import time, thread
from Tkinter import *

class ExampleError:
	def __init__(self):
		self.parentContainer = Tk()
		self.parentContainer.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', self.quitPressed)
		self.parentContainer.wm_geometry("500x400")
		self.parentContainer.title("Parent Container Title")
		
		self.container = Frame(self.parentContainer)
		self.messageBoxDetails = Text(self.container, wrap=WORD, width=1, height=1, padx=10, pady=10)
		
		# in python 2.6, this next statement hangs when running as a thread - note that 
		# inserting an empty string works though
		self.messageBoxDetails.insert(INSERT, "Hello world")
		self.messageBoxDetails.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=YES, side=LEFT)
		
		self.container.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=YES, padx=5, pady=5)
		
	def quitPressed(self):
		self.stop()
		
	def start(self):
		self.parentContainer.mainloop()
			
	def stop(self):
		self.parentContainer.quit()
		self.parentContainer.destroy()
		
		
		
if __name__ =="__main__":
	example = ExampleError()
	thread.start_new_thread(example.start, ())
	time.sleep(5)