Hi, I'm trying it out and get: [andres@localhost andres]$ ./counter.sh File "./counter.sh", line 10 self.widget.pack() ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I'm with python 2.2, would I need 2.3? Cheers, Andr?s Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:47:02 +0100 > "Dave Griffiths" <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>Hi all, >> >>A timer in a window that counts up in seconds, clicking on it resets the time >>back to 0. for seeing how much time you've got left during a live gig... > > > Cute! Here's a small improvement: > > >>self.widget=Button(master,text="0:0",font=("Courier",50,"bold"),relief=FLAT,command=self.reset) > > > Replace "0:0" with " 0:00" > > and this: > > >> self.widget.config(text=str(thistime/60)+":"+str(thistime%60)) > > > with > > self.widget.config(text="%2d:%02d" % (thistime / 60, thistime % 60)) > > Erik