[Pythonmac-SIG] problems with Tkinter on 1.6a2 (mostly solved I think)

[David and Jessica Fashena]

Increasing the preferred size used by the PythonInterpreter to 12 MB allows
Tkinter scripts to work on my machine (Beige G3 266 MHz, MacOS 8.6, running
Python 1.6a2).   It's a bit irritating to have to drag scripts onto the
interpreter instead of running from the IDE, but at least I can use Tkinter
now.
So far, no crashes...

Thanks Russell !

-dave fashena

>Two suggestions:
>- increase desired and default memory in PythonInterpreter to at
>least 10,000 (using Get Info in the Finder).
>- be sure you are dragging the script onto PythonIntepreter, not Python IDE
>
>I'll be curious how stable your resulting system is. I had some nasty
>crashes, mostly in my text editors (Nisus or BBEdit) and odd behavior
>(extra files with a * at the end of them, and Nisus not being able to
>save) and decided to go back to 1.5.2 for now. PowerMac 7200 with
>MacOS 8.6.
>
>-- Russell
>
>>When I try to run any of the scripts in Demo:tkinter, for example
>>Demo:tkinter:guido:hello.py, no additional windows appear and the screen is
>>frozen with a clock icon.  To regain control, I have to do a "Force Quit"
>>with command-option-shift-ESC (command-period doesn't work).


David and Jessica Fashena
St. Louis, Missouri
USA
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