How to redirect in real time STDOUT from imported module to Tkinter Text Widget in python?

Question

I am trying to redirect stdout into a Tkinter Text widget in real time using Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7. In my code below, I intended to have a print statement appear in the

Answer 1

I made a class which copies stdout write calls to a tkinter widget be it a Label or a Text. Works for me on Python3.3.1/WindowsXp.:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16460878/2334951

Answer 2

Call sleepBtn.update_idletasks() before each time.sleep(2) command. Otherwise the view will not be updated before the end of the sleep procedure.

Answer 3

Instead of sleepBtn.update_idletasks(), this may be a neater solution:

Put self.text_area.update_idletasks() before self.text_area.insert(END, str)