Or if you prefer the alternating background approach...
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# Easy_as.py
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import Tkinter as tk
from ScrolledText import ScrolledText
import tkFont
import random
END = 'end'
INSERT = 'insert'
#
# Create some puesdo data.
data = [
'{0}.{1}'.format(x, 'blah'*random.randint(4, 50))
for x in range(100)
]
##print data
#
# Create the main window and a scrolled text widget.
root = tk.Tk()
font = tkFont.Font(family='times', size=13)
textbox = ScrolledText(
root,
width=60,
height=20,
font=('Times', 10),
wrap=tk.WORD,
)
textbox.pack(
fill=tk.BOTH,
expand=True,
padx=5,
pady=5,
)
#
# Add a tag to the very end of the widget and
# configure the tag only once!
textbox.tag_add('one', END)
textbox.tag_config('one', background='gray')
#
# Iterate over the lines stuffing them into the textbox.
idata = iter(data)
sidx = 1.0
while True:
try:
textbox.insert(END, idata.next()+"\n")
textbox.tag_add('one', sidx, INSERT)
textbox.insert(END, idata.next()+"\n")
print sidx, textbox.index(END)
sidx = textbox.index(INSERT)
except StopIteration:
break
#
# Start the event loop.
root.mainloop()
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# End
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