nigel wrote:
> somebody recently showed me how to create a new line using \n which was
> great.The thing is when i am creating the programme the text i wish to add is
> quite long.and it ends up stretching the width of several pages,which i think
> looks quite messy.Would it be possible for some one to show me how to create
> another line while writing my programme.What i mean by this is where my text
> ends "iv arrived"i wish to add a new line beneath to continue my text so i do
> not reach the end of the page.
>
> from Tkinter import *
>
> root = Tk()
>
> w = Label(root, text="\n Hello, world! \n iv arrived")
> w.pack()
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> Thanks nige
Try the Tkinter.Text widget. You can configure it to be read only, etc.
so it behaves like a label. It will automatically wrap text for you and
will put in line breaks ("\n") where you tell it. See
http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/text.htm
James
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