Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
I see this as two related changes:
a) Leave the module name query box open when there is a error, so the user can
either correct a mistake (or hit Cancel) without reopening the box and
re-entering the module name. Good idea.
b) Put the error message in the
Mark Roseman added the comment:
Exactly. The querydialog code (which will replace the simpledialog
askstring/askinteger calls) displays errors as shown in querydialog.png, with
the error messages disappearing as soon as you hit another key.
You can also pass in a 'validator' to check if the
New submission from Mark Roseman:
In EditorWindow.open_module... once switch to querydialog, display errors (e.g.
module not found) in askstring dialog itself, not open up subsequent
'showerror' dialog
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Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
Where is querydialog? (It looks like something than should be in tkinter ;-).
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Mark Roseman added the comment:
Work in progress, have a few more tweaks to make, but here's a snapshot...
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