On Jun 17, 12:45 pm, Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I have written a program to draw a vescica piscis <http:// > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesica_piscis> > > from turtle import * > > def main(): > setup(width=400, height=400) > > r = 50 > color("black") > circle(r) > color("white") > forward(r) > color("black") > circle(r) > x = raw_input('please enter a string:') > > if __name__ == '__main__': > main() > > ... but I would like the following: > > 1 - I dont like how the bottom of the first circle is not complete > 2 - I would like for the left circle to be filled with verticle lines > and the right circle to be filled with horizontal lines, so that the > vescica piscis is cross-hatched. > > And finally, is turtle the "best" option for what I'm doing? pyCairo > looked a bit hard to get going with, but very powerful. sping looked a > bit alpha/beta.
I would just draw on the tk canvas: >>> import Tkinter as tk >>> can = tk.Canvas() >>> can.pack(fill=tk.BOTH, expand=True) >>> c1 = can.create_oval(10,10,110,110) >>> c2 = can.create_oval(60,10,170,110) You can draw cross hatching using can.create_line(...). Have fun, Matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list