Am Dienstag, 20. November 2012 13:18:38 UTC+1 schrieb Michael Herrmann: > Hi, > > > > I'm developing a GUI Automation library (http://www.getautoma.com) and am > having difficulty picking a name for the function that simulates key strokes. > I currently have it as 'type' but that clashes with the built-in function. > Example uses of 'type': > > > > type(ENTER) > > > > type("Hello World!") > > > > type(CTRL + 'a') > > > > What, in your view, would be the most intuitive alternative name? > > > > Here are my thoughts so far: I could call it 'press' but then our GUI > automation tool also allows you to click things and then "press" might be > mistaken for "pressing a button". A less ambiguous alternative is "type_keys" > but that is rather long and doesn't read as well, for instance in > type_keys(ENTER). > > > > Thank you very much!
I would expect 'type' or 'press'. 'type' is maybe not the best solution because of overloading. I like 'press'. Good luck, Mr. Michael ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
