M CallTipWindow.py
M CallTips.py
Calltip fetch was erroring when an Edit window was used without a Shell.
Also, fix CallTipWindow.py so test code will run and add a comment about a
bug which causes the calltip window to override all others.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
index 1542fe7..d089a87 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-# A CallTip window class for Tkinter/IDLE.
-# After ToolTip.py, which uses ideas gleaned from PySol
+"""A CallTip window class for Tkinter/IDLE.
-# Used by the CallTips IDLE extension.
+After ToolTip.py, which uses ideas gleaned from PySol
+Used by the CallTips IDLE extension.
+
+"""
from Tkinter import *
class CallTip:
@@ -13,13 +15,11 @@
self.x = self.y = 0
def showtip(self, text):
- # SF bug 546078: IDLE calltips cause application error.
- # There were crashes on various Windows flavors, and even a
- # crashing X server on Linux, with very long calltips.
+ " Display text in calltip window"
+ # truncate overly long calltip
if len(text) >= 79:
text = text[:75] + ' ...'
self.text = text
-
if self.tipwindow or not self.text:
return
self.widget.see("insert")
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
x = x + self.widget.winfo_rootx() + 2
y = y + cy + self.widget.winfo_rooty()
self.tipwindow = tw = Toplevel(self.widget)
+ # XXX 12 Dec 2002 KBK The following command has two effects: It removes
+ # the calltip window border (good) but also causes (at least on
+ # Linux) the calltip to show as a top level window, burning through
+ # any other window dragged over it. Also, shows on all viewports!
tw.wm_overrideredirect(1)
tw.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y))
try:
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@
text.bind("<<calltip-hide>>", self.calltip_hide)
text.focus_set()
- # root.mainloop() # not in idle
+ root.mainloop()
def calltip_show(self, event):
self.calltip.showtip("Hello world")