[Tutor] Re: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #466 - 7 msgs
Jerry Killion
jkillion@mipscorp.com
Wed, 08 Nov 2000 14:10:57 -0500
I ran the sleep method under pythonwin 1.5 and it doesn't act like what i would
expect - the sleep method seems to run prior to printing - can you explain why?
thanks
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> Hi all. This is probably so mind-numbingly simple but hey - I'm a =
> newbie.
>
> can anyone see any problems with this?
>
> from Tkinter import *
> root =3D Tk()
> root.title("I'm a Tkinter Program !")
>
> mBar =3D Frame(root, relief=3DRAISED, borderwidth=3D2)
> mBar.pack(fill=3DX)
> CmdBtn =3D makeCommandMenu()
> mBar.tk_menuBar(CmdBtn)#, CasBtn, ChkBtn, RadBtn, NoMenu)
> def makeCommandMenu():
> CmdBtn =3D Menubutton(mBar, text=3D'Button Commands', underline=3D0)
> CmdBtn.pack(side=3DLEFT, padx=3D"2m")
> CmdBtn.menu =3D Menu(CmdBtn)
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D"Undo")
> CmdBtn.menu.entryconfig(0, state=3DDISABLED)
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'New...', underline=3D0, =
> command=3Dnew_file)
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Open...', underline=3D0, =
> command=3Dopen_file)
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Wild Font', underline=3D0,
> font=3D('Tempus Sans ITC', 14), =
> command=3Dstub_action)
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(bitmap=3D"@bitmaps/RotateLeft")
> CmdBtn.menu.add('separator')
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Quit', underline=3D0,
> background=3D'white', =
> activebackground=3D'green',
> command=3DCmdBtn.quit)
> print 'bitch'
> CmdBtn['menu'] =3D CmdBtn.menu
> return CmdBtn
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> This is almost exactly copied from John Grayson's book, but I cut some =
> things from it.
> I'm using Python 2.0. It keeps telling me there is an error with the =
> makeCommandMenu thing,
> says there is no such variable as mbar.
>
> Help!
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> <DIV> Hi all. This is probably so mind-numbingly simple but =
> hey -=20
> I'm a newbie.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>can anyone see any problems with this?</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>from Tkinter import *<BR>root =3D Tk()<BR>root.title("I'm a Tkinter =
> Program=20
> !")</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>mBar =3D Frame(root, relief=3DRAISED,=20
> borderwidth=3D2)<BR>mBar.pack(fill=3DX)<BR>CmdBtn =3D=20
> makeCommandMenu()<BR>mBar.tk_menuBar(CmdBtn)#, CasBtn, ChkBtn, RadBtn,=20
> NoMenu)<BR>def makeCommandMenu():<BR> CmdBtn =3D=20
> Menubutton(mBar, text=3D'Button Commands', =
> underline=3D0)<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.pack(side=3DLEFT, padx=3D"2m")<BR> CmdBtn.menu =
> =3D=20
> Menu(CmdBtn)<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D"Undo")<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.entryconfig(0, state=3DDISABLED)<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'New...', underline=3D0,=20
> command=3Dnew_file)<BR> =
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Open...',=20
> underline=3D0, command=3Dopen_file)<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Wild Font',=20
> underline=3D0,<BR> &=
> nbsp; &n=
> bsp; =20
> font=3D('Tempus Sans ITC', 14), =
> command=3Dstub_action)<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(bitmap=3D"@bitmaps/RotateLeft")<BR> &n=
> bsp;=20
> CmdBtn.menu.add('separator')<BR> =20
> CmdBtn.menu.add_command(label=3D'Quit',=20
> underline=3D0,<BR> &=
> nbsp; &n=
> bsp; =20
> background=3D'white',=20
> activebackground=3D'green',<BR> =
> &=
> nbsp; =20
> command=3DCmdBtn.quit)<BR> print =
> 'bitch'<BR> =20
> CmdBtn['menu'] =3D CmdBtn.menu<BR> return =
> CmdBtn<BR></DIV>
> <DIV>root.mainloop()<BR></DIV>
> <DIV>This is almost exactly copied from John Grayson's book, but I cut =
> some=20
> things from it.</DIV>
> <DIV>I'm using Python 2.0. It keeps telling me there is an error =
> with the=20
> makeCommandMenu thing,</DIV>
> <DIV>says there is no such variable as mbar.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Help!</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:35:44 -0700
> From: "Glenn T. Norton" <gtnorton@earthlink.net>
> To: tutor@python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python 2.0 newbie questions
>
> alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
>
> > > First make sure your path is set. Here's what I have(on Win98): SET
> > > PATH=C:\PYTHON20;%PATH%
> >
> > > Create a folder in the Python directory, such as "mypython".
> > > Create the file, such as "hello.py"
> > > Save it in the "mypython" directory.
> >
> > >In which case you should also add to your AUTOEXEC:
> > >SET PYTHONPATH=C:\PYTHON20\MYPYTHON
>
> > Then you don't need to do this:
> > Go to the command line, IDLE or PythonWin and at the prompt, type...
> > import os
> > os.chdir('C:\PYTHON20\MYPYTHON') #make sure to include the single
> > quotes
>
> Is this in anyway wrong? meaning is it dangerous or flatout wrong
> to import modules this way?. I just find that it's a little quicker to
> use
> "import os/os.chdir(' ')" and include the path in the IDLE path
> browser
> than to add to my already bloated AUTOEXEC and reboot windows
> everytime I create a new project folder.
>
> Looking forward to the your book.
> Regards,
> gtnorton
>
> >
> >
> >
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> From: "wheelege" <wheelege@tsn.cc>
> To: <tutor@python.org>
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:40:35 +1000
> Subject: [Tutor] really really silly question
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> I saw the sleep command in the python documentation and tried to use =
> it - but no matter how hard I try I get an error saying the variable =
> 'sleep' does not exist. Help!
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> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
> charset=3Diso-8859-1">
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> <DIV> I saw the sleep command in the python documentation and =
> tried to use=20
> it - but no matter how hard I try I get an error saying the variable =
> 'sleep'=20
> does not exist. Help!</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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> Message: 6
> From: Doug Stanfield <DOUGS@oceanic.com>
> To: 'wheelege' <wheelege@tsn.cc>, tutor@python.org
> Subject: RE: [Tutor] really really silly question
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 04:57:07 -1000
>
> There are no silly or stupid questions in this group. Feel free to ask
> away.
>
> > I saw the sleep command in the python documentation
> > and tried to use it - but no matter how hard I try I
> > get an error saying the variable 'sleep' does not exist.
>
> Sleep is a part of the time module. That means time has to be imported
> before sleep will be recognized as a valid name. Here's an example
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> import time
>
> print "The beginning of time."
> time.sleep(5.9) # not sure the documents mention that fractions work too
> print "The end of time."
>
> > Help!
>
> Hope this did.
>
> -Doug-
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> From: "wheelege" <wheelege@tsn.cc>
> To: <tutor@python.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] really really silly question
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 03:01:20 +1100
>
> Thanks alot.
>
> Floating point integers work in the sleep function, otherwise I wouldn't be
> able to use it. I'm making an arkanoid game - it's going pretty cool right
> now, and I am learning alot.
>
> Hope everyone can bear with me :)
>
> Glen
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