GUI Program Error

[John Salerno]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Eric Brunel wrote:
> 
>> It may be a platform-specific issue: On Unix/Linux, a window *does* 
>> appear  when you instantiate Tk, at least with tcl/tk 8.3 and 8.4 
>> (which is the  latest stable version AFAIK).
> 
> same on Windows, but it often appears *beneath* the window you're typing 
> into, so you have to look for it in the task bar.
> 
> this also relies on Python being able to keep the Tkinter event loop 
> going behind the scenes; different command-line implementations have 
> different limitations.
> 
> for example, on Windows, the event loop runs only when you're at an 
> empty Python prompt; as soon as you start typing the next command, the 
> interpreter switches over to "text input mode", and the event loop is 
> paused until you press return.
> 
> </F>
> 

I thought it might be something like that. A window doesn't appear for 
me at all, but it may be because I haven't updated Tkinter since 
installing Python, so maybe it's a little older.