[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Macpython/Tkinter newbie question

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <5.0.2.1.2.20040213081036.01e38b20 at mail.phy.auckland.ac.nz>,
 rjk <rjk at phy.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
>   Sorry in advance if this question/bug has already been reported.
> 
>   I am trying to run a python script that uses Tkinter on a Mac that was 
> originally written on a PC. The Mac is running OSX 10.2.3 and MacPython 2.3.
> 
> I think the problem can be simplified to the following:
>...
> from Tkinter import Tk
> from tkSimpleDialog import askinteger
> root=Tk()
> myInt=askinteger('title','prompt')
> 
>...creates  a dialog which  lacks a title bar and does not render the 
title. It gets worse when I try to use an 'initialvalue' for the integer 
on the Mac -- the 'textbox' renders on top of the 'prompt'.

I can confirm this on my MacOS X 10.3.2 box. I have no explanation, 
however.

I also tested this using Python 2.3.3 built to use X11 (again on MacOS X 
10.3.2). That worked just fine.

Finally, I compared the two versions of tkSimpleDialog.py (for 2.3 as 
installed in the built-in Python and for 2.3.3) and found no 
differences. So the bug is either elsewhere (but I can't imagine where), 
or (surely not likely?) the version of tkSimpleDialog being used by the 
Framework python doesn't properly match the text version.

If you are OK using X11 instead of Aqua, it's a quite reasonable way to 
go. (Contact me if you want instructions).

Also if you really are running 10.2.x then you could build a new 
Framework python 2.3.3 by building from source. Don't try this on 
10.3.x, however, as it collides in some way with the built in Python.

-- Russell