[Edu-sig] graphics module

[Brian Taylor]

That did the trick! Thanks very much John.

Brian

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Zelle [mailto:john.zelle at wartburg.edu] 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:09 AM
>To: Brian Taylor
>Cc: edu-sig at python.org
>Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] graphics module
>
>Brian,
>
>I had to do some tweaking of this code to make it work a 
>little better with Python 2.3 and IDLE 1.0 on Windows, and the 
>result is this annoying behavior you mention with your 
>slightly older setup. When I have some time, I need to really 
>sort through the issues here rather than applying band-aids. 
>In any case, I think there is a simple fix for your situation. 
>Take a look in the graphics.py file and locate the GraphWin 
>class (it's the first one).  The close method looks like this:
>
>def close(self):
>    """Close the window"""
>    self.master.destroy()
>    self.quit()
>     _root.update()
>
>Simply comment out the second line, "self.quit()",  (i.e. put 
>a pound sign in front of it). I think this will fix your 
>problem. Please give it a try and let me know if it works; I 
>don't have a setup for testing your version here.
>
>--John
>
>Brian Taylor wrote:
>
>> Can anyone help me with this?
>>  
>> I'm planning to use the graphics module created by Zelle in a short 
>> programming unit in my IT class. I'm running Python 2.2.2 on Windows 
>> XP. Using IDLE, I have no problem creating 'graphics' windows and I 
>> can do lots of fun stuff in them. However, when I close any graphics 
>> window by clicking the close box everything terminates (IDLE and any 
>> other graphics windows that may have been open).
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Brian
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>    John M. Zelle, Ph.D.   |     Wartburg College    
>   Associate Prof. of CS   |  Dept. Math/CS/Physics  
>  john.zelle at wartburg.edu  |     Waverly, Iowa       
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