from Tkinter import *
class ScrolledText(Frame):
def __init__(self, parent=None, text='', file=None):
Frame.__init__(self, parent)
self.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
self.makewidgets()
self.settext(text, file)
def makewidgets(self):
sbar = Scrollbar(self)
text = Text(self, relief=SUNKEN)
sbar.config(command=text.yview)
text.config(yscrollcommand=sbar.set)
sbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
text.pack(side=LEFT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
self.text = text
def settext(self, text='', file=None):
if file:
text = open(file, 'r').read()
self.text.delete('1.0', END)
self.text.insert('1.0', text)
self.text.mark_set(INSERT, '1.0')
self.text.focus()
def gettext(self):
return self.text.get('1.0', END+'-1c')
root = Tk()
try:
st = ScrolledText(file=sys.argv[1])
except IndexError:
st = ScrolledText(text='Words\ngo here')
def show(event): print repr(st.gettext())
root.bind('<Key-Escape>', show)
root.mainloop()
