A smallish Tkinter question

[mediocre_person]

"""
What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
0 should increment by 1.
What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2. Any quick
clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).
"""

from Tkinter import *
from time import sleep

class Clock:
def __init__(self, parent):
self.time = 0
self.display = Label(parent)
self.display["font"] = "Arial 16"
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.display.pack()

def run(self): #also tried self,parent
sleep(1.0)
self.time = self.time + 1
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)

win = Tk()
app = Clock(win)
app.run() #also tried run(win) with self,parent above
win.mainloop()

 

[Kent Johnson]

"""
What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
0 should increment by 1.
What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2. Any quick
clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).

Your run() method doesn't loop, so it only updates once. But there is a fundamental problem; the
run() method is called before you even start Tkinter by calling mainloop(). That's why you never see
the 0. If you change run to loop forever, it won't return and you will never even get to the
mainloop() call.

Tkinter supports timed, asynchronous callbacks. Here is a program that uses a callback to display a
ticker:
from Tkinter import *

count = 0

def update():
''' Callback method updates the label '''
global count
count += 1
label.configure(text=str(count))

# Schedule another callback
root.after(1000, update)


root=Tk()
label=Label(root,text="0")
label.pack()

b=Button(root,text="Bye",command='exit')
b.pack()

# Schedule the initial callback
root.after(1000, update)

root.mainloop()


Kent

"""

from Tkinter import *
from time import sleep

class Clock:
def __init__(self, parent):
self.time = 0
self.display = Label(parent)
self.display["font"] = "Arial 16"
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.display.pack()

def run(self): #also tried self,parent
sleep(1.0)
self.time = self.time + 1
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)

win = Tk()
app = Clock(win)
app.run() #also tried run(win) with self,parent above
win.mainloop()

 

[Martin Franklin]

"""
What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
0 should increment by 1.
What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2. Any quick
clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).
"""

from Tkinter import *
from time import sleep

class Clock:
def __init__(self, parent):
self.time = 0
self.display = Label(parent)
self.display["font"] = "Arial 16"
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.display.pack()

def run(self): #also tried self,parent
sleep(1.0)
self.time = self.time + 1
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)

win = Tk()
app = Clock(win)
app.run() #also tried run(win) with self,parent above
win.mainloop()

Nick,

Look at the after method of the Tk widget also google for Tkinter clock
examples should get results

Cheers,
Martin.

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
0 should increment by 1.
What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2. Any quick
clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).

simple solution:

def run(self): #also tried self,parent
sleep(1.0)
self.time = self.time + 1
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.update() # make sure to process all outstanding events

smarter solution:

def run(self):
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.time = self.time + 1
self.after(1000, self.run)
# no need to use update in this case

even smarter solution:

import time

TICK = 1.0 # time between updates, in seconds

def run(self):
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.time = self.time + 1
delay = TICK - (time.time() % TICK)
self.after(int(delay*1000), self.run)
# no need to use update in this case

also see:

http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/TkinterDiscuss

</F>

 

[mediocre_person]

***Many*** thanks. I was getting right confused, but this is pretty
clear. I had also tried, in run(...):
while True:
sleep(1.0)
...

But it's clear from your response why this also didn't work!

Nick.

 

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello Nick,

"""
What I want: A little window to open with a 0 in it. Every second, the
0 should increment by 1.
What I get: A one second delay, see the window with a 1 in it, and then
nothing appears to happen. Never see the 0, never see a 2. Any quick
clues? Thanks. Nick. (Python 2.4, Win98).
"""

Read: http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/ and mainly
http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/x9507-alarm-handlers-and-other.htm


from Tkinter import *

class Clock(Frame): #<<<
def __init__(self, parent):
Frame.__init__(self, parent) #<<<
self.time = 0
self.display = Label(parent)
self.display["font"] = "Arial 16"
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.display.pack()

def run(self): #<<<
self.loop()

def loop(self): #<<<
self.time = self.time + 1
self.display["text"] = str(self.time)
self.after(1000, self.loop)

win = Tk()
app = Clock(win)
app.run() #also tried run(win) with self,parent above
win.mainloop()

HTH.
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