pictures as characters in a Tk text box?

[Jay]

PERFECT!!!  Thanks so much!


Simon Forman wrote:
> Jay wrote:
> > This may be really obscure, but I had a dream about programming
> > something like this, so don't blame me.  Is it possible to take a small
> > image or icon and display it as a character in a Tk text box?  Think
> > how Thunderbird displays text smilies as actual smiley icons.  Or how
> > in AIM as you type a smiley, it replaces it with the picture.  Does
> > anyone know how to display these specifically in a Tk text box?  Thanks.
>
> Dreaming in Python, eh?  Maybe you should take a break.  ;-)
>
> Sure, quoting the link below: "You can put an image or bitmap into a
> text widget. It is treated as a single character whose size is the
> natural size of the object."
>
> You can also embed any Tk widget in a Tk Text widget, including
> ImageTks and widgets with bitmaps.
>
> See:
> http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/text-image.html
> and
> http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/text-window.html
> 
> 
> HTH,
> ~Simon