wm_title(), etc. The old names (title() etc.) are still defined as
aliases.
This brings all methods up to use the same naming convention: whether
the Tcl syntax is
.window.path.name command subcommand [options]
or
command subcommand .window.path.name [optins]
the Python equivalent is always
windowobject.command_subcommand(options)
calling self.tk.getint() and self.tk.getdouble(), call the globals
getint() and getdouble(), which in turn are just names for the Python
builtins int() and double(). (Making them globals actually save a
dict lookup compared to using the built-in.) The corresponding
methods of class Misc have been changed similarly. (Note that
getboolean() hasn't been changed because there's no Python
equivalent.)
The use of int() and float() has another advantage: if/when Tcl calls
can actually return Tcl objects with other types than string, use of
int() and float() is essential.
not needed to say apply(self.tk.call, t); self.tk.call(t) has the same
effect. This cuts down tremendously on the number of apply() calls
made. No measurable effect, but at the very least it saves the lookup
of apply() in the globals!
* The invoke methods of the three Tkinter widgets Button,
Checkbutton and Radiobutton should return the value returned by
the callback, (like the Menu widget does):
def invoke(self):
return self.tk.call(self._w, 'invoke')
* The select_from method of the Canvas widget should use 'from', not
'set':
def select_from(self, tagOrId, index):
self.tk.call(self._w, 'select', 'from', tagOrId, index)
Currently, if you use select_from, you get the error message:
'TclError: bad select option "set": must be adjust, clear, from, item, or to'
* The 'entrycget' and 'type' methods of the Tk menu widget are
missing from Tkinter.
* There is a bug in grid_columnconfigure and grid_rowconfigure. For
example, this should return the current value of the 'minsize'
option for column 0:
f.grid_columnconfigure(0, 'minsize')
Instead it returns the same as:
f.grid_columnconfigure(0)
I suggest that the hint given in the comment in the
Tkinter.Misc.configure method should be followed - "ought to
generalize this so tag_config etc. can use it". Repeating the
same configure code several times in Tkinter is inviting errors.
[I did not follow this advice --G]
* The grid_slaves method should handle options. Currently, to pass
options to the grid_slaves method, you have to do something like:
grid_slaves('-row', 1)
All geometry manager methods that apply to a master widget instead of
to a slave widget have been moved to the Misc class, which is
inherited by all of Tk(), Toplevel() and Widget(). They have been
renamed to have their geometry manager name as a prefix,
e.g. pack_propagate(); the short names can still be used where
ambiguities are resolved so that pack has priority over place has
priority over grid (since this was the old rule).
Also, the method definitions in the Pack, Place and Grid classes now
all have their respective geometry manager name as a prefix
(e.g. pack_configure); the shorter names are aliases defined through
assignment.
A similar renaming has been done for all config() methods found
elsewhere; these have been renamed to configure() with config being
the alias (instead of the other way around). (This may not make much
of a difference but the official Tk command name is now 'configure'
and it may help in debugging tracebacks.)
Finally, a new base class BaseWidget has been introduced, which
implements the methods common between Widget and Toplevel (the
difference between those two classes is that Toplevel has a different
__init__() but also that Toplevel doesn't inherit from Pack, Place or
Grid.
was all that the method set anyway). Removed calls to the
constructor. This reduces the number of Python function calls
per widget construction by one, for every widget construction.
not exist. All 8 uses of tkinter are replaced with _tkinter. Still
create a variable tkinter though, because that is used by other
modules importing Tkinter (e.g. tkinter.createfilehandler()).
Also added a comment to the 'import _tkinter' line saying that if this
fails, Python is not configured correctly.
to Frame(w, cnf={"class": "classname"}). I think this is the only
widget other than Toplevel that needs to be concerned about setting
the widget's class (-class must be the first option on the Tcl
widget creation command).
Tk 4.2. The new winfo options supported are: mananger, pointerx,
pointerxy, pointery, server, viewable, visualid, visualsavailable.
Also fixed bugs in winfo_colormapfull() and winfo_containing().
Fred Drake
Guido van Rossum