Weird Tk Canvas coordinate issue

[John Posner]

Tim Shannon wrote:
> I'm new to python, so keep that in mind.
>  
> I have a tk Canvas that I'm trying to draw on, and I want to start my 
> drawing at an offset (from 0) location.  So I can tweak this as I 
> code, I set this offset as a class level variable:
>  
> def ClassName:
>     OFFSET = 20
>
>     def __init__(self, master)):
>         self.canvas = Canvas(master)
>         self.canvas.create_rectangle(self.OFFSET,
>                                      self.OFFSET,
>                                      300 + self.OFFSET,
>                                      300 + self.OFFSET,
>                                      width=2)
>   
>  
> The weird thing is, it doesn't offset.  If I set my offset to 100000, 
> it still starts drawing at 0,0. 
> Here's the really weird part (at least to me), if I put a print line 
> right about my drawing statements to print the value of the offset, it 
> works like it should, and offsets the drawing.
> If I remove the print line, the offset goes away.
>  
> This makes no sense to me.
Tim Shannon wrote:
> I'm new to python, so keep that in mind.
>  
> I have a tk Canvas that I'm trying to draw on, and I want to start my 
> drawing at an offset (from 0) location.  So I can tweak this as I 
> code, I set this offset as a class level variable:
>  
> def ClassName:
>     OFFSET = 20
>
>     def __init__(self, master)):
>         self.canvas = Canvas(master)
>         self.canvas.create_rectangle(self.OFFSET,
>                                      self.OFFSET,
>                                      300 + self.OFFSET,
>                                      300 + self.OFFSET,
>                                      width=2)
>   
The above code wouldn't even compile. Please be careful to cut-and-paste 
working code into your email message. (I've made this mistake myself!) 
Changes to make:

1. first line: change "def" to "class"

2. def __init__(self, master)):    <--- get rid of extra ")"

3. Make sure to "pack" the canvas into the overall Tk window:

    self.canvas = Canvas(master)
    self.canvas.pack()                        <--- add this line