On 7/3/2019 7:57 PM, jf...@ms4.hinet.net wrote:
I have the test0.py below. I expect to see 'abcd' showing in the notepad window: --------- import subprocess as sp p0 = sp.Popen('notepad.exe', stdin=sp.PIPE) p0.communicate(input=b'abcd') --------- But nothing happens. The notepad is completely empty. What have I missed?--Jach PS. I am using python 3.4 on Windows Vista
Upgrade to 3.7 or 3.8 to get hundreds of bug fixes, let alone new features. Both subprocess and multiprocessing have gotten fixes.
subprocess is meant for running an external program in batch mode. It receives the one input byte string, sends output, and closes. For interaction, try multiprocessing.
Or do what IDLE does, which is to open a two-way socket to the parent program. (Managing this is not fun.) IDLE was initially written before multiprocessing. It has been suggested to me that it should switch to multiprocessing. (But last I read, multiprocessing and tkinter (tcl/tk) do not play well together on macOS.)
If the subprocess runs a gui, the user should be able to switch focus by clicking on a subprocess window.
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