Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter?

From	John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter?
Date	2012-02-29 21:45 -0800
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On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:40:45 PM UTC-6, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 2/29/2012 11:41 PM, John Salerno wrote:
> 
> > window? If you only want the Windows "X" button to close the window,
> > then is it okay to leave out any call to destroy()?
> 
> Yes. You must leave it out.
> 
> > the latter, then where in the code do you put the call to destroy so
> > it won't conflict with the user closing the window with the X
> > button?
> 
> See my other post of a few minutes ago for an example that now works.
> 
> -- 
> Terry Jan Reedy

When you suggested I create the root frame explicitly, you mean create a Tk object explicitly, as in your example, and then pass that as an argument to the Frame instance?

What exactly is the purpose of doing that? Does Tk do some extra work that a simple call to Frame won't do?

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Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 21:06 -0800
  Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 06:24 -0800
    Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-02-29 19:17 -0500
      Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 19:22 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-01 00:24 -0500
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 18:49 -0800
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 19:02 -0800
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-01 22:43 -0500
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-02 15:19 -0500
              Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-03-02 15:52 -0500
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? "Russell E. Owen" <rowen@uw.edu> - 2012-03-05 11:45 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 21:40 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 18:53 -0800
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Mark Roseman <mark@markroseman.com> - 2012-03-02 10:57 -0700
              Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 10:53 -0800
    Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 20:41 -0800
      Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-01 00:40 -0500
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 21:45 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 22:14 -0800
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 18:55 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 22:14 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 21:45 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 22:41 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 22:41 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-01 07:38 +0000
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-02-29 23:58 -0800
      Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 18:35 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 19:15 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 19:19 -0800
            Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-03-01 21:22 -0800
        Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 14:16 -0800
          Re: Is it necessary to call Tk() when writing a GUI app with Tkinter? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 20:27 -0800

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