Patch #478654: Expose tk_chooseDirectory.
Also delegate kw arguments through ** calls.
diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py b/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
index e07e5d0..eb2a900 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
command = "tk_getSaveFile"
+class Directory(_Dialog):
+ "Ask for a directory"
+
+ command = "tk_chooseDirectory"
#
# convenience stuff
@@ -71,19 +75,19 @@
def askopenfilename(**options):
"Ask for a filename to open"
- return apply(Open, (), options).show()
+ return Open(**options).show()
def asksaveasfilename(**options):
"Ask for a filename to save as"
- return apply(SaveAs, (), options).show()
+ return SaveAs(**options).show()
# FIXME: are the following two perhaps a bit too convenient?
def askopenfile(mode = "r", **options):
"Ask for a filename to open, and returned the opened file"
- filename = apply(Open, (), options).show()
+ filename = Open(**options).show()
if filename:
return open(filename, mode)
return None
@@ -91,11 +95,14 @@
def asksaveasfile(mode = "w", **options):
"Ask for a filename to save as, and returned the opened file"
- filename = apply(SaveAs, (), options).show()
+ filename = SaveAs(**options).show()
if filename:
return open(filename, mode)
return None
+def askdirectory (**options):
+ "Ask for a directory, and return the file name"
+ return Directory(**options).show()
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# test stuff
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a9f5a99..e873dad 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
Library
+- tkFileDialog exposes a Directory class and askdirectory
+ convenience function.
+
- Symbolic group names in regular expressions must be unique. For
example, the regexp r'(?P<abc>)(?P<abc>)' is not allowed, because a
single name can't mean both "group 1" and "group 2" simultaneously.