Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

Il 07/07/2010 9.11, Alan Gauld wrote: "Francesco Loffredo" wrote ... What's the difference between the two methods? Its a little bit subtle but I believbe update() updates all widgets whereas update_idle_tasks will only update those widgets that have changed since the last update. In a co

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

"Francesco Loffredo" wrote You can ask the canvas to repaint itself by calling update_idle_tasks() method. Thank you, Alan. As many answers, this poses me a new question: why should I call update_idle_tasks() instead of update() ? What's the difference between the two methods? Its a littl

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

Il 06/07/2010 17.32, Alan Gauld wrote: "Francesco Loffredo" wrote How can I ask a Canvas to redraw itself at my command? And if i can't, when should I call the auto move? You can ask the canvas to repaint itself by calling update_idle_tasks() method. Thank you, Alan. As many answers, this p

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

RTFM I happened to find the answer just a couple of hours after having sent this message. How could I miss the update method of the Canvas? Now my game works as expected, maybe I'll post it when it's complete. Thanks to all! Francesco Il 05/07/2010 21.00, Francesco Loffredo ha scritto: He

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

"Francesco Loffredo" wrote How can I ask a Canvas to redraw itself at my command? And if i can't, when should I call the auto move? You can ask the canvas to repaint itself by calling update_idle_tasks() method. But in general you shouldn't need to. It's usually better to keep your event h

[Tutor] Tkinter mainloop()

Hello all, this is the first time I ask for advice but I've been lurking for some month and i'm sure I'll find more than I need. I'm learning Python and Tkinter, and I chose an old board game as a practice field. I used a Canvas and many Polygons, one for each hexagonal space of the board, and I

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop

Hello, Thanks a lot for the pointers, Kent, and the explanations, Michael! > There is an undocumented hook that lets you change this - the function > Tk.report_callback_exception() is called to actually report the error. > You can redefine this function to do what you want. Here are a couple

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop (was Re: tkFileDialog.Directory)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What I don't understand is >>>import Tix >>> >>>def raise_exception(): >>> print 1/0 >>> >>>if __name__ == '__main__': >>>root = Tix.Tk() >>>root.title("Exception demo") >>> >>>Tix.Button(root, text = "Don't press", command = > > raise_exception).pack() >

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter mainloop (was Re: tkFileDialog.Directory)

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:55:24 +0100 (MET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Karsten, > I thought the mainloop() function is something like > > def mainloop(): > e= get_event() > if e: > for w in widgets: w.handle(e) > > but apparently it is not. > > It's not bad that the Tkinter windows don't

[Tutor] Tkinter mainloop (was Re: tkFileDialog.Directory)

Hello Michael, hello list, thanks for the info that pmw displays exceptions. What I don't understand is >> --- snip --- >> import Tix >> >> def raise_exception(): >> print 1/0 >> >> if __name__ == '__main__': >> root = Tix.Tk() >> root.title("Exception demo") >> >> Tix.Button