On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 07:22:52PM +0000, Cameron Laird wrote:
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> .
> .
> > here is the code:
> > from Tkinter import *
> > from tkColorChooser import askcolor
> >
> > def setBgColor():
> > (triple, hexstr) = askcolor()
> > if hexstr:
> > print hexstr
> > push.config(bg=hexstr)
> >
> > root = Tk()
> > push = Button(root, text='Set Background Color', command=setBgColor)
> > push.config(height=3, font=('times', 20, 'bold'))
> > push.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
> > root.mainloop()
> >
> > in the (triple, hexstr) = askcolor(), i want to know the meaning of
> > triple??
> .
> .
> .
> Your question surprises me a bit; it makes me think
> that you would benefit from more practice with Python
> basics, and that you're "working too hard".
>
> At one level, the answer is, "'triple' is a color
> triple, that is, a 3-tuple of integers from the range
> 0-255."
>
> Here's another way to approach the answer: launch an
> interactive shell, that is, type "python" at the shell
> prompt in Linux, MacOS, ..., or click on ActiveState
> Python for Windows, or ... This is an important step.
> Your progress in Python (let alone Tkinter) will be
> much, MUCH faster once you have comfort and familiarity
> with the interactive shell.
>
> At Python's prompt, enter two lines:
> >>> import tkColorChooser
> >>> tkColorChooser.askcolor()
> Soon a new window, one with a "color wheel", will pop
> up. Click on a color. Select "OK". Back at the Python
> prompt, you'll see something like
>
> ((90, 255, 140), '#5aff8c')
>
> The "(90, 255, 140)" part is triple.
>
> I don't know what you intend by "the meaning of triple",
> but what I've written above surely gets you closer to it.
> I strongly urge you, again, to practice Python basics.
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It occurs to me that you might not realize how to "reduce" programs,
so that you can write, and run,
import tkColorChooser
print tkColorChooser.askcolor()
as a "batch" program, for yourself. Perhaps you also don't know to
look up <URL:
http://pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/x1164-data-entry.htm#AEN1356
>
or <URL:
http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/threads/20774/page6 >
or ...
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