Tkinter long-running window freezes

[John O'Hagan]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:54:15 -0500
Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> On 2/24/2021 6:53 PM, John O'Hagan wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:03:30 -0500
> > Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 2/24/2021 6:35 AM, John O'Hagan wrote:  
> > [...]  
> >>
> >> I am trying this out on Windows 10, with a wider label (so I can
> >> move the window) and a button that changes when pressed, and a
> >> sequential counter.  Will report when the Window freezes, or maybe
> >> a day if not.  
> 
> Counter is up to 777000 with no problem.
> 
> > Thank you! I've only run a few tests because of how long it takes
> > to freeze, but so far it seems that the trigger for the window
> > freezing is any attempt to interact with it, e.g. clicking on it,
> > so try doing that from time to time.  
> 
> I clicked on Window, clicked on label, clicked on button
> (collectively at least 100 times), moved window all over screen,
> resized it multiple times, maximized it and restored it a couple of
> times, and no problem. I conclude for not that your issue does not
> occur on Windows.
> 
> >> Plus you seem to have a memory leak and may need to replicate
> >> that.  
> > 
> > Can you explain what you mean by "replicate"?  
> 
> I don't remember, so forget it.
> 

Thanks for your efforts. So it seems to be something specific to my
system, X11 or Tcl version, etc.