#! /usr/local/bin/python # www8.py -- display the contents of a URL in a Text widget # - set window title # - make window resizable # - update display while reading # - vertical scroll bar import sys import urllib from Tkinter import * def main(): if len(sys.argv) != 2 or sys.argv[1][:1] == '-': print "Usage:", sys.argv[0], "url" sys.exit(2) url = sys.argv[1] fp = urllib.urlopen(url) # Create root window root = Tk() root.title(url) root.minsize(1, 1) # The Scrollbar *must* be created first -- this is magic for me :-( vbar = Scrollbar(root) vbar.pack({'fill': 'y', 'side': 'right'}) text = Text(root, {'yscrollcommand': (vbar, 'set')}) text.pack({'expand': 1, 'fill': 'both', 'side': 'left'}) # Link Text widget and Scrollbar -- this is magic for you :-) ##text['yscrollcommand'] = (vbar, 'set') vbar['command'] = (text, 'yview') while 1: line = fp.readline() if not line: break text.insert('end', line) root.update_idletasks() root.mainloop() main()