Re: [pygame] image window disappears

[tom arnall <kloro2006@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Paul,

thanks for yr response. is there no other way to get image to stay?

regards,

tom arnall


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On 6/12/15, Paul Vincent Craven <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, the program was done so it quit.
>
> You need an event loop that keeps looping until you hit the quit button.
>
> http://programarcadegames.com/python_examples/f.php?file=simple_graphics_demo.py
>
>
> Paul Vincent Craven
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:51 PM, tom arnall <kloro2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> The following creates a window on my screen, which disappears after
>> about 1 second:
>>
>> import pygame, sys
>> from pygame.locals import *
>>
>> # set up pygame
>> pygame.init()
>>
>> # set up the window
>> windowSurface = pygame.display.set_mode((500, 400), 0, 32)
>> pygame.display.set_caption('Hello world!')
>>
>>
>>
>> I've tried it with two setups with the same result: python2.7 and
>> python3.4.
>>
>> Before I put 3.4 on my system, it ran on python2.7 with what I expect
>> is the correct behavior, i.e., the image persisted until I killed
>> python. After installing 3.4 and pygame for 3.4, the current problem
>> emerged.
>>
>> My OS is Debian Wheezy.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
>>
>> Tom Arnall
>>
>> --
>> Faced with the possibility of its extinction, every species finds
>> within itself powers unimaginable in the days of its complacency.
>>
>