python GUI without windowhandle

Rafael Mentz Aquino rafael at zumnet.com.br
Tue Sep 4 15:26:58 EDT 2001


Rafael Mentz Aquino wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm trying some features of Tkinter and I can tell you
> that with tkinter you can have fixed size and position
> and a totally borderless window, that can depend on
> another master window or not or even be destroyed
> for the main processes acording to the program needs.
> I'm not with my book here right now, but I'll see
> at home later and then I'll send an example....
>
>
> Rafael Aquino
> Zumnet Provider
> Porto Alegre - Brazil
>
>
> Brian E Gallew wrote:
>
> > Then <marcus.nilsson at emw.ericsson.se> spoke up and said:
> > > NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.225.67.32
> > > Does anybody know how to create a python-GUI without a windowhandle.
> > > When I say windowhandle, I mean the windowmanager's upper bar of the
> > > main window that makes it possible to grab the window, iconify it, close
> > > it, resize it etc. I probably should tell you that I'm experimenting
> > > with python on a UNIX-workstation running a CDE window manager.
> >
> > Window decorations are a function of the window manager.  If you are
> > using the python XLIB stuff, the best you can do is mark a window as
> > transient.  Most window managers default to "no decorations other than
> > border" for transient windows.  Tkinter may allow you to create
> > windows with transient properties.  Now that I think about it, there's
> > probably a toolkit-dependent method of creating transient windows for
> > every GUI toolkit out there.  So you'll have to RTFM for your toolkit
> > (since you didn't actually tell us which toolkit you're using).
> >
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