Comment 3 for bug 288404

It seems to be a bug in wxpython:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.wxpython/64483

I 'fixed' it in Phatch by forcing Phatch progress dialog box not to start with an empty string. It is available from bazaar.

$ bzr diff
=== modified file 'phatch/core/api.py'
--- phatch/core/api.py 2008-04-05 19:23:49 +0000
+++ phatch/core/api.py 2008-10-29 13:22:04 +0000
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
     send.frame_show_progress( title = _("Executing action list"),
                                 parent_max = len(image_files),
                                 child_max = actions_amount,
- message = _('Starting...'),
+ message = '',
                             )

     for image_index, (folder,image_file) in enumerate(image_files):

=== modified file 'phatch/pyWx/dialogs.py'
--- phatch/pyWx/dialogs.py 2008-02-27 21:42:37 +0000
+++ phatch/pyWx/dialogs.py 2008-10-29 13:23:20 +0000
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@
 class ProgressDialog(wx.ProgressDialog,ProgressReceiver):
     """+1 is added because eg opening a file is also an action"""
     def __init__(self,parent,title,parent_max=1,child_max=1,message=''):
+ if message == '':
+ message = '.'*80
         ProgressReceiver.__init__(self,parent_max,child_max)
         wx.ProgressDialog.__init__(self,
                 title = title,
$ bzr commit -m "fix small progress dialog box"
Committing to: /home/stani/sync/python/phatch/trunk/
modified phatch/core/api.py
modified phatch/pyWx/dialogs.py
Committed revision 541.

I filed a bug report about it:
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/10128

However my patch solves the usability issue.