Threads and GUI

[John Grayson]

In article <3948A32A.25025A54 at t-online.de>,
  Heinz Folker <folker at t-online.de> wrote:
> I want to create window like this:
>
> tk=Tkinter.Tk()
> widget=Test(tk)
> thread.start_new_thread(widget.mainloop(), ())
>
> I need a thread because I want to use the interpreter while the
mainloop
> is running. I want to interact with this window.
> But this code doesn't work.
>
> Thanks for help
>

If you search this newsgroup, you'll find numerous postings on
this topic.

The basic rule is: Leave the mainloop in the main thread then
thread off subordinate tasks. Also, wherever possible,
arrange for the main thread to update the gui.

>


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