On Saturday 24 November 2012, Nathan wrote: > I did consider using a canvas widget, but it looks a bit intimidating right > now. I'm sure I'll get to it eventually. > > I don't think I've heard of Pmw. I take it it's a module that has a > "Notebook" widget class? > On Nov 24, 2012 10:33 PM, "Chris Fuller" <cfuller...@thinkingplanet.net> > > wrote: > > On Saturday 24 November 2012, Nathan wrote: > > > I'm working on a simple Tarot reading program in Python 2.7, and I'm > > > > having > > > > > a bit of trouble with some GUI abstract. (Sorry, no code in here.) > > > > > > As of right now, all of the logic is working, and I can generate Tarot > > > spreads that tell me, in text, the role of each card "position", and > > > what card is in that position. For example, if I were to use a simple > > > > three-card > > > > > past/present/future spread, the output would be something like: > > > > > > Past: Prince of Swords > > > Present: The Hermit > > > Future: Ten of Disks > > > > > > What I'm trying to do now is add support for the card images. the > > > problem is, the program supports multiple types of spreads (two, so > > > far, are selectable), and they use different numbers of cards. It > > > looks like I > > > > need > > > > > a variable number of widgets to display something like this. I'm not > > > entirely sure how I would handle something like that. > > > > > > Right now, though, I do have two ideas that I would like to run by you > > > guys. > > > > > > The first is to use one text widget-- as opposed to the one label > > > widget I'm currently using-- and embed the images where the card names > > > would > > > > be. I > > > > > would have to try out some demos first, though, to see if I can > > > otherwise use text widgets just as label widgets. > > > > > > The other idea, which seems much more cumbersome, is to create a dummy > > > frame widget, then a frame widget designed specifically for each type > > > of spread. The user selects the spread they want to use (Celtic > > > Cross), and the associated frame gets placed on the GUI. > > > > > > What do you guys think? Is there a better way to deal (ha!) with this? > > > > I think the usual procedure with something like this is a single Canvas > > widget. > > > > You could also use a Notebook with tabs disabled from Pmw or the like to > > implement multiple alternate Frames. As you say, more cumbersome. > > > > Cheers
Python Megawidgets, http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ I'm pretty sure Tix has something similar, and that's in the Standard Library now, but Pmw is what I'm familiar with. Cheers _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
