On 3/7/2016 12:23 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
However, more generally, how am I supposed to know that a module is part
of a package, and needs a "magic" stanza to get a module loaded?
The doc for a package usually mentions the submodules it contains, as in
https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html#tkinter-modules
The doc for a submodule has the package name in its title line.
25.4. tkinter.scrolledtext — Scrolled Text Widget
8.4. collections.abc — Abstract Base Classes for Containers
And yes, tkinter docs need considerable work. That is why there are
several external resources list in the intro. I mostly use #3 Tkinter
reference (not perfect) supplements by #2, #4, and #5. Not mentioned
there are the docstrings (also not perfect), accessible via interactive
help.
>>> import tkinter as tk
>>> help(tk.Button.configure)
Help on function configure in module tkinter:
configure(self, cnf=None, **kw)
Configure resources of a widget.
The values for resources are specified as keyword
arguments. To get an overview about
the allowed keyword arguments call the method keys.
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