Hi Eric,
Thanks for your response.
> Tkinter is a very thin wrapper over an embedded tcl/tk interpreter. So I
> guess the API change is caused by a tcl/tk version change, not by a Python
> one. You can check the version of the tcl/tk interpreter you're using from
> Python via:
>
> root = Tkinter.Tk()
> root.tk.eval('puts $tcl_patchLevel')
> root.tk.eval('puts $tk_patchLevel')
>
The Windows box reports 8.4.12 whereas the OpenSuze 11 box reports
8.5.2
I suppose the Suze 10.2 box had a lesser version and hence the API
change.
> > 2. How can I achieve what I want alternatively ?
>
> I'd use this way:
>
> import tkFont
> entryFontDescr = Entry()["font"]
> entry_font = tkFont.Font(font=entryFontDescr)
> print entry_font.actual()
>
This works very well, thank you :)
Regards,
-- Atul
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