text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal')) # set font for all
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'This is\n\nthe meaning\n\nof life.\n\n') # insert six lines

embed windows and photos

btn = Button(text, text='Spam', command=lambda: hello(0)) # embed a button
btn.pack()
text.window_create(END, window=btn) # embed a photo
text.insert(END, '\n\n')
img = PhotoImage(file='../gifs/PythonPowered.gif')
text.image_create(END, image=img)

apply tags to substrings

text.tag_add('demo', '1.5', '1.7') # tag 'is'
text.tag_add('demo', '3.0', '3.3') # tag 'the'
text.tag_add('demo', '5.3', '5.7') # tag 'life'
text.tag_config('demo', background='purple') # change colors in tag
text.tag_config('demo', foreground='white') # not called bg/fg here
text.tag_config('demo', font=('times', 16, 'underline')) # change font in tag
text.tag_bind('demo', '', hello) # bind events in tag
root.mainloop()

Figure 9-22. Text tags in action

Such embedding and tag tools could ultimately be used to render a web page. In fact,
Python’s standard html.parser HTML parser module can help automate web page GUI

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