Tkinter hangs again under Windows

[Dr. Peter Stoehr]

Hi Hans-Joachim,

how about posting the script or the relevant part of it?

    Peter

jbhr at my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> By searching the FAQ and Deja News, the last time I saw this
> mentioned was May 1999.
> 
> Python 1.5.2, newest Windows Installer with Tcl/Tk 8.0.5, Windows 95b
> 
> Well, now I have the problem: tk.mainloop() seems to just ignore
> any event, but only under certain circumstances.
> 
> My program opens a file and displays some information of it in a
> Listbox. If the program is started with a filename argument, this
> file is read, otherwise a filename is prompted via
> tkFileDialog.askopenfilename(). The info is then shown.
> Now, if the program is started with a filename, everything (well,
> almost :-)) is working fine - I can select items in the listbox,
> use the menu or the button. If the program is started without a
> filename, the file select box comes up, lets me select a file, and
> the info is then displayed as well. The difference starts when I try
> to select something - nothing happens. A Ctrl-C always breaks in
> Tkinter.py, line 492: mainloop.
> This problem doesn't exist under Linux. And it's the second Windows PC
> with the very same problem.
> 
> There's another (small) problem: I want the last entry in the listbox
> to be shown and selected by default. The selection works, but the line
> is only seen for a brief moment, then the list scrolls down one line for
> no apparent reason ... Just to give complete information: I'm using
> Fredrik Lundh's very handy AutoScrollbar.
> 
> This happened just when I wanted to show my boss how easy it is to
> write a nice little program with python ... ;-)
> 
> Hans-Joachim Widmaier
> 
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