yes I know it runs in milliseconds. So what do you suggest? 1 millisecond is about what I want. it was .1 seconds for the sleep() time. I didn't write this code I found it online so I don't really understand it, but I know that is where the problem is, the for loop.
Guilherme Polo wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Guilherme Polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Guilherme Polo wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Guilherme Polo wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Okay, so I have a for loop with a sleep command. I want the loop to >>>>>>> continue >>>>>>> until it is told to stop. I want to tell it to stop when a list goes >>>>>>> from >>>>>>> empty to having something. The problem is that when that loop >>>>>>> starts, >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> program pretty much stops with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> You need to remove the use of sleep and use "after" instead. You keep >>>>>> scheduling your task till the condition is not met anymore, then you >>>>>> stop scheduling it with "after". >>>>>> >>>>>>> To make things harder, I really want that >>>>>>> to be it's own class, so I have to pass it the list that triggers >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> stopping, but I can only pass it the list once. So I don't think it >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> It is, just pass some other object along which can call the method >>>>>> "after". >>>>>> >>>>>>> But if this made sense to anyone, and you have a suggestion I >>>>>>> would love it. Heres the full code: (but at the bottom, the Open >>>>>>> function >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> really the only thing that matters) >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If you want help based on code, you have to post a short-enough code >>>>>> that demonstrates the problem. >>>>>> >>>>>>> from Tkinter import * >>>>>>> import time >>>>>>> >>>>>>> class BusyBar(Frame): >>>>>>> ... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >>>>>> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Okay, so I modified the bottom code to this: >>>>> >>>>> def Open(root): >>>>> >>>>> bb = BusyBar(root, text='Grabbing Definitions') >>>>> bb.pack(side=LEFT, expand=NO) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> def sleeper(): >>>>> root.update >>>> >>>> What if you change this to root.update() ? >>>> >>>>> root.after(1, sleeper) >>>> >>>> after works with milliseconds, not seconds, be aware. >>>> >>>>> bb.on() >>>>> root.update_idletasks() >>>>> >>>>> sleeper() >>>>> >>>>> #for i in range(0, 100): >>>>> #time.sleep(0.1) >>>>> #root.update() >>>>> bb.of() >>>>> >>>>> but it doesn't repeat. What am I missing? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >>>> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Well, what was happening before is that the bar would just be at a >>> standstill. After making it update() it moved a little, but was just a >>> standstill at a different place, if that makes sense. Any more ideas? >>> heres >>> the code: >>> >>> def Open(root): >>> >>> bb = BusyBar(root, text='Grabbing Definitions') >>> bb.pack(side=LEFT, expand=NO) >>> >>> bb.on() >>> root.update_idletasks() >>> >>> def sleeper(): >>> root.update() >>> root.after(1, sleeper) >> >> Did you ignore my last email where I said after takes milliseconds, >> not seconds ? And this will forever, not what you want apparently. >> > > I forgot a word there, "... And this will run forever ...", sorry > >>> >>> sleeper() >>> >>> #for i in range(0, 100): >>> #time.sleep(0.1) >>> #root.update() >>> bb.of() >> >> The code you have pasted in the last two emails don't show the problem >> you are having. I guess someone else will have to look at your entire >> code to give more help. >> > > > -- > -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Stopping-a-for-loop-with-a-sleep%28%29-funciton-in-it-tp18391735p18397021.html Sent from the Python - tkinter-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
