Newbie Radiobutton question

[Roman Suzi]

On 3 Jul 2001, Rick Olson wrote:

>Hi--
>
>I'm trying to run the following from IDLE:
>

from Tkinter import *
root=Tk()
x=IntVar()
x.set(2)
Radiobutton(root, text='a',value=1,variable=x).pack(anchor=W)
Radiobutton(root, text='b',value=2,variable=x).pack(anchor=W)

# What about adding

root.mainloop()

saving this program as something.py
and trying this as a program _not from IDLE_?

(IDLE is made in TK and probably there is not enough
isolation between it and programs it runs)

>With Red Hat Linux (Python 1.5.2, IDLE .4) it runs fine the first
>time.  I get the window and the second radio button is selected.  If I
>close the window and try to run it again by immediately clicking on F5
>the window and buttons appear, but nothing is selected.  If I click on
>the buttons they work properly.  Even closing the window with the
>program, reopening the file and running won't cause the buttons to be
>selected.  I need to close IDLE, and restart it.
>
>
>
>With Win2K (Python 1.6.1, IDLE .6) it runs every time.
>
>
>
>I'm a linux neophyte, but will figure out how to upgrade whatever is
>necessary.  Is this a Python problem, and IDLE problem, a Red Hat
>problem or a user problem?   Is there anything else that I am likely
>to need to change (e.g. tcl installation)?
>
>
>Thanks in advance--
>
>Rick Olson
>

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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