Tkinter apps won't quit except when using external run

[Lewis Levin]

The following trivial tkinter (under Python 2.7.3) script won't quit when using any "Python engine" under Pyscripter:

from Tkinter import *

class MyApp:

    def __init__(self, parent):

        self.myparent = parent  # in case the parent is not root for some reason

        self.mycontainer1 = Frame(parent)

        self.mycontainer1.pack()

        self.button1 = Button(self.mycontainer1, command=self.button1click)

        self.button1.configure(text = "OK",bg='green')

        self.button1.pack(side=LEFT)

        self.button1.focus_force()

        self.button2 = Button(self.mycontainer1, text="Cancel", bg='red', command=self.button2click)

        self.button2.pack(side=RIGHT)

    def button1click(self):

        print 'button1click event handler ', 'foo ', self.button1['bg']

        if self.button1['bg'] == 'green':

            self.button1['bg'] = 'yellow'

        else:

            self.button1['bg'] = 'green'

    def button2click(self):

        print 'button2click event handler'

        self.myparent.quit()

root = Tk()

myapp = MyApp(root)

root.mainloop()

Note that at self.myparent.quit() the script hangs.  Repeatedly clicking on its close box brings up the Windows dialog for hangs, asking if you want to kill the app (the python interpreter in this case).

Pyscripter output console shows the following errors:

>>> Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\netref.py", line 196, in __call__

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\netref.py", line 71, in syncreq

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\protocol.py", line 429, in sync_request

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\protocol.py", line 229, in _send_request

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\protocol.py", line 224, in _send

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\channel.py", line 69, in send

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PyScripter\Lib\rpyc.zip\rpyc\core\stream.py", line 181, in write

EOFError: [Errno 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

 

I should point out that Spyder, WingIDE, and Sublime Text (python build command) don't exhibit any difficulty.  The script stops and control returns to the IDE or editor.

I would like to use Pyscripter, but I have to modify the source to be Pyscripter specific, which should not be needed.

I can use external run as that works. It is just not clear to me why I need to do it.

[Lewis Levin]

OK.  Now I get it.  Have to re-initialize.  But, why?  I thought since v 2. 0 of Pyscripter the reinitialize happened automatically.

Can it be set to do that.  If one is really using the debugger (as opposed to merely running a script) presumably you have breakpoints or are stepping so the stop at the end isn't absolutely necessary.

[Lewis Levin]

Note:  I DO have reinitialize before run set to True in IDE options.