build message window

Stat = PopupWindow('PP4E demo info')
Stat.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', lambda:0) # ignore wm delete

Info = Label(Stat, text = 'Select demo',
font=('courier', 20, 'italic'), padx=12, pady=12, bg='lightblue')
Info.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)

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add launcher buttons with callback objects

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from PP4E.Gui.TextEditor.textEditor import TextEditorMainPopup

demo launcher class

class Launcher(launchmodes.PortableLauncher): # use wrapped launcher class
def announce(self, text): # customize to set GUI label
Info.config(text=text)

def viewer(sources):
for filename in sources:
TextEditorMainPopup(Root, filename, # as pop up in this process
loadEncode='utf-8') # else PyEdit may ask each!

def demoButton(name, what, doit, code):
"""
add buttons that runs doit command-line, and open all files in code;
doit button retains state in an object, code in an enclosing scope;
"""
rowfrm = Frame(Root)
rowfrm.pack(side=TOP, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)

b = Button(rowfrm, bg='navy', fg='white', relief=RIDGE, border=4)
b.config(text=name, width=20, command=Launcher(what, doit))
b.pack(side=LEFT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)

b = Button(rowfrm, bg='beige', fg='navy')
b.config(text='code', command=(lambda: viewer(code)))
b.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)

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tkinter GUI demos - some use network connections

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demoButton(name='PyEdit',
what='Text file editor', # edit myself
doit='Gui/TextEditor/textEditor.py PyDemos.pyw', # assume in cwd
code=['launchmodes.py',
'Tools/find.py',
'Gui/Tour/scrolledlist.py', # show in PyEdit viewer
'Gui/ShellGui/formrows.py', # last = top of stacking
'Gui/Tools/guimaker.py',
'Gui/TextEditor/textConfig.py',
'Gui/TextEditor/textEditor.py'])

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