Tkinter text widget dump method ?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Joe Murray wrote:
> In versions Python v 1.5.2 and > and Tkinter v 1.129 and >, there are no
> implementations of the Tkinter.Text widget dump methods.

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From: "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com>
Subject: Re: Tkinter.Text dump not implemented ?
Date: 28 Oct 1998

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#
# dump the contents of text widget
#
# fredrik lundh, october 1998
#
# fredrik at pythonware.com
# http://www.pythonware.com
#

from Tkinter import *
import string, random

def dump(text):
    dump = text.tk.splitlist(text.tk.call(text, "dump", 1.0, "end"))
    data = []
    for i in range(0, len(dump), 3):
        data.append(tuple(dump[i:i+3]))
    return data # a list of (tag, str, pos) tuples

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# sample code

root = Tk()

text = Text(root, font="courier", width=65, wrap=WORD)
text.pack()

text.insert(END, (9*"-"+"!")*6 + "-----\n")

for i in range(200):
    text.insert(END, random.choice(("spam ", "and ", "egg ")))

for tag, str, pos in dump(text):
    print pos, tag, "=", repr(str)

root.mainloop()

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