Trying to learn how to create refactored wx.python

Mohtek · 04-30-2010, 09:50 AM

I'm still a newbie, but am determined to figure this out!

I'm starting with menus, but I can easily adapt it to everything else. I just don't see the data structure yet.

Here is my base file:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/evy python
'''create  basic window, with a button, status/menu bar and dialog boxes'''
import wx

class App(wx.App):
    def OnInit(self):
        frame=MyFrame(None,-1,"everything so far")
        frame.Show()
        return True

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self,parent,id,name):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self,parent,id,name,size=(300,300))
        panel=wx.Panel(self)
        #panel.setBackgroundColour("White")
        button1=wx.Button(panel,label="Clicky",size=(60,20),pos=(10,10))
        '''create the statusbar and menubar, then add menu items'''
        statusBar=self.CreateStatusBar()
        menuBar=wx.MenuBar()
        menu1=wx.Menu()
        menuBar.Append(menu1,"File")
        menu1.Append(wx.NewId(),"Open","Open a file")
        self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)

if __name__=="__main__":
    app=App()
    app.MainLoop()

What I want to do is refactor the "menu1" items to make it an iterable list.
I am following a book, but the code is wrong, (Cut and paste does not turn out correctly)
I have another file that includes a function that returns a tuple:
[CODE def MenuData():
return ("File",("Open","Open a file"))
[/CODE]
not sure what to do from this point

Thank you,
Ash

indienick · 05-01-2010, 07:47 PM

Before I peek at your code, could you please wrap it in CODE tags? Just to preserve formatting, especially since Python is indentation-sensitive.

Thanks!

Oddly enough, wxPython already has two classes to help you achieve this:
MenuItemList and MenuItemList_iterator.