On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:32 PM, David Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had a similar problem with a tkinter/3D app. right now I'm looking > toward Blender, and the Python API, but there is also wxpython, and the > usual python's library gtk. > > There is also matplotlib with the ion window. but, I, personally, am going > to go with Blender, and Python API, with maybe a few other imports, and if > ctypes...includes if I remember C correctly without reference at this time > the usages of returned data type values > for you to utilize. > > > But for the plainer answer I'd go with wxpython if you decide not to use a > different library, and for a GDK, Blend > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:57 PM, <fronag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hm. So I've written a GUI in tkinter. I've found two performance issues, >> I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. >> >> Firstly, I'm using an image as a border, namely: >> >> from tkinter import * >> from tkinter import ttk >> >> root_frame = Tk() >> root_frame.configure(background = 'black') >> >> img1 = PhotoImage("frameBorder", data=""" >> R0lGODlhQABAAMIHAAAAABkfLTMrMzMrZjNVZjNVmUFch////ywAAAAAQABAAAAD9A >> i63P4wykmrvTjrzbu/hlGMZGmeaBp2QmgIQSzPdG3fbShk+u3/wFkONAgaj7aBoWIo >> Ip9P5aQFrSJfkpd1C2xluWDfEhIKm2mrh/bM9qrZ8MDYYYiz54263Yxn6PdgfQt/gF >> uCCoSFVYcAiYpPjI6PR5GTVpWWUJiZV2SckJ6flKGiQZulP6eoN6qrNa2uM7CxMbO0 >> trG4rrqrvKi+pcCiwp/EnMaZyJbKk8yPzorQhdKA1HuRMLQ0bnSSuYyN2mhZ2eLcD1 >> >> TicjtZ3sPgfu7J8A0EBOWfQxg5a4/87BtcCBxIsKDBgh8SKlzIsKHDhxAVJgAAOw==""") >> >> style = ttk.Style() >> style.element_create("RoundedFrame", "image", "frameBorder", >> border=30, sticky="nsew") >> style.layout("RoundedFrame", [("RoundedFrame", {"sticky": "nsew"})]) >> >> input_frame = ttk.Frame(root_frame, >> style = "RoundedFrame", >> padding = 15, >> width = 640, >> height = 180 >> ) >> input_frame.pack(padx=10, pady=10) >> >> This works, yes, but is annoyingly laggy on an older computer when I try >> to move the window around. I figure it's because the program has to keep >> redrawing the image border when dragged around, and is exacerbated by the >> fact that I have two of the imageborder frames in my application. How can I >> remedy this? I've tried using a hard-drawn image on a Canvas instead of the >> image border, but it's suboptimal because that prevents resizing the window. >> >> >> The other performance issue I've found is that when the logic is running, >> the app doesn't redraw. Ordinarily this would be acceptable, but as part of >> my program, it loads data from a website, and during the load, the window >> completely freezes up and doesn't respond until the download is done; as I >> understand it, tkinter doesn't redraw until it is forced to by .update() or >> control is given back to the mainloop. How can I force a more frequent >> redraw rate? >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > > I've had a similar problem with a tkinter/3D app. right now I'm looking > toward Blender, and the Python API, but there is also wxpython, and the > usual python's library gtk. > > There is also matplotlib with the ion window. but, I, personally, am going > to go with Blender, and Python API, with maybe a few other imports, and if > ctypes...includes if I remember C correctly without reference at this time > the usages of returned data type values > for you to utilize. > > > But for the plainer answer I'd go with wxpython if you decide not to use a > different library, and for a GDK, Blender. > -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com*
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