[wxPython-users] need help displaying One Word at a time...

[Gary Kline]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 12:53:19PM -0800, Robin Dunn wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> >Hi Guys,
> >
> >Well, by trial/error, I'm learning....  what works and what doesn't;
> >and what's necessary and not.   But I'm stuck wx. StaticText in a loop.
> >I've got a two-word file: "Hello, world" and want to disply each for a
> >fraction of a sec.  
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    def __init__(self, parent, log):
> >        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
> >        self.log = log
> >
> >        f = open("2w.txt", "r")
> >        lines = f.readlines()
> >
> >        l1 = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "wx.TextCtrl")
> >        for line in lines:
> >            print "DEBUG: line = %s" % (line);
> >            words = string.split(line)
> >            for word in words:
> >                print "DEBUG: word = %s" % (word);
> >                t1 = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, word);
> >                time.sleep(0.99)
> >                wx.CallAfter(t1.SetInsertionPoint, 0)
> >                self.tc1 = t1
> >            space = 4
> >            sizer = wx.FlexGridSizer(cols=1, hgap=space, vgap=space)
> >            sizer.AddMany([ l1, t1, (0,0), ])
> >            border = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
> >            self.SetSizer(border)
> >            self.SetAutoLayout(True)
> >
> >        f.close()
> >
> >
> >I probably have some unnecessary code in here; but then this is my 
> >first attempt at python+X11.  I've googled and grep'd around to see
> >if there are any other wx python text function I could try.  Thought 
> >I'd ask the wizards first:)
> 
> Keep in mind that in the __init__ method the window most likely is not 
> even visible yet (because the parent frame probably isn't shown yet) so 
> sleeping and changing values there will not be able to be seen at all. 
> Secondly, you should not us sleep for timing things like this, use a 
> timer and events instead.  In other words, give the widget your initial 
> value, create and start a timer and bind a handler to the timer event, 
> and then continue with the normal startup.  Then in the timer event 
> handler you can just change the value of the widget.

Haven'tt worked with times since my Athena days:)
Would this quasi pseduo-code be close? or am i still too far off the
mark?  I probably have a lo

> 


def OneWord(self, event)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer)
# Set up a timer
self.timer = wx.Timer(self, -1)
self.timer.Start(750)    # variable

f = open("2w.txt", "r")
lines = f.readlines()

l1 = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "wx.TextCtrl")
for line in lines:
    print "DEBUG: line = %s" % (line);
    words = string.split(line)
    for word in words:
        print "DEBUG: word = %s" % (word);
        t1 = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, word);
        wx.CallAfter(t1.SetInsertionPoint, 0)
        self.tc1 = t1
    space = 4
    sizer = wx.FlexGridSizer(cols=1, hgap=space, vgap=space)
    sizer.AddMany([ l1, t1, (0,0), ])
    border = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)

> 

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