Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-20 Thread Wayne Watson
I read between the lines. :-) I was just beginning to re-read it as I saw this message pop into my Send box. It looks like there are three choices for words for each option that vary slightly for each state. Only the command-line name appears to have relevance for Tkinter. In the Label case, t

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-20 Thread Alan Gauld
"Alan Gauld" wrote It really is quite easy. Too few Tkinter programmer shy away from the Tcl/Tk sites because they think they need to know Tcl. Ahem, that should have said too *many* of course not too few Sorry, Alan G ___ Tutor maillist

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-20 Thread Alan Gauld
"Wayne Watson" wrote I really don't want to spend weeks learning Tk/Tcl. You shouldn't need to. The Tk documentation is very easy to transfer to Tkinter: Here is a sample from the official reference docs for Label (found at: http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/contents.htm): STANDARD

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-20 Thread Wayne Watson
Title: Signature.html Good ideas. I particularly like the one below about pyw. Never heard of it before. Very nice in this situation. As for Tk/Tcl, I got the highly recommended book from some Python source via an interlibrary loan. My problem with it is that I really don't want to spend weeks

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Gauld
"Wayne Watson" wrote As I understand it, there are three geometry managers: Grids, Pack and Place. Only the first two are of interest. Yes and a new Form one coming in the next Tk release... Is it possible to mix them? I don't think so, Yes but not in a single Frame. But my normal appro

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-19 Thread Chris Fuller
With respect to grid and pack, all siblings must use the same manager. Do otherwise and your application will hang. Children/parents may use different managers. I don't believe there are any restrictions on place, as it doesn't do any negotiation. Cheers _

[Tutor] Tkinter Geometry Management and Other Basics

2009-03-19 Thread Wayne Watson
Title: Signature.html As I understand it, there are three geometry managers: Grids, Pack and Place. Only the first two are of interest. Is it possible to mix them? I don't think so, but maybe I'm missing something. Generally, they seem to apply with respect to a Frame, so I would think only o