Faster GUI text control

[Fredrik Lundh]

"none <"@bag.python.org> wrote:

> > no, it would mean writing some python code.  if all you need is a scrolling
> > text list, you can simply use the code on this page:
> >
> >     http://effbot.org/zone/wck-4.htm
> >
> > (see "A scrollable list view, with scrollbar support" and, optionally,
> > the virtual data modifications under "Displaying Huge Data Sets")
> >
> > the resulting widget will update at constant speed, independent of the
> > data size.
> >
> > </F>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I looked at that, but I need to be able to
> selectively change colors on parts of the text and I didn't think I
> could do that with a list box.  Am I misunderstanding that?

yes.  the list view isn't a listbox, it's a new widget.

with the list view, you control the drawing yourself, and can draw things
in whatever way you want.  (the section "Non-Standard Rendering" talks
about this; reading http://effbot.org/zone/wck-3.htm also helps).

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