Mailman 3 October 2005 - Tkinter-discuss

Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Linux, TrueType fonts, antialias
by Joachim Thöne Oct. 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005

it's possible to use True Fonts in Tkinter by placing a PIL image on a Tkinter canvas. Another option is using Frederik Lundh's WCK Toolkit, which works very well for me. Joachim

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Linux, TrueType fonts, antialias
by George Geller Oct. 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005

I Tkinter on Linux supposed to use antialiasing when rendering TrueType fonts at larger sizes? I'm using Gnome with Ubuntu. Thanks -- George Geller <george_geller(a)speakeasy.net>

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Tkinter fails - tcl/tk installation in Python fails
by Alex Luso Oct. 27, 2005

Oct. 27, 2005

Hi, I am having a hard time with Tkinter module of Python (v.2.4.2). I followed the advice from a Python help site ("Step 1 - can _tkinter be imported? Try import _tkinter from a Python prompt) and indeed I cannot. So it turns out that my installation of Python (the default built into FC4) did not install Tcl/Tk module correctly. I have tried to do it manually, using the latest Python (v.2.4.2) and the latest downloads of Tcl/Tk (v.8.4), but no matter what I do I can't succeed. If I let the Python installation do the automatic detection of Modules, it fails to install tcl . If I edit the /Modules/Setup file, it still fails. This time is says that: ---------- ./python: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make: *** [sharedmods] Error 127 ---------- These is where everything is installed: $ whereis tcl tcl: /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /usr/share/tcl8.4 $ whereis tk tk: /usr/local/lib/tk8.4 $ ls /usr/local/include tclDecls.h tcl.h tclPlatDecls.h tkDecls.h tk.h tkPlatDecls.h And this is a snippet of /Modules/Setup: -------------------------- # The _tkinter module. # # *** Always uncomment this (leave the leading #underscore in!): _tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \ # *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk # libraries are: -L/usr/local/lib \ # *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk # headers are: -I/usr/local/include \ # *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 # header files are: -I/usr/X11R6/include \ # *** Or uncomment this for Solaris: # -I/usr/openwin/include \ # *** Uncomment and edit for Tix extension only: # -DWITH_TIX -ltix8.1.8.2 \ # *** Uncomment and edit for BLT extension only: # -DWITH_BLT #-I/usr/local/blt/blt8.0-unoff/include -lBLT8.0 \ # *** Uncomment and edit for PIL (TkImaging) extension #only: # (See http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ for #more info) # -DWITH_PIL -I../Extensions/Imaging/libImaging #tkImaging.c \ # *** Uncomment and edit for TOGL extension only: # -DWITH_TOGL togl.c \ # *** Uncomment and edit to reflect your Tcl/Tk #versions: -ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 \ # *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 #libraries are: -L/usr/X11R6/lib \ # *** Or uncomment this for Solaris: # -L/usr/openwin/lib \ # *** Uncomment these for TOGL extension only: # -lGL -lGLU -lXext -lXmu \ # *** Uncomment for AIX: # -lld \ # *** Always uncomment this; X11 libraries to link #with: -lX11 ------------------ What on earth am I doing wrong? And why doesn't the default installation of Python that comes with FC4 come with Tcl/Tk installed, as advertised? I am running linux on a new Fedora (FC4) installation. Thanks for any help, -ALex __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Re: [Tkinter-discuss] GUI designer for Tkinter
by Mohammad Tayseer Oct. 24, 2005

Oct. 24, 2005

Hi Cam i'm using python on windows. i can help develop and test it on windows. thanks __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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ANN: WCK for Tkinter 1.1 beta 1 (october 15, 2005)
by Fredrik Lundh Oct. 22, 2005

Oct. 22, 2005

(new, improved, and with the correct date in the subject line!) The Widget Construction Kit (WCK) is an extension API that allows you to implement custom widgets in pure Python. The WCK can be (and is being) used for everything from light-weight display widgets to full-blown editor frameworks. The Tkinter3000 implementation of the WCK supports all recent versions of Python and Tk/Tkinter. The 1.1 beta 1 release adds improved controller support, resource caching for pens, brushes, and fonts, and support for creating image objects from data in strings. Introduction: http://www.effbot.org/zone/wck-1.htm Downloads: http://www.effbot.org/downloads#tkinter3000 Documentation: http://www.effbot.org/zone/wck.htm http://www.effbot.org/zone/pythondoc-api.htm Using WCK and AggDraw to draw anti-aliased graphics: http://www.effbot.org/zone/wck-aggview.htm enjoy /F

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Re: [Tkinter-discuss] GUI designer for Tkinter
by Mohammad Tayseer Oct. 22, 2005

Oct. 22, 2005

Hi Cam i will be glad to help you writing it. i tried to make one before, but it didn't find time to complete it. maybe i needed another one to work with :) __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Re: [Tkinter-discuss] GUI designer for Tkinter
by Stewart Midwinter Oct. 21, 2005

Oct. 21, 2005

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stewart Midwinter <stewart.midwinter(a)gmail.com> Date: Oct 21, 2005 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Tkinter-discuss] GUI designer for Tkinter To: Mohammad Tayseer <m_tayseer82(a)yahoo.com> Mohammad, have you tried Notepad? It's free! :-) Most of us that work with Tkinter do actually use a text editor for our GUI interface design. But when you are just starting out it might be nice to use a graphical designer. I don't know of any that are permanently free, but here's an idea. ActiveState's Komodo Pro editor does include a Tkinter designer, and you can try the product free for 30 days. That might be long enough to get you past the steep part of the learning curve. And you might find that Komodo is a good enough editor to be worth the $$. I sure enjoy using it myself. cheers s On 10/21/05, Mohammad Tayseer <m_tayseer82(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > does anyone know about a *free* gui designer for > Tkinter? -- Stewart Midwinter stewart(a)midwinter.ca stewart.midwinter(a)gmail.com Skype, GoogleTalk, iChatAV, MSN, Yahoo: midtoad AIM:midtoad1 -- Stewart Midwinter stewart(a)midwinter.ca stewart.midwinter(a)gmail.com Skype, GoogleTalk, iChatAV, MSN, Yahoo: midtoad AIM:midtoad1

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GUI designer for Tkinter
by Mohammad Tayseer Oct. 21, 2005

Oct. 21, 2005

dear friends does anyone know about a *free* gui designer for Tkinter? I found SpecTix, but its support for Python is not stable. thanks in advance __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Python Tk Bwidget Tree problem with drag and drop
by Olivier Feys Oct. 15, 2005

Oct. 15, 2005

Hello, I'm working at a Tk Python gui with a Bwidget tree. Here is the code for the creation of the tree : self.tree = bw.Tree(self, bg='lightblue3', opencmd=self.open_folder, closecmd=self.close_folder, selectbackground='indianred3', selectforeground='white', deltax=10, deltay=23, dropenabled=1, dragenabled=1, dropovermode='n', crossfill='red4', dropcmd=self.drop, dragendcmd=self.drag, *args, **kw) the problem is that when i use the dropcmd, self.drop is called with the target node as argument with other stuff, but nothing is passed about the source node. And when I use the dragendcmd, source and target "pathnames" are passed, but I can't do anything with it. When I print these pathnames I get : .11072656.11073776 Can anyone help me out ? Thanks Olivier

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pybwidget dialog bug
by Michael Lange Oct. 10, 2005

Oct. 10, 2005

Hello all, I found a bug in some of pybwidget's dialog classes. The affected classes are MessageDialog, PasswordDialog, SelectFont and SelectColor; it seems like there is no way to get the result the dialog box returns. The problem is the call to Tkinter.Widget.__init__() , which itself calls Tkinter.BaseWidget.__init__(), where the result of self.tk.call() gets lost. I tried to avoid this by creating a separate constructor class for these dialogs where self.tk.call() is called by a separate show() method, which allows to catch the return value (see the code below). It's probably not perfect, but as far as I have tried, it seems to work. However, the resulting syntax looked a little weird to me, so I added shortcut functions that turn e.g dialog = SelectFont(master) newfont = dialog.show() resp.: newfont = SelectFont(master).show() into newfont = selectfont(master) . BTW, the SelectColorMenu() function doesn't seem to work either, however if I haven't missed something, it is the same as SelectColor(master, type='popup'), so I'm not sure if it is necessary at all. Regards Michael ################################################################################################ class _QuestionDialog(ButtonBox, _Frame): '''Internal class for use in dialog boxes that should return the result of the corresponding tk command. This is mostly copied from Tkinter.BaseWidget.__init__(), but the tk command is only called if explicitely requested by calling self.show().''' def __init__(self, master, widgetName, cnf={}, **kw): self.widgetName = widgetName self.master = master if kw: self._cnf = Tkinter._cnfmerge((cnf, kw)) else: self._cnf = cnf Tkinter.BaseWidget._setup(self, master, self._cnf) classes = [] for k in self._cnf.keys(): if type(k) is Tkinter.ClassType: classes.append((k, self._cnf[k])) del self._cnf[k] def show(self): result = self.tk.call((self.widgetName, self._w) + self._options(self._cnf)) return result class MessageDialog(_QuestionDialog): def __init__(self, master, cnf={}, **kw): self._require(master) _QuestionDialog.__init__(self, master, "MessageDlg", cnf, **kw) def messagedialog(master, cnf={}, **kw): return MessageDialog(master, cnf, **kw).show() class PasswordDialog(_QuestionDialog): def __init__(self, master, cnf={}, **kw): self._require(master) _QuestionDialog.__init__(self, master, "PasswdDlg", cnf, **kw) def passworddialog(master, cnf={}, **kw): return PasswordDialog(master, cnf, **kw).show() class SelectFont(_QuestionDialog): def __init__(self, master, cnf={}, **kw): _QuestionDialog.__init__(self, master, "SelectFont", cnf, **kw) if kw.has_key('type') and kw['type'] == 'toolbar': # create the toolbar widget self.show() def loadfont(self): return self.tk.call("SelectFont::loadfont") def selectfont(master, cnf={}, **kw): kw['type'] = 'dialog' return SelectFont(master, cnf, **kw).show() class SelectColor(_QuestionDialog): def __init__(self, master, cnf={}, **kw): _QuestionDialog.__init__(self, master, "SelectColor", cnf, **kw) def setcolor(self, index, color): self.tk.call("SelectColor::setcolor", index, color) def selectcolor(master, cnf={}, **kw): return SelectColor(master, cnf, **kw).show() #########################################################################################

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