functionality - get method index support mark_set method programming - pymailgui program and search method tag support tag_add method tag_bind method tag_delete method tag_remove method text-editing operations - unicode and - xscrollcommand option xview method yscrollcommand option yview method text-mode transfers this module thread class _thread module allocate_lock function basic usage - coding alternatives - functionality running multiple threads - start_new_thread function synchronizing access - waiting for spawned thread exits - ways to code threads threading module functionality - synchronizing access - thread exits in guis timer function ways to code threads threads advantages using animation and anonymous pipes and exit considerations - global interpreter lock and - guis and - - potential usage downsides pyedit text editor pymailgui program and queue module - servers and - shared state - spawned _thread module - threading module - time sleep loops thumbnails (see also pyphoto image programcreating - scrollable canvases and - time module functionality sleep call - timeit module timer objects tix extension toolkit functionality hlist widget tk gui library tk widget class coding example destroy method exporting methods - functionality iconbitmap method iconify method maxsize method menu option - protocol method quit method title method withdraw method tkinter module (see also specific widget classeswidgetsafter method coding alternatives - coding basics configuring window titles createfilehandler tool documentation extensions supported - functionality - geometry managers implementation structure programming structure underscore character widget classes supported tkintertreectrl third-party extension index