tkinter - changing the mouse pointer?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Thomas Lane <tom at parlant.com> wrote:
> Does anyone out there know how to change the mouse pointer in tkinter? I'd
like
> to change the mouse pointer to an hourglass (or the default 'wait' icon
for the
> os) and back to normal after a short operation. How do I go about doing
this?
> I've hunted through the Grayson book without success.

this might help:
http://www.deja.com/[=dnc]/getdoc.xp?AN=392027946

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