1 files changed, 36 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
index 917a6cc..0e7e663 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ from Tkinter import *
 import tkMessageBox
 
 class TextViewer(Toplevel):
+    """A simple text viewer dialog for IDLE
+
     """
-    simple text viewer dialog for idle
-    """
-    def __init__(self, parent, title, fileName, data=None):
-        """If data exists, load it into viewer, otherwise try to load file.
+    def __init__(self, parent, title, text):
+        """Show the given text in a scrollable window with a 'close' button
 
-        fileName - string, should be an absoulute filename
         """
         Toplevel.__init__(self, parent)
         self.configure(borderwidth=5)
@@ -33,23 +32,10 @@ class TextViewer(Toplevel):
         #key bindings for this dialog
         self.bind('<Return>',self.Ok) #dismiss dialog
         self.bind('<Escape>',self.Ok) #dismiss dialog
-        if data:
-            self.textView.insert(0.0, data)
-        else:
-            self.LoadTextFile(fileName)
+        self.textView.insert(0.0, text)
         self.textView.config(state=DISABLED)
         self.wait_window()
 
-    def LoadTextFile(self, fileName):
-        textFile = None
-        try:
-            textFile = open(fileName, 'r')
-        except IOError:
-            tkMessageBox.showerror(title='File Load Error',
-                    message='Unable to load file %r .' % (fileName,))
-        else:
-            self.textView.insert(0.0,textFile.read())
-
     def CreateWidgets(self):
         frameText = Frame(self, relief=SUNKEN, height=700)
         frameButtons = Frame(self)
@@ -70,9 +56,38 @@ class TextViewer(Toplevel):
     def Ok(self, event=None):
         self.destroy()
 
+
+def view_text(parent, title, text):
+    TextViewer(parent, title, text)
+
+def view_file(parent, title, filename, encoding=None):
+    try:
+        if encoding:
+            import codecs
+            textFile = codecs.open(filename, 'r')
+        else:
+            textFile = open(filename, 'r')
+    except IOError:
+        import tkMessageBox
+        tkMessageBox.showerror(title='File Load Error',
+                               message='Unable to load file %r .' % filename,
+                               parent=parent)
+    else:
+        return view_text(parent, title, textFile.read())
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #test the dialog
     root=Tk()
-    Button(root,text='View',
-            command=lambda:TextViewer(root,'Text','./textView.py')).pack()
+    root.title('textView test')
+    filename = './textView.py'
+    text = file(filename, 'r').read()
+    btn1 = Button(root, text='view_text',
+                 command=lambda:view_text(root, 'view_text', text))
+    btn1.pack(side=LEFT)
+    btn2 = Button(root, text='view_file',
+                  command=lambda:view_file(root, 'view_file', filename))
+    btn2.pack(side=LEFT)
+    close = Button(root, text='Close', command=root.destroy)
+    close.pack(side=RIGHT)
     root.mainloop()