2 threads; 1 more Tkinter and 1 more terminal. problem

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/15/2010 10:22 AM, ChrisChia wrote:
> Hi all,
> i am trying to do a GUI with Tkinter package, but i am stuck no matter
> what...
> The problem right now is that my GUI has a label= 'A' (where 'A' is
> the text on display)
>
> i wish to run a program with 2 threads... one for my GUI and the other
> for the terminal where the terminal will keep listening to the user
> input (let's say if he enters 'B'), the GUI will update it's label to
> 'B'.

Makes no sense to me. GUI = graphics user interface. Interface = input 
from and output to the user. Additional threads for for other activities 
that may block or be compute intensive, not a separate text user interface.

> It's easy to let the terminal wait after the user has entered the
> input.
> But the problem is that when the GUI loads up... the
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> doesn't seem to release the control,

That seems to be the point of a GUI

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy