Howto generate a metafunction? [Python 1.5.2]

[Greg Ewing]

Kim Petersen wrote:

> 
> class MListbox(Frame):
>    def __init__(self,master,count=1,cnf={},**args):
>        Frame.__init__(self,master,cnf)
>        self.listboxes=[]
>        for i in range(count):
>           self.listboxes.append(Listbox(self,command=self._docommand))
>           self.listboxes[-1].grid(row=0,column=i)
>        self.yview=self.Metafun(Listbox.yview)
>        self.yview_fraction=self.Metafun(Listbox.yview_fraction)
>        ...
> 
>    def Metafun(self,fun):
>        # How do i generate this one - to apply this function to every
>        # element in self.listboxes?


It looks like you're trying to synchronise the scrolling of
several listboxes, right?

When I needed to do this a while ago, I created the
following class:

   class ScrollMultiplexer:

     def __init__(self):
       self.clients = []

     def add(self, c):
       self.clients.append(c)

     def xview(self, *args):
       for c in self.clients:
         apply(c.xview, args)

     def yview(self, *args):
       for c in self.clients:
         apply(c.yview, args)


You would use it like this:

   class MListbox(Frame):
     def __init__(self,master,count=1,cnf={},**args):
        Frame.__init__(self,master,cnf)
        ...
        # Create a ScrollMultiplexer
        mux = ScrollMultiplexer()
        # Create a scroll bar and connect it to the ScrollMultiplexer
        scrollbar = Scrollbar(self, orient = 'v', command = mux.yview)
        ...
        for i in range(count):
           listbox = Listbox(self,command=self._docommand)
           self.listboxes.append(listbox)
           # Add the listbox to the ScrollMultiplexer
           mux.add(listbox)
           ...
        # Finally, connect *one* of the listboxes back to the scroll bar
        # (it doesn't matter which one)
        self.listboxes[0].configure(yscrollcommand = self.scrollbar.set)


In other words, the ScrollMultiplexer sits in between
the scrollbar and the listboxes, pretending to be a
sort of fake listbox, distributing the scrolling
commands from the scrollbar to all the real
listboxes.

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg