#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import PySimpleGUIQt 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 = 'question.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 Window ------- # sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('GreenTan') # give our form a spiffy set of colors layout = [ [sg.Text('Ask and your answer will appear here....')], [sg.Output(size=(900, 500), font=('Courier', 10))], [ sg.Spin(values=(1, 4), initial_value=1, size=(50, 25), key='Num Answers', font=('Helvetica', 15)), sg.Text('Num Answers',font=('Helvetica', 15), size=(170,22)), sg.Checkbox('Display Full Text', key='full text', font=('Helvetica', 15), size=(200,22)), sg.T('Command History', font=('Helvetica', 15)), sg.T('', size=(100,25), text_color=sg.BLUES[0], key='history'), sg.Stretch()], [sg.Multiline(size=(600, 100), enter_submits=True, focus=True, key='query', do_not_clear=False), sg.Stretch(), sg.ReadButton('SEND', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.BLUES[0]), bind_return_key=True), sg.Button('EXIT', button_color=(sg.YELLOWS[0], sg.GREENS[0])), sg.Stretch()] ] window = sg.Window('How Do I ??', default_element_size=(100, 25), # element_padding=(10,10), icon=DEFAULT_ICON, font=('Helvetica',14), default_button_element_size=(70,50), return_keyboard_events=True, no_titlebar=False, grab_anywhere=True,) window.Layout(layout) # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it to query HowDoI --- # command_history = [] history_offset = 0 while True: event, values = window.Read() if event == 'SEND' or event == 'query': # window.FindElement('+OUTPUT+').Update('test of output') # manually clear input because keyboard events blocks clear query = values['query'].rstrip() # print(query) QueryHowDoI(query, values['Num Answers'], values['full text']) # send the string to HowDoI command_history.append(query) history_offset = len(command_history)-1 window.FindElement('query').Update('') # manually clear input because keyboard events blocks clear window.FindElement('history').Update('\n'.join(command_history[-3:])) elif event == None or event == 'EXIT': # if exit button or closed using X break elif 'Up' in event and len(command_history): # scroll back in history command = command_history[history_offset] history_offset -= 1 * (history_offset > 0) # decrement is not zero window.FindElement('query').Update(command) elif 'Down' in event 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] window.FindElement('query').Update(command) elif 'Escape' in event: # clear currently line window.FindElement('query').Update('') 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()