Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-29 Thread Tim Roberts
"Ask" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi TIm, > >Ahh I see.. (Told you I was a newby!) ;-) > >Tkinter is what I'm using as that was loaded by default with the >installation of Python I am using. Now your question makes good sense, especially if you were coming from something like the Win32 API. I

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-27 Thread Ask
Hi TIm, Ahh I see.. (Told you I was a newby!) ;-) Tkinter is what I'm using as that was loaded by default with the installation of Python I am using. Thanks Regards Pauly "Tim Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Ask" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I'm

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-26 Thread Tim Roberts
"Ask" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm simply using the IDLE editor to hand code, then compiling and running. That doesn't help. wxPython, Tkinter, and pyQt are just a few of the packages that can be used to put windows on the screen from Python. Python has no built-in user interface stuff, so

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-26 Thread D H
Ask wrote: > > I found a link to this newsgroup, downloaded 1000 messages, You might check out the python-tutor list if you have beginner questions: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > I must admit to much confusion regarding some of the basics, but I'm sure > time, reading, and

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-25 Thread Michael Tobis
> confusion regarding some of the basics... Reset your brain. This came up recently, and despite there being a pending quibble, I think it's extremely useful to the experienced programmer/new Pythonista: http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm And since Frederik is apparenlty reading this thr

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-25 Thread Ask
Hi Bruno, I'm simply using the IDLE editor to hand code, then compiling and running. Thanks Pauly "bruno modulix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ask wrote: >> G'day All, >> > (snip) > > Welcome here... > >> I must admit to much confusion regarding some of the bas

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-25 Thread Fredrik Lundh
"Ask" wrote: > As an example, if I create a window, I've been unable to force it to be a > certain size, and put a > button (widget) at (say) 20,40 (x & y). Is window formatting possible? I'm pretty sure all GUI toolkits can do that, but the exact details depend on the library you're using. (

Re: Hi All - Newby

2005-10-25 Thread bruno modulix
Ask wrote: > G'day All, > (snip) Welcome here... > I must admit to much confusion regarding some of the basics, but I'm sure > time, reading, and good advice will get rid of that. at this stage, it's > just working through some examples and getting my head around things. As an > example, if I

Hi All - Newby

2005-10-25 Thread Ask
G'day All, Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. I'm new to Python, but old to software development. Python is one of the languages used in my new job, so I've just bought a book, read it, and downloaded Python; It's pretty good isn't it? It's particularly handy being able top run the same byte