stupid q-n (wxPy)

[Max Khesin]

gotcha. good advice. thanks.


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"David Bolen" <db3l at fitlinxx.com> wrote in message
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> "Max Khesin" <max at cNOvSisiPonAtecMh.com> writes:
>
> > The only detail I have is that the script was copy-pasted out straight
of
> > wxPython demo app. There were no specific instructions in the readme for
> > running the code so I just gave it a shot. Since wxPython is so popular
I
> > fugured someone would just tell me "didn't you bla-bla, (idiot)?".
> > anyway, thanks.
>
> Ah - it's the point about copying it from the "demo" that would have
> helped mentioning in your first post (as opposed to just saying
> "examples").  As it was, it's hard to know why the code snippet you
> gave was referencing the run module, since it's not a standard module.
>
> The wxPython demo is built around a framework that automates tying
> each demo module into the overall demo.  If you look in the same demo
> directory where you found this example, you'll find the run.py that
> you probably didn't copy over to where you are experimenting.
>
> Note that run.py is not part of standard Python, nor is it something
> that is documented as part of wxPython.  It's just part of the
> wxPython demo code base.
>
> My guess is that you don't really want to use this code (nor the
> run.py module) since that's geared specifically towards the way the
> wxPython demo presents itself.  Instead, run the wxPython demo, find
> the module that you're interested in, and then borrow the actual code
> that implements the behavior to put in your own module, and ignore the
> boilerplate framework that ties the module into the demo display.
>
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