Python Tkinter Text Widget with Auto & Custom Scroll

Question

I wrote a simple Tkinter based Python application that reads text from a serial connection and adds it to the window, specifically a text widged.

After a lot of tweaks a

Answer 1

Regarding your demo script.

You're doing GUI stuff from the non-GUI thread. That tends to cause problems.

see: http://www.effbot.org/zone/tkinter-threads.htm