Para mostrar subproceso de salida en una interfaz gráfica de usuario mientras todavía se está ejecutando, una solución portátil stdlib-only que funciona en Python 2 y 3 tiene que usar un hilo de fondo:
#!/usr/bin/python
"""
- read output from a subprocess in a background thread
- show the output in the GUI
"""
import sys
from itertools import islice
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from textwrap import dedent
from threading import Thread
try:
import Tkinter as tk
from Queue import Queue, Empty
except ImportError:
import tkinter as tk # Python 3
from queue import Queue, Empty # Python 3
def iter_except(function, exception):
"""Works like builtin 2-argument `iter()`, but stops on `exception`."""
try:
while True:
yield function()
except exception:
return
class DisplaySubprocessOutputDemo:
def __init__(self, root):
self.root = root
# start dummy subprocess to generate some output
self.process = Popen([sys.executable, "-u", "-c", dedent("""
import itertools, time
for i in itertools.count():
print("%d.%d" % divmod(i, 10))
time.sleep(0.1)
""")], stdout=PIPE)
# launch thread to read the subprocess output
# (put the subprocess output into the queue in a background thread,
# get output from the queue in the GUI thread.
# Output chain: process.readline -> queue -> label)
q = Queue(maxsize=1024) # limit output buffering (may stall subprocess)
t = Thread(target=self.reader_thread, args=[q])
t.daemon = True # close pipe if GUI process exits
t.start()
# show subprocess' stdout in GUI
self.label = tk.Label(root, text=" ", font=(None, 200))
self.label.pack(ipadx=4, padx=4, ipady=4, pady=4, fill='both')
self.update(q) # start update loop
def reader_thread(self, q):
"""Read subprocess output and put it into the queue."""
try:
with self.process.stdout as pipe:
for line in iter(pipe.readline, b''):
q.put(line)
finally:
q.put(None)
def update(self, q):
"""Update GUI with items from the queue."""
for line in iter_except(q.get_nowait, Empty): # display all content
if line is None:
self.quit()
return
else:
self.label['text'] = line # update GUI
break # display no more than one line per 40 milliseconds
self.root.after(40, self.update, q) # schedule next update
def quit(self):
self.process.kill() # exit subprocess if GUI is closed (zombie!)
self.root.destroy()
root = tk.Tk()
app = DisplaySubprocessOutputDemo(root)
root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", app.quit)
# center window
root.eval('tk::PlaceWindow %s center' % root.winfo_pathname(root.winfo_id()))
root.mainloop()
La esencia de la solución es:
- cifran la producción de sub-proceso en la cola en un subproceso de fondo
- obtener la salida de la cola en el hilo GUI.
es decir, llame al process.readline()
en el hilo de fondo -> queue -> actualice la etiqueta de la GUI en el hilo principal.
relacionado: [Mostrar salida en tiempo real de un subproceso en un widget de tkinter] (http://stackoverflow.com/q/15362372/4279) – jfs