newbie question about python and Tkinter

[James Stroud]

newbie wrote:
[about some tkinter problems]

I'm running:

Python 2.3.4 (#4, Oct 25 2004, 21:40:10)
[GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] on linux2

With tcl/tk 8.3 and your first sample works as expected.

> I am running PYTHON and Tkinter on a windows' XP box.

This is probably your problem. Seems like you might have a bug. Is this cygwin? 
If not try it.

James