python scripting support?

[Michael Barton]

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What would it take to support python scripts like we support bash scripts. That is, can we have a python script header that is automatically read and parsed by menuform.py in some structured way to create a nice wxPython GUI for ad hoc scripts? This could encourage people to start scripting interesting things in Python, as well as porting existing scripts to Python.

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[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> What would it take to support python scripts like we support bash scripts.
> That is, can we have a python script header that is automatically read and
> parsed by menuform.py in some structured way to create a nice wxPython GUI
> for ad hoc scripts? This could encourage people to start scripting
> interesting things in Python, as well as porting existing scripts to Python.

g.parser can be used with any language which supports '#' as a comment
character. See general/g.parser/test.py for an example Python script
which uses g.parser.

The Python GUI can run such scripts with --interface-description to
get module/option/flag information in XML, from which a GUI could be
generated.

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[Michael Barton]

That's great. So it's already built in.

Michael


On 4/8/07 4:33 AM, "Glynn Clements" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Michael Barton wrote:
>
>> What would it take to support python scripts like we support bash scripts.
>> That is, can we have a python script header that is automatically read and
>> parsed by menuform.py in some structured way to create a nice wxPython GUI
>> for ad hoc scripts? This could encourage people to start scripting
>> interesting things in Python, as well as porting existing scripts to Python.
>
> g.parser can be used with any language which supports '#' as a comment
> character. See general/g.parser/test.py for an example Python script
> which uses g.parser.
>
> The Python GUI can run such scripts with --interface-description to
> get module/option/flag information in XML, from which a GUI could be
> generated.

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[Michael Barton]

Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...

if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
  exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
fi

Michael

On 4/8/07 4:33 AM, "Glynn Clements" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Michael Barton wrote:
>
>> What would it take to support python scripts like we support bash scripts.
>> That is, can we have a python script header that is automatically read and
>> parsed by menuform.py in some structured way to create a nice wxPython GUI
>> for ad hoc scripts? This could encourage people to start scripting
>> interesting things in Python, as well as porting existing scripts to Python.
>
> g.parser can be used with any language which supports '#' as a comment
> character. See general/g.parser/test.py for an example Python script
> which uses g.parser.
>
> The Python GUI can run such scripts with --interface-description to
> get module/option/flag information in XML, from which a GUI could be
> generated.

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School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
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[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...
>
> if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
>   exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
> fi

AFAICT:

        if ( sys.argv[1] != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ):
                os.execv("g.parser", [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv)

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[Michael Barton]

Thanks.

I'll play around and see if it works.

Michael


On 4/9/07 8:10 AM, "Glynn Clements" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Michael Barton wrote:
>
>> Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...
>>
>> if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
>>   exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
>> fi
>
> AFAICT:
>
> if ( sys.argv[1] != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ):
> os.execv("g.parser", [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv)

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[Jachym Cepicky]

g.manual g.parser ;-)

j

2007/4/9, Michael Barton <[hidden email]>:

> Thanks.
>
> I'll play around and see if it works.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 4/9/07 8:10 AM, "Glynn Clements" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Michael Barton wrote:
> >
> >> Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...
> >>
> >> if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
> >>   exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
> >> fi
> >
> > AFAICT:
> >
> > if ( sys.argv[1] != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ):
> > os.execv("g.parser", [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv)
>
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> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
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[Glynn Clements]

Jachym Cepicky wrote:

> > >> Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...
> > >>
> > >> if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
> > >>   exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
> > >> fi
> > >
> > > AFAICT:
> > >
> > > if ( sys.argv[1] != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ):
> > > os.execv("g.parser", [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv)
>
> g.manual g.parser ;-)

The example given in the manual page is less than ideal, e.g. using
os.system() instead of os.execv(). This will fail if any of the
arguments contain spaces or other shell metacharacters.

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[Jachym Cepicky]

thanks, glynn, I'll try to update

j

2007/4/10, Glynn Clements <[hidden email]>:

>
> Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>
> > > >> Any idea what would be the python equivalent of the bash lines...
> > > >>
> > > >> if [ "$1" != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ] ; then
> > > >>   exec g.parser "$0" "$@"
> > > >> fi
> > > >
> > > > AFAICT:
> > > >
> > > > if ( sys.argv[1] != "@ARGS_PARSED@" ):
> > > > os.execv("g.parser", [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv)
> >
> > g.manual g.parser ;-)
>
> The example given in the manual page is less than ideal, e.g. using
> os.system() instead of os.execv(). This will fail if any of the
> arguments contain spaces or other shell metacharacters.
>
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>

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