OK, that is totally useful! Thanks much. Going to get a sense of this broader set of classes etc. to set it up right.
thx! Eric > On May 20, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try reading > https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html#a-simple-hello-world-program > and see what your script is missing to make it run as a complete > program. > > Cheers > Lex > > On 20 May 2018 at 14:06, Eric Stephan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi -- thanks for that info! >> >> -- I'm embarrassed to say that since I don't usually put longish scripts >> into the command line, I'm not sure how to get the many individual commands >> (with its odd bind commands etc) into just the command line. merely pasting >> it gives "SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single >> statement" >> >> -- BUT anyway, I think the basic question would then be, if I wanted to >> write a python app that used TKinter windows like that, how would I do it so >> that Geany would show the results? TKinter is a quite commonly used >> component... >> >> -- BTW, that script worked OK to show the TKinter output in both IDLE and >> Thonny IDEs >> >> I'm guessing it's some not-too-complex little configuration or tweak >> somewhere... >> >> thx >> Eric >> >> On Sun, May 20, 2018, at 9:10 AM, Lex Trotman wrote: >>> What happens if you run your script from the command line? I suspect >>> it will just return the same as it does in Geany. Geany runs things >>> exactly as if from the command line, so if your script doesn't run >>> there it won't run in Geany. >>> >>> The other IDE is a specialist Python thingy which may be doing >>> something different, possibly helpful for beginners, but not so >>> helpful when you actually want your script to run as a separate >>> program independent of the IDE. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Lex >>> >>> On 20 May 2018 at 11:25, Eric Stephan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all! >>>> >>>> I have a problem on the Raspberry Pi where Geany will not show the Tkinter >>>> window when I am making a simple Python app with tkinter graphics. >>>> >>>> I tried asking on Stack Exchange but no luck… I am sorry that I will just >>>> paste the question below, it’s the easiest way to be clear about it! >>>> >>>> ====== >>>> >>>> My problem: When I run my simple graphics tkinter python script (pasted >>>> below) in Geany, it "runs" ... BUT it simply shows the white-text-on-black >>>> script window proudly announcing that script completed... while the tkinter >>>> graphics window created by the script does not appear! *** When I do >>>> this in another IDE, Thonny, the graphics window appears. How do I get >>>> Geany to show this script's graphics window correctly? THANKS! >>>> >>>> —— below is the code (from a learn-Python book) >>>> >>>> from Tkinter import * >>>> >>>> window = Tk() >>>> window.title('Alien') >>>> c = Canvas(window, height = 300, width=400) >>>> c.pack() >>>> body=c.create_oval(100,150,300,250,fill='green') >>>> eye=c.create_oval(170,70,230,130,fill='white') >>>> eyeball=c.create_oval(190,90,210,110,fill='black') >>>> mouth=c.create_oval(150,220,250,240,fill='red') >>>> neck=c.create_line(200,150,200,130) >>>> hat=c.create_polygon(180,75,220,75,200,20,fill='blue') >>>> >>>> def mouth_open(): >>>> c.itemconfig(mouth,fill='black') >>>> def mouth_close(): >>>> c.itemconfig(mouth,fill='red') >>>> >>>> def blink(event): >>>> c.itemconfig(eye, fill='green') >>>> c.itemconfig(eyeball, state=HIDDEN) >>>> def unblink(event): >>>> c.itemconfig(eye, fill='white') >>>> c.itemconfig(eyeball, state=NORMAL) >>>> >>>> words=c.create_text(200,280,text='I am an alien!') >>>> def steal_hat(): >>>> c.itemconfig(hat,state=HIDDEN) >>>> c.itemconfig(words, text='Give me my hat back!') >>>> >>>> window.attributes('-topmost',1) >>>> >>>> def burp(event): >>>> mouth_open() >>>> c.itemconfig(words,text="Burp!") >>>> c.bind_all('<Button-1>', burp) >>>> >>>> c.bind_all('<KeyPress-a>',blink) >>>> c.bind_all('<KeyPress-z>',unblink) >>>> >>>> >>>> def eye_control(event): >>>> key=event.keysym >>>> if key=='Up': >>>> c.move(eyeball,0,-1) >>>> if key=='Down': >>>> c.move(eyeball,0,1) >>>> if key=='Left': >>>> c.move(eyeball,-1,0) >>>> if key=='Right': >>>> c.move(eyeball,1,0) >>>> c.bind_all('<Key>',eye_control) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
