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notepad by tkinter

Hello everyone i made a python gui calculator with tkinter here is the code try it and comment how was it (probably basic)

import tkinter
import os
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.messagebox import *
from tkinter.filedialog import *

class Notepad:

    __root = Tk()


    __thisWidth = 300
    __thisHeight = 300
    __thisTextArea = Text(__root)
    __thisMenuBar = Menu(__root)
    __thisFileMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0)
    __thisEditMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0)
    __thisHelpMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0)


    __thisScrollBar = Scrollbar(__thisTextArea) 
    __file = None

    def __init__(self,**kwargs):


        try:
                self.__root.wm_iconbitmap("Notepad.ico")
        except:
                pass



        try:
            self.__thisWidth = kwargs['width']
        except KeyError:
            pass

        try:
            self.__thisHeight = kwargs['height']
        except KeyError:
            pass


        self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad")


        screenWidth = self.__root.winfo_screenwidth()
        screenHeight = self.__root.winfo_screenheight()


        left = (screenWidth / 2) - (self.__thisWidth / 2)


        top = (screenHeight / 2) - (self.__thisHeight /2)


        self.__root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (self.__thisWidth,
                                            self.__thisHeight,
                                            left, top))


        self.__root.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.__root.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)


        self.__thisTextArea.grid(sticky = N + E + S + W)


        self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="New",
                                        command=self.__newFile)


        self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Open",
                                        command=self.__openFile)


        self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Save",
                                        command=self.__saveFile)


        self.__thisFileMenu.add_separator()                                     
        self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Exit",
                                        command=self.__quitApplication)
        self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="File",
                                    menu=self.__thisFileMenu)   


        self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Cut",
                                        command=self.__cut)         


        self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Copy",
                                        command=self.__copy)        


        self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Paste",
                                        command=self.__paste)       


        self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Edit",
                                    menu=self.__thisEditMenu)   


        self.__thisHelpMenu.add_command(label="About Notepad",
                                        command=self.__showAbout)
        self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Help",
                                    menu=self.__thisHelpMenu)

        self.__root.config(menu=self.__thisMenuBar)

        self.__thisScrollBar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y)                


        self.__thisScrollBar.config(command=self.__thisTextArea.yview)  
        self.__thisTextArea.config(yscrollcommand=self.__thisScrollBar.set)


    def __quitApplication(self):
        self.__root.destroy()
        # exit()

    def __showAbout(self):
        showinfo("Notepad","Notepad By Azlan Syed")

    def __openFile(self):

        self.__file = askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt",
                                    filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"),
                                        ("Text Documents","*.txt")])

        if self.__file == "":


            self.__file = None
        else:


            self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad")
            self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END)

            file = open(self.__file,"r")

            self.__thisTextArea.insert(1.0,file.read())

            file.close()


    def __newFile(self):
        self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad")
        self.__file = None
        self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END)

    def __saveFile(self):

        if self.__file == None:
            # Save as new file
            self.__file = asksaveasfilename(initialfile='Untitled.txt',
                                            defaultextension=".txt",
                                            filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"),
                                                ("Text Documents","*.txt")])

            if self.__file == "":
                self.__file = None
            else:


                file = open(self.__file,"w")
                file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END))
                file.close()


                self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad")


        else:
            file = open(self.__file,"w")
            file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END))
            file.close()

    def __cut(self):
        self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Cut>>")

    def __copy(self):
        self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Copy>>")

    def __paste(self):
        self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Paste>>")

    def run(self):


        self.__root.mainloop()





notepad = Notepad(width=600,height=400)
notepad.run()
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Andy Piper

Have you thought about sharing your code using GitHub?

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Azlan-Syed

github.com/azlan-syed

here is all that stuff i have

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Azlan-Syed

yes

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Azlan-Syed

you can see my github profile i have all that stuff

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Azlan-Syed

also try editing the code if any mistakes cause sometimes pasting the code causes errors