>> For this kind of stuff, I'd try to put "self.out.WriteText(string)" in >> some 'Idle' event, which avoid to fall in focus loops or other objects >> events management problems not easy to solve. >> > > This doesn't have anything to do with focus loops or otherwise, it's > because the OP isn't familiar with event based programming. > > You're performing a long-running task which is preventing the event > loop from processing, so your text isn't updating and your application > is unresponsive. You need to rewrite your task - either do everything > asynchronously, or use a threaded approach. If you use the thread > approach, be sure to not call the updates directly, you can use the > wx.CallAfter mechanism to call gui functions in a threadsafe manner.
So it is an event management problem. The event loop is not yet finished when the program want to display something, potentially initiating a new event loop. If you don't want to bother with threads, the idle event approach is not so bad. Put something to display in a buffer, and display it only one time the gui have nothing else to do. I use it every time I can, and it's very safe and easy to do. Furthermore, you can still step into the program with a debugger, which can be tricky if the program uses threads (I'd say impossible, but I didn't try in fact). Regards jm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
