import PySimpleGUI as sg import subprocess # Test this command in a dos window if you are having trouble. HOW_DO_I_COMMAND = 'python -m howdoi.howdoi' # if you want an icon on your taskbar for this gui, then change this line of code to point to the ICO file DEFAULT_ICON = 'E:\\TheRealMyDocs\\Icons\\QuestionMark.ico' def HowDoI(): ''' Make and show a window (PySimpleGUI form) that takes user input and sends to the HowDoI web oracle Excellent example of 2 GUI concepts 1. Output Element that will show text in a scrolled window 2. Non-Window-Closing Buttons - These buttons will cause the form to return with the form's values, but doesn't close the form :return: never returns ''' # ------- Make a new FlexForm ------- # sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('GreenTan') # give our form a spiffy set of colors form = sg.FlexForm('How Do I ??', default_element_size=(30, 2), icon=DEFAULT_ICON, font=('Helvetica',' 13'), default_button_element_size=(8,2), return_keyboard_events=True) multiline_elem = sg.Multiline(size=(85, 5), enter_submits=True, key='query', do_not_clear=False) history_elem = sg.T('', size=(40,3)) layout = [ [sg.Text('Ask and your answer will appear here....', size=(40, 1))], [sg.Output(size=(127, 30), font=('Helvetica 10'))], [ sg.Spin(values=(1, 2, 3, 4), initial_value=1, size=(2, 1), key='Num Answers', font='Helvetica 15'), sg.T('Num Answers',font='Helvetica 15'), sg.Checkbox('Display Full Text', key='full text', font='Helvetica 15')], [sg.T('Command History'), history_elem], [multiline_elem, sg.ReadFormButton('SEND', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.BLUES[0]), bind_return_key=True), sg.SimpleButton('EXIT', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.GREENS[0]))] ] form.Layout(layout) # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it to query HowDoI --- # command_history = [] history_offset = 0 while True: (button, value) = form.Read() if button is 'SEND': query = value['query'].rstrip() QueryHowDoI(query, value['Num Answers'], value['full text']) # send the string to HowDoI command_history.append(query) history_offset = len(command_history)-1 multiline_elem.Update('') # manually clear input because keyboard events blocks clear history_elem.Update('\n'.join(command_history[-3:])) elif button is None or button is 'EXIT': # if exit button or closed using X break elif 'Up' in button and len(command_history): # scroll back in history command = command_history[history_offset] history_offset -= 1 * (history_offset > 0) # decrement is not zero multiline_elem.Update(command) elif 'Down' in button and len(command_history): # scroll forward in history history_offset += 1 * (history_offset < len(command_history)-1) # increment up to end of list command = command_history[history_offset] multiline_elem.Update(command) elif 'Escape' in button: # clear currently line multiline_elem.Update('') exit(69) def QueryHowDoI(Query, num_answers, full_text): ''' Kicks off a subprocess to send the 'Query' to HowDoI Prints the result, which in this program will route to a gooeyGUI window :param Query: text english question to ask the HowDoI web engine :return: nothing ''' howdoi_command = HOW_DO_I_COMMAND full_text_option = ' -a' if full_text else '' t = subprocess.Popen(howdoi_command + ' '+ Query + ' -n ' + str(num_answers)+full_text_option, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) (output, err) = t.communicate() print('{:^88}'.format(Query.rstrip())) print('_'*60) print(output.decode("utf-8") ) exit_code = t.wait() if __name__ == '__main__': HowDoI()