[pygtk] not enough arguments?

[Christopher Spears]

Thanks!  I'll take a look at my code again next week. 
Can I post my GUI to the forum as an attachment?  Or
are attachments frowned upon?

-Chris

--- "Felix Rabe (public)"
<public at felixrabe.textdriven.com> wrote:

> Christopher Spears wrote:
>  > Okay, I got the get_path function to print.
>  >
>  > Is there way to get return values?  I was hoping
> to be
>  > able to write get_path and get_pattern functions
> and
>  > then use these functions inside the glob_files
>  > function.
> 
> You use get_path as a callback, which by definition
> is just a way for 
> you to react to something.  The caller of your
> callback function (i.e., 
> the GTK machinery) is not interested in your return
> value (unless it is 
> called in response to an event, such as
> delete-event).
> 
> You need to call the processing functions from the
> callback and then 
> either write the result using print or to something
> like a TextView:
> 
> def __init__(self):
> 	...
> 	self.pattern_entry =
> self.wTree.get_widget("pattern_entry")
> 	self.textview = self.wTree.get_widget("textview1")
> 	# you better connect to "on_path_entry_activate" as
> well
> 	dic = { ... "on_pattern_entry_activate":
> self.cb_pattern_activate ... }
> 	...
> 
> def cb_pattern_activate(self, entry):
> 	matched_files =
> glob.glob(self.pattern_entry.get_text())
> 	buf = self.textview.get_buffer()
> 	buf.set_text("\n".join(matched_files))
> 
> There are many questions remaining about your code
> that make responding 
> in a way that solves your problem difficult:
> 
> You use Glade, what does your GUI look like?
> Where do glob_files and print_dict get called from?
> Where do you assign a value to the "pattern"
> variable that is used in 
> create_dict?
> ... and so on
> 
> I hope you can use my few lines of code, though. 
> Browse the 
> documentation and tutorial on www.pygtk.org deeply
> to find out more, it 
> is complete.  If questions are remaining, just ask.
> 
> Greetings,
> Felix
> 


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