#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys, os

# TkInter changed its capitalization between Python versions. Sigh.

if sys.version[:1] == '2':

import Tkinter as tk

else:

import tkinter as tk

# Requires: python3-pil.imagetk or python-pil.imagetk

from PIL import ImageTk, Image

imgpath = os.path.expanduser("~/Images/Icons/tux/tux.gif")

labeltxt = """Here is a whole bunch of text.

It has multiple lines in it. It's like a paragraph, almost,

except that it doesn't have anything useful to say."""

class View(tk.Frame):

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

tk.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

self.image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(imgpath))

# The compound= controls where the image is drawn relative to the text.

b = tk.Label(self, text=labeltxt, image=self.image,

justify="left", compound="left")

b.pack(side="top")

if __name__ == "__main__":

root = tk.Tk()

view = View(root)

view.pack(side="top", fill="both", expand=True)

root.mainloop()