A smallish Tkinter question

[Martin Franklin]

mediocre_person at hotmail.com wrote:
> """
> What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
> 0 should increment by 1.
> What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
> nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2.  Any quick
> clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).
> """
> 
> from Tkinter import *
> from time import sleep
> 
> class Clock:
>     def __init__(self, parent):
>         self.time = 0
>         self.display = Label(parent)
>         self.display["font"] = "Arial 16"
>         self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
>         self.display.pack()
> 
>     def run(self): #also tried self,parent
>         sleep(1.0)
>         self.time = self.time + 1
>         self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
> 
> win = Tk()
> app = Clock(win)
> app.run() #also tried run(win) with self,parent above
> win.mainloop()
> 

Nick,

Look at the after method of the Tk widget also google for Tkinter clock
examples should get results

Cheers,
Martin.