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diff --git a/Tools/pynche/README b/Tools/pynche/README index 48e896a..b507307 100644 --- a/Tools/pynche/README +++ b/Tools/pynche/README @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ Running as a Modal Dialog tkColorChooser module, with a few changes. By importing pyColorChooser from the Pynche package, you can run - pyColorChooser.askcolor(master=window) + pyColorChooser.askcolor() - where `window' is an Tkinter parent window object. Without the - `master' keyword argument, Pynche runs standalone. + which will popup Pynche as a modal dialog, and return the selected + color. There are some UI differences when running as a modal vs. standalone. When running as a modal, there is no "File" menu, @@ -91,25 +91,38 @@ Running as a Modal Dialog is different than tkColorChooser, which doesn't know anything about color names. - When the optional keyword `wantspec' is true, a #rrggbb color spec - will always be returned instead of a color name. + askcolor() supports the following optional keyword arguments: - askcolor() also supports the following optional keyword arguments - which parallel the command line options described above: + color + the color to set as the initial selected color - initialcolor + master[*] + the master window to use as the parent of the modal + dialog. Without this argument, pyColorChooser will create + it's own Tkinter.Tk instance as the master. This may not + be what you want. - databasefile + databasefile[*] similar to the --database option, the value must be a file name - initfile + initfile[*] similar to the --initfile option, the value must be a file name - ignore + ignore[*] similar to the --ignore flag, the value is a boolean + wantspec[*] + When this is true, the "name" field in the return tuple + will always be a color spec of the form "#rrggbb". It + will not return a color name even if there is a match; + this is so pyColorChooser can exactly match the API of + tkColorChooser. + + [*] these arguments must be specified the first time + askcolor() is used and cannot be changed on subsequent calls. + The Colorstrip Window The top part of the main Pynche window contains the "variation @@ -301,3 +314,20 @@ Persistency the storing of the settings in the init file on Pynche exit. If you really want to do this, use /dev/null as the init file, using --initfile. + +To Do + + Here's a brief list of things I want to do: + + - Better support for resizing the top level windows + + - Better support on 8-bit screens + + - More output views, e.g. color solids + + - Have the notion of a `last color selected'; this may require a + new output view + + - Support setting the font in the text view + + I'm open to suggestions! |