Hi Ed, you need to put 2# and 3# into the function foo() and call foo_async().
If you like you can send me your plugin and I'll have a look at it. Cheers, Thomas Mister Vanhalen wrote, On 08/28/12 18:02: > Many thanks for you answer Thomas! > > But I feel I didn't explained clearly my problem. > > With your code, my problem is now to know when my program finished. > > My plugin is organized like that : > > 1 # here it is the main of the plugin > > > 2 # launch of my external program > > > 3 # treatment of result of program to load new structure in PyMoL > This part has to wait the end of program. If I wait -> I can use PyMoL > and If I put in daemon it will be execute without result of my program > > So my question is to know how can I wait the result of my program but > with the possibility to use PyMoL. And when it is finished, to go on > lines programming in the plugin... > > Thank you again for your help, > Ed' > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Thomas Holder > <spel...@users.sourceforge.net <mailto:spel...@users.sourceforge.net>> > wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > this is possible. Example: > > def foo(a, b, c): > > command = "./myprogramm arg1 arg2" > process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, > stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > process.wait() > > def foo_async(a, b, c): > import threading > t = threading.Thread(target=foo, args=(a, b, c)) > t.setDaemon(1) > t.start() > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Thomas > > Mister Vanhalen wrote, On 08/28/12 17:33: > > Hi PyMoLers, > > I need to launch an external program through a plugin. When I > launch my program by my button in my interface (the plugin) > through this usual code : > command = "./myprogramm arg1 arg2" > process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, > stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > process.wait() > > PyMol waits the end of the program to screen a windows with my > result and load new structure and cgo in PyMol, that's normal. > > Is it possible that PyMol can go on and only when my program has > finished, my plugin screens the results and load new structure > in PyMoL. > I would like that we can use PyMoL in the meantime that my > program is running. > > Is it possible? I don't know how to put the thread for that... > > Thank you for your help, > > Ed' -- Thomas Holder MPI for Developmental Biology Spemannstr. 35 D-72076 Tübingen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
