Suppose you need to display a long message, such as the terms of use for your application. A good way to display this would be to use a wxScrolledMessageDialog. It features a read-only multi-line text box, and it's very easy to put into your applications:

from wxPython.wx import *

application = wxPySimpleApp()

# Set up the text

text = """Once upon a time, there lived a knight named Sir Esthimus.

Sir Esthimus decided to marry the princess one day. So, he went to the king

and asked if he could marry his lovely daughter. The king said that he had to

defeat the strongest goblin in the kingdom's dungeons. The knight agreed to

fight the goblin, and the next day, the king summoned both the beast and the

knight to the town square. A sturdy iron fence had been erected overnight to

keep the two fighters inside. The king waved his hand -- the signal for the match

to begin. The knight pulled out his sword, and goblin pulled out his spear. The goblin

then pierced the knight's sword arm, so the knight lost the fight and did not get to marry

the princess.

Notice the scrollbar to the right. It enables you to

write

large

amounts

of

text

to

the

dialog and have it organized neatly."""

# Create the dialog

dialog = wxScrolledMessageDialog ( self, text, 'Fairy Tale' )

# Show the dialog

dialog.ShowModal()