Hello, I'm using python 2.4.2 on Win XP Pro. I'm trying to understand a behavior I'm seeing in some Tkinter code I have. I've reduced my question to a small piece of code:
#####BEGIN CODE ################# import Tkinter as Tk import tkFont sampleText = """Here is a test string. This is more text Here is a second line of text. How much more can I type. I can't think of anything else to type. """ root = Tk.Tk( ) t = Tk.Text( root ) t.pack( ) t.insert( Tk.END, sampleText ) t.tag_config( 'AB', font=tkFont.Font( family='ariel', size=24, weight=tkFont.BOLD ) ) t.tag_config( 'TBU', font=tkFont.Font( family='times', size=10, weight=tkFont.BOLD, underline=1 ) ) t.tag_add( 'AB', '1.8', '1.15' ) t.tag_add( 'TBU', '2.10', '2.30' ) root.mainloop( ) ################# #######END CODE Now when I run this I expect to see a small bit of the sampleText in ariel bold and another bit in times bold underline, instead I see both bits in the later style. Interestingly, if I create the Font objects before calling t.tag_config() (i.e. replace the two t.tag_config( ) lines with the following): f1 = font=tkFont.Font( family='ariel', size=24, weight=tkFont.BOLD ) f2 = font=tkFont.Font( family='times', size=10, weight=tkFont.BOLD, underline=1 ) t.tag_config( 'AB', font=f1 ) t.tag_config( 'TBU', font=f2 ) In rerunning the code, I see each bit of text now styled differently. This is the behavior that I both expect and want. Does anybody know why the two bits of code result in different behavior? Is it a Python thing or a Tkinter thing? Thanks for your feedback. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list