On Nov 1, 5:34 am, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > KillSwitch wrote: > > I have a C++ program, with a GUI, into which I have embedded python. I > > have made several python functions in C++, one of which I use to > > override the normal stdout and stderr so that they print to a text box > > of my GUI. One thing I cannot think of how to do is to redefine stdin > > so that it pauses the program, waits for a user to type input into the > > box, hit enter, and takes input from another text element and sends it > > to python like it was the console. > > > I wonder if anyone could help me in trying to do such a thing. To > > simplify, the new stdin should wait for the C++ function to give it a > > value, like it waits for the console. > > I suspect you don't really want to redirect stdin, but instead implement > raw_input(). If you have control over the script, just change it from > raw_input() to cpp_raw_input(). But if you need to be able to run > arbitrary scripts, ... > > (untried) - Try changing __builtins__.raw_input to reference your new > function. > > DaveA
But what would the function do? How would it pause python and wait for it to have text to send? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list