Graphics Assignment: MyPaint

Wes Griffin & Sue Evans

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MyPaint Description

For this assignment you will be implementing a very simple paint program.
The user should be able to draw circles in a window by clicking with the mouse.
You should allow the user to specify a fill color for the circle.
Your program should exit when the user double-clicks the mouse.
Graphics Library Quick Reference
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Make a lab8 directory in your 201/labs directory.
Copy the graphics.py file from Mr. Lupoli's directory into your lab8 directory.

cp /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/l/slupoli/pub/labCode201/graphics.py .
Use emacs to create a lab8.py in your lab8 directory.
Important Note:You need to use a different version of Python for this lab. To run your program type:

/usr/local/bin/python2.4 lab8.py
If you run your program and see ImportError: No module named Tkinter you need to use the above command to run your program.

You should plan on using an Entry object to allow the user to set the fill color.
Caution: When the user types the color to use into the entry box, it is always either preceeded by or followed by a space. Since the color name won't be recognized with leading or trailing spaces, you'll need to strip them off. We'll make use of the string library's strip :
circle.setFill(string.strip(fill))
To detect a double-click, check to see if the two points are the same.

Begin by opening a window and using two mouse clicks to draw a circle, where the first mouse click is to be used as the center of the circle and the second click is on the edge of the circle. Just use a default circle at first (black outline).
- remember to create the distance function
- make sure to test your code!!!

Put this code in a loop that stops when the two mouse clicks are in the same position.
- You will need to use "and" to compare both (first and second click) x's and y's
- Test your code!!

Next add the prompt and the Entry object to ask the user for a fill color. Don't forget to import string at the top of your program.
Use the stripped string the user entered to set the fill color for the circle.

Add another prompt and Entry object so that the user can also enter the outline color for the circle.

Expand your program to look loosely more like Microsoft's "Paint" program with choices of what to draw along the left border. Allow the user to draw circles, rectangles and lines. The user should still be allowed to enter the outline and fill colors for the circle and rectangles.