On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Mr Gerard Kelly <gerard.ke...@uqconnect.edu.au> wrote: > Hello, I am attempting to make a simple animation of a vibrating string using > Tkinter canvas. > I haven't been able to find much information on how to do it. > I have my data of position x on the string at time t. I can plot it > with<snip> > root.update() > > canvas.pack() > mainloop() > > > Now I know that to get animation involves a root.update() and a > root.update_idletasks() somewhere but I can't figure out how to use these!
You don't have to use root.update. If you're drawing items on a canvas you can delete them later. 34: for x in xrange(0, 10): 35: y = c.create_line(0,0, x*x, x*x) 36: time.sleep(.5) 37: c.update_idletasks() #Force redraw 38: c.delete(y) Try those 5 lines and see if it works for you. HTH, Wayne _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
