Marbelous wrote:Are you trying to learn Python or do you just need a MindMap tool?
I'm trying to create my own mind map program.
A GUI Framework is the Graphical User Interface that most programs use instead of just typing text into a command line. A MindMap tool WILL require you to create one. Tkinter is the GUI package that comes built in to python. It's very easy to use but has limitations compared to something like PyQT (which Leo uses). You will also need to be adept at OOP (Object Oriented Programming) since all the items (lines, arrows, pictures, text boxes, etc.) in your programs will be easier to work with if they're classes with attributes and methods. You should download and look at the code for Leo from SourceForge. You will see it is not a trivial task for beginners to coding although a simple version would be a good project once you're an intermediate Pythoner.
OOP deals with the mechanics and the GUI deals with the visuals. Got it. Thanks. I think I have an idea on what to do now.
Of course you can always just buy a whiteboard and a pack of dry-erase markers...
Is that what you do? That's really low tech. Good abstraction though.
I'm thinking of making a self-organizing and self-constructing mind map. For now, I just want to make a basic one.