Using an IDE

The graphics library is written as a thin wrapper on top of Tkinter, the standard Python graphics module based on the Tk widget set. Sometimes the use of graphics packages inside of an IDE can lead to issues with ``dueling event-loops.'' As of Version 3.0, graphics.py runs its Tk event loop in a separate thread. This allows it to play well with IDLE (Python's default IDE) as long as IDLE is being run in its normal mode (with subprocesses). One particularly nice feature is the ablility experiment with graphics interactively in the IDLE Python shell. The package will also work with IDLE running in the no-subprocess (-n) mode, but IDLE will be unresponsive during getMouse operations.