[Pyobjc-dev] A python console-in-a-window

[Michael M. <mic...@gm...>]

Hi, I got the urge to embed a python console in my app so I could poke
around in it while it was running.
I didn't find an example of doing just that when I looked, so I
thought I'd put one together and share it.

I used it like this, tying it to a menu item:

    @IBAction
    def showPyConsole_(self, sender):
        if self.pyconsole is None:
            locals = {'m': self}
            welcome = "Welcome to the Console.\nThe main window
controller is called 'm'."
            self.pyconsole =
PyConsole.PyConsole.alloc().initWithLocals_welcomeMsg_(locals,
welcome)
        self.pyconsole.showWindow_(self)

It pops up a window running a REPL that's pretty close to the python
interactive interpreter.

The code and xib are here: http://michael-mccracken.net/software/PyConsole.zip
I've licensed it as BSD.

I'd be curious to hear if anyone else finds it useful.
(Patches, suggestions, etc are nice too.)

Cheers,
-mike

-- 
Michael McCracken
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