Hello, I want to write a small script that shows a number of bodies moving in a 2d coordinate systems. The positions at different times are stored in a csv file. Since I have wanted to learn some python for quite some time I have decided to try this in pygtk.
I have worked through the pygtk tutorial (http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial) and tried to fill in the gaps using the reference manual (http://www.pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/index.html). Unfortunately the later turned out to be of practically no use to me since I haven't really reached the level where I have an idea what functionality I can find where in the API and class hierarchy. Therefore I'm now asking for help here. I have created the window as class Animate: def __init__(self): self.xrange = 800 self.yrange = 800 window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL) window.set_title("Plot") window.connect("destroy", lambda w: gtk.main_quit()) self.area = gtk.DrawingArea() self.area.set_size_request(self.xrange, self.yrange) self.pangolayout = self.area.create_pango_layout("") window.add(self.area) self.area.connect("expose-event", self.area_expose_cb) self.area.show() window.show() gobject.timeout_add(1000, self.on_timeout) the function area_expose_cb draws the coordinate system and the bodies while the function on_timeout updates reads the positions of the bodies and writes them into variables that are used by area_expose_cb. My question is now: How can I force the window to redraw itself after I have updated the state variables? I have tried to send an expose event like this self.area.emit("expose-event") but apparently this function requires a second parameter of type GdkEvent. Unfortunately I was not able to find the "emit" function nor any description of GdkEvent in the reference manual. Can anyone tell me where I can find the emit function documented or the proper way of redrawing a window? Thanks in advance! -Nikolaus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | College Ring 6, 28759 Bremen, Germany Class of 2008 - Physics | Jacobs University Bremen »My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.« _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
