event loops and Python?

Kragen Sitaker kragen at dnaco.net
Sat Mar 11 13:17:19 EST 2000

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In article <G7vy4.326$Mn5.178283008 at newsa.telia.net>,
Fredrik Lundh <effbot at telia.com> wrote:
>Kragen Sitaker <kragen at dnaco.net> wrote:
>> I know Tkinter-driven Python programs run from an event loop, but I
>> don't know what the interface to it is.
>
>just call mainloop(), and off you go.

Looks like that calls a mainloop() method on a Tk toplevel.  This is
bad if you're not running in X.

>you can use after() and after_idle() to schedule
>background tasks.  for more info, skip over to:
>
>http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/basic-widget-methods.
>htm
>
>and read the subchapters on "event processing" and "alarm
>handlers and other non-event callbacks".

Thanks for the info.  :(
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