[Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter not multitasking

[David Glasser]

I have a fresh new installation of Python 2.1 with Tkinter (whatever
version comes with the online installer) on MacOS 9.0.  Whenever I run a
Tkinter program (even one as simple as 00-HELLO-WORLD.py in
Demo/tkinter/matt), it doesn't seem to yield any time to background
applications.  No redraws when windows are moved, no processing, no
nothing.  (Processing does happen when I print to the Tkinter console.)

Is this a known problem where the only solution is to live with it until
somebody gets around to fixing it?  Or is this a problem with my setup?

Thanks,
David Glasser

me@davidglasser.net