#! /usr/bin/env python

"""Play with the new Tk 8.0 toplevel menu option."""

from Tkinter import *

class App:

    def __init__(self, master):

        self.master = master

        self.menubar = Menu(self.master)

        self.filemenu = Menu(self.menubar)

        self.filemenu.add_command(label="New")

        self.filemenu.add_command(label="Open...")

        self.filemenu.add_command(label="Close")

        self.filemenu.add_separator()

        self.filemenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=self.master.quit)

        self.editmenu = Menu(self.menubar)

        self.editmenu.add_command(label="Cut")

        self.editmenu.add_command(label="Copy")

        self.editmenu.add_command(label="Paste")

        self.helpmenu = Menu(self.menubar, name='help')

        self.helpmenu.add_command(label="About...")

        self.menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.filemenu)

        self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=self.editmenu)

        self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=self.helpmenu)

        self.top = Toplevel(menu=self.menubar)

        # Rest of app goes here...

def main():

    root = Tk()

    root.withdraw()

    app = App(root)

    root.mainloop()

if __name__ == '__main__':

    main()