#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import PySimpleGUIWeb as sg import subprocess import howdoi # 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 Window ------- # sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('GreenTan') # give our form a spiffy set of colors layout = [ [sg.Text('Ask and your answer will appear here....', size=(40, 1))], [sg.MultilineOutput(size_px=(980, 400),key='_OUTPUT_' )], # [ sg.Spin(values=(1, 2, 3, 4), initial_value=1, size=(2, 1), key='Num Answers', font='Helvetica 15'), [ sg.Checkbox('Display Full Text', key='full text', font='Helvetica 15'), sg.T('Command History', font='Helvetica 15'), sg.T('', size=(40,3), text_color=sg.BLUES[0], key='history')], [sg.Multiline(size=(85, 5), enter_submits=True, key='query', do_not_clear=False), 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]))] ] window = sg.Window('How Do I ??', default_element_size=(30,1), icon=DEFAULT_ICON, font=('Helvetica',' 17'), default_button_element_size=(8,2), return_keyboard_events=False, ) 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() # print(event, values) if type(event) is int: event = str(event) if event == 'SEND': query = values['query'].rstrip() window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update(query, append=True) print(query) QueryHowDoI(query, 1, values['full text'], window) # 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('') window.Close() def QueryHowDoI(Query, num_answers, full_text, window:sg.Window): ''' 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() window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update('{:^88}'.format(Query.rstrip()), append=True) window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update('_'*60, append=True) window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update(output.decode("utf-8"), append=True) exit_code = t.wait() if __name__ == '__main__': HowDoI()