#! /usr/bin/python2.7
# A Python function that generates dialog boxes with a text message,
# optional bitmap, and any number of buttons.
# Cf. Ousterhout, Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, Figs. 27.2-3, pp. 269-270.
from Tkinter import *
import sys
def dialog(master, title, text, bitmap, default, *args):
# 1. Create the top-level window and divide it into top
# and bottom parts.
w = Toplevel(master, class_='Dialog')
w.title(title)
w.iconname('Dialog')
top = Frame(w, relief=RAISED, borderwidth=1)
top.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)
bot = Frame(w, relief=RAISED, borderwidth=1)
bot.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH)
# 2. Fill the top part with the bitmap and message.
msg = Message(top, width='3i', text=text,
font='-Adobe-Times-Medium-R-Normal-*-180-*')
msg.pack(side=RIGHT, expand=1, fill=BOTH, padx='3m', pady='3m')
if bitmap:
bm = Label(top, bitmap=bitmap)
bm.pack(side=LEFT, padx='3m', pady='3m')
# 3. Create a row of buttons at the bottom of the dialog.
var = IntVar()
buttons = []
i = 0
for but in args:
b = Button(bot, text=but, command=lambda v=var,i=i: v.set(i))
buttons.append(b)
if i == default:
bd = Frame(bot, relief=SUNKEN, borderwidth=1)
bd.pack(side=LEFT, expand=1, padx='3m', pady='2m')
b.lift()
b.pack (in_=bd, side=LEFT,
padx='2m', pady='2m', ipadx='2m', ipady='1m')
else:
b.pack (side=LEFT, expand=1,
padx='3m', pady='3m', ipadx='2m', ipady='1m')
i = i+1
# 4. Set up a binding for