A Tkinter status/information bar

[Robert]

Pmw has a MessageBar widget that might be what you are looking for...you can
also use the Tkinter Entry widget as it can be used to display information
and may be disabled to prevent the user from changing it.



"Arild Hansen" <arildh at stud.cs.uit.no> wrote in message
news:39D47332.FF0B1907 at stud.cs.uit.no...
> Hello,
>
> I have made a simple xclient using Tkinter gui. The xclient is a small
> application used to connect to a server and allows the user to modify
> various settings etc. all through Tkinter widgets. What I would like to
> implement is a status/information bar at the bottom of the main window.
> This information area (or whatever I should call it) should contain a
> few lines of text constantly updated. In my various modules I have
> statements like
>
> print __name__,': Reading data from disk'
> print __name__,': Connecting to server'
>
> This information is in other words currently being printed out to the
> terminal window. I want this information to be printed out in my main
> gui window. This feature will give the user a clue of what is going on
> as well as being COOL ;)
>
> So, if anyone can help me figure out how to implement this I would be
> extremely greatful. Thx,
>
> Arild Hansen
>
>