[wingide-users] Using subprocess in scripts

[Michael Foord]

Michael Foord wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm experimenting with writing scripts.
> 
> The problem with using 'os.system' to launch scripts is that it is 
> synchronous - WingIDE is blocked until the script returns.
> 
> I would like to use 'subprocess' to launch commands. The 'subprocess' 
> module isn't included in the Wing 'Python24.zip', so I can't use it. Any 
> reason why it isn't available ?
> 

FWIW this is my solution :

import wingapi
import os
from threading import Thread

def custom_execute(app=wingapi.kArgApplication):
   editor = app.GetActiveEditor()
   filename = editor.GetDocument().GetFilename()
   directory, theFile  = os.path.split(filename)
   if os.path.split(directory)[1] == 'UnitTests':
     directory = os.path.split(directory)[0]
   os.chdir(directory)

   thread = Thread(target=lambda: os.system('run_python "%s"' % filename))
   thread.start()



> All the best,
> 
> 
> Michael Foord
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml
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