On May 4, 12:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On May 4, 5:22 am, Protected <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had previously ran the import line. I prepended it to the example > > code I'm trying to run every time but it did not help, still nothing > > happens. With or without var before 'root'. I'm pasting the code in > > IDLE and using Windows XP as written in the first post. > > Tkinter doesn't work if you type the statements in IDLE. I don't > remember the specifics of it, but essentially it doesn't work because > IDLE is itself a Tkinter app. You have to type it at the Python > command line or save it in a file. BTW, if you're on Windows, you > should definitely check wxPython. I used to work with Tkinter, > struggling with it all the time only to get a lame result most of the > time. Then I switched to wxPython, and in the same week I was learning > it I did a better GUI than I ever did in Tkinter (with months of > work!). I feel it makes it easier to make your program have a better > structure and design, and thus lets you focus on the actual task of > the program, rather than in the GUI itself. Plus, on Windows, you'll > get the widgets to look more natively, like any good quality > application there is on Windows.
Ah, but is it cross platform? (Thanks for letting me know about IDLE.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
