wxPython beginners problem

[David C. Ullrich]

In article <adbba4hok1sg0b2d8dc1flaic8j197s2tj at 4ax.com>,
 Ivan Reborin <ireborin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm new to python, new as newbies get, so please, don't take wrongly
> if this seems like a stupid or overly simple question.
> 
> I'm going through examples in a book I have ("Beginning python", by
> Hetland Marcus) and I just started doing wxPython examples.
> 
> But every sample I try, for example:
> 
> import wx
> app = wx.App()
> win = wx.Frame(None, title="Simple editor")
> loadButton = wx.Button(win, label='Open')
> saveButton = wx.Button(win, label='Save')
> win.Show
> app.MainLoop()

As mentioned, it should be win.Show().

If that doesn't help, try saving it to something.py
and executing that instead of running it inside IDLE.

> closes too fast. After running in python IDLE just the line
> === restart ===
> shows up.
> 
> How can I keep the window to "stay alive" so I see what I get ?
> I'm on a winxp platform using python 2.5.2. if that matters.
> 
> Please, any help, constructive advice and ideas are very much
> appreciated.
> 
> Best regards
> Ivan Reborin

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David C. Ullrich