Rename gsh to polysh.
[polysh.git] / polysh / console.py
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17 # Copyright (c) 2006 Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@gmail.com>
19 import errno
20 import sys
22 # We remember the length of the last printed status in order to
23 # clear it with ' ' characters
24 last_status_length = None
26 def safe_write(output, buf):
27 """We can get a SIGWINCH when printing, which will cause write to raise
28 an EINTR. That's not a reason to stop printing."""
29 while True:
30 try:
31 output.write(buf)
32 break
33 except IOError, e:
34 if e.errno != errno.EINTR:
35 raise
37 def console_output(msg, logging_msg=None):
38 """Use instead of print, to clear the status information before printing"""
39 from polysh import remote_dispatcher
41 remote_dispatcher.log(logging_msg or msg)
42 if remote_dispatcher.options.interactive:
43 from polysh.stdin import the_stdin_thread
44 the_stdin_thread.no_raw_input()
45 global last_status_length
46 if last_status_length:
47 safe_write(sys.stdout, '\r' + last_status_length * ' ' + '\r')
48 last_status_length = 0
49 safe_write(sys.stdout, msg)
51 def set_last_status_length(length):
52 """The length of the prefix to be cleared when printing something"""
53 global last_status_length
54 last_status_length = length