[Tutor] Help with tkinter application.

[lonetwin]

Hi all,
    read on ..
   I work on linux, sometimes on X...My spelling sucks ...and I just *have* 
to get the right spelling as I'm editing, I just can't wait till I finish to 
run a spell checker on the thingy. So, I keep opening a xtrem window with a 
desktop shortcut (Ctrl-W), then type-in "ispell -a", then type in the word 
...this works, eez good ...
   .... but hey I'm a lazy guy !! an' I haven't tinkered with tkinter much, 
so I decide to write TKSpell, a frontend to "ispell -a" and bind it to a 
desktop shortcut (BTW---even when I use X, I mostly use the keyboard, I LOVE 
WindowMaker that lets me do that). I thought it'd be easy....this is how far 
I got.....looks pretty ugly, needs touching/cleaning up, needs suggestions, 
that's why it's here, over to you code ...

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#!/usr/bin/python
import os
from Tkinter import *

class Spell:
	def __init__(self, word):
		if not word: return
		fin, fout = os.popen2('ispell -a')
		version = fout.readline() or "Ispell version unknown"
		fin.write(word)
		fin.close()
		self.result = self.intepret(fout.read())

	def intepret(self, output):
		if output[0] == '*':
			return ('OK',)
		if output[0] == '+':
			return ('Root', output[2:].strip())
		if output[0] == '-':
			return ('Compound', output[2:].strip())
		if output[0] == '&':
			return ('Miss', output[2:].strip())
		if output[0] == '?':
			return ('Guess', output[2:].strip())
		if output[0] == '#':
			return ('Not Found',)

	def getResult(self):
		return self.result

class Tkspell(Frame):
	def __init__(self, master=None):
		Frame.__init__(self, master)
		self.grid(ipadx=4, ipady=4)
		self.createWidgets()

	def createWidgets(self):
		self.entry = Entry(self)
		self.entry.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8)
		self.entry.focus()

		self.Ok = Button(self, text="Check", activeforeground="blue",
						 command=self.check)
		self.Ok.bind("<Return>", self.check)
		self.Ok.grid(column=1, row=0)

	def check(self, event):
		self.result = Spell(self.entry.get()).getResult()
		if self.result[0] in ['OK', 'Root', 'Compound', 'Not Found']:
			label = Label(self, text=' '.join([ x for x in self.result]))
			label.grid(column=0, row=1, columnspan=2)
			self.entry.selection_range(0, END)
			return 0
		elif self.result[0] in ['Miss', 'Guess']:
			suggestions = self.result[1].split(":")[1].split(',')
			label = Label(self, text="Suggestions")
			label.grid(column=0, row=1, columnspan=2)
			ResultList = Listbox(self, height=len(suggestions))
			for x in suggestions:
				ResultList.insert(END, x)
			ResultList.grid(column=0, row=2, columnspan=2, pady=4, sticky=EW)
		# print self.result
		
		
if __name__ == '__main__':
	S = Tkspell()
	S.master.title("Tkspell")
	S.mainloop()
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       Please help ....if you've got the time to that is....

Peace
Steve
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