Please help - Tkinter not doing anything

[rynt]

WxWidgets, Tkinter, PyQT are all cross platform.  Also have a look at
http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming
for more GUI frameworks.

RCB

>On May 4, 4:59 am, Protected <myshel... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 4, 12:18 pm, s0s... at gmail.com wrote:
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> > On May 4, 5:22 am, Protected <myshel... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I had previously ran the import line. I prepended it to the example
> > > code I'm trying to run every time but it did not help, still nothing
> > > happens. With or without var before 'root'. I'm pasting the code in
> > > IDLE and using Windows XP as written in the first post.
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> > Tkinter doesn't work if you type the statements in IDLE. I don't
> > remember the specifics of it, but essentially it doesn't work because
> > IDLE is itself a Tkinter app. You have to type it at the Python
> > command line or save it in a file. BTW, if you're on Windows, you
> > should definitely check wxPython. I used to work with Tkinter,
> > struggling with it all the time only to get a lame result most of the
> > time. Then I switched to wxPython, and in the same week I was learning
> > it I did a better GUI than I ever did in Tkinter (with months of
> > work!). I feel it makes it easier to make your program have a better
> > structure and design, and thus lets you focus on the actual task of
> > the program, rather than in the GUI itself. Plus, on Windows, you'll
> > get the widgets to look more natively, like any good quality
> > application there is on Windows.
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> Ah, but is it cross platform?
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