Tkinter, repaint?, keep size?

[jim-on-linux]

On Sunday 06 April 2008 20:12, jim-on-linux 
wrote:
> On Sunday 06 April 2008 13:24,
>
> skanemupp at yahoo.se wrote:
> > so my calculator is almost done for u
> > that have read my previous posts.
> > i have some minor problems i have to fix
> > though.
> >
> > *one is i need to repaint once i have
> > performed a calculation so that the old
> > results are not left on the screen. cant
> > find a method for that.
>
> you can use "wigit".update().
> The update method update will redraw
> wigits as necessary.  If you have the
> state of the wigit set to DISABLE then set
> it to ACTIVE before using .update().
>
> > *another is now when i write the
> > expression to be evaluated it resizes
> > the window as the text grows.
> > i want the windowsize and all the
> > buttonplacements  stay constant, how do
> > i achieve this?
>
> I like to make a separate frame for
> buttons.
>
> master = Tk()
> master.title =('My Project')
>
> buttonFrame = Frame(master)
> buttonFrame.grid(row = 0 column = 1)
>
> you could use a dictionary that contains
> the the text and the command and loop the
> key to build the buttons. Make x = x+1,  y
> = y+1 for row and column or otherwise as
> you need.
>
If you loop the button you should provide a 
unique name for each button such as name = 
name+str(x)


> button = Button(buttonframe, text = key,
> width = 2)
> button1.grid(row = x, column = y, sticky =
> NSEW)
>
> put other stuff into the master using
> another frame and grid it in some other
> column and or row.
>
> If you make all buttons the same size
> inside the frame they will keep their size
> even if you have more text then the button
> will hold.
>
> There is a lot more but this is the way I
> would proceed.
>
>
jim-on-linux
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