Module newWindowHack

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This module hacks tkSimpleDialog to make askstring() work even when the root window has been withdrawn.

w/o this hack, Python-2.4.3/Tk8.4 locks up for the following code: the dialog is created, but it is withdrawn just like the root window (!) so there is nothing to interact with and the system hangs.

import Tkinter

tk = Tkinter.Tk() tk.withdraw()

import tkSimpleDialog

tkSimpleDialog.askstring("window title", "question?")

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