hasn't been switched yet and I don't know when it will be done. Hopefully for 3.7.0b1 at the end of January.
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