pythonpyqt5xtermurxvt

PyQt5 pass command to embedded terminal 'urxvt' or 'xterm'


I already complete embedded terminal to PyQt5 application follow this answer.

Now I want to use buttons to send command to this embedded terminal similar here.

Ex:

Button_1 send "ifconfig", 
Button_2 send "ping 127.0.0.1". 

My code:

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QPushButton


class EmbTerminal(QtWidgets.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(EmbTerminal, self).__init__(parent)
        self.process = QtCore.QProcess(self)
        self.terminal = QtWidgets.QWidget(self)
        layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
        layout.addWidget(self.terminal)
        # Works also with urxvt:
        # self.process.start('urxvt',['-embed', str(int(self.winId()))])
        self.process.start('xterm',['-into', str(int(self.winId()))])
        # self.setFixedSize(640, 480)

        button1 = QPushButton('ifconfig')
        layout.addWidget(button1)
        button1.clicked.connect(self.button_1_clicked)

        button2 = QPushButton('ping 127.0.0.1')
        layout.addWidget(button2)
        button2.clicked.connect(self.button_2_clicked)

    def button_1_clicked(self):
        print('send \"ifconfig\" to embedded termial')

    def button_2_clicked(self):
        print('send \"ping 127.0.0.1\" to embedded termial')

class mainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(mainWindow, self).__init__(parent)

        central_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
        lay = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(central_widget)
        self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)

        tab_widget = QtWidgets.QTabWidget()
        lay.addWidget(tab_widget)

        tab_widget.addTab(EmbTerminal(), "EmbTerminal")
        tab_widget.addTab(QtWidgets.QTextEdit(), "QTextEdit")
        tab_widget.addTab(QtWidgets.QMdiArea(), "QMdiArea")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    main = mainWindow()
    main.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

How can I do it?

I already tried other answer(attach another application to PyQt5 window) and answer(pass command to QProcess C++ not Python)


Solution

  • One possible solution is to use tmux as an intermediary to send the commands:

    import sys
    import time
    import uuid
    
    from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
    
    import gi
    
    gi.require_version("Wnck", "3.0")
    from gi.repository import Wnck, Gdk
    
    
    class TerminalContainer(QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
        def __init__(self, parent=None):
            super().__init__(parent)
            lay = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
            lay.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
            self.name_session = uuid.uuid4().hex
    
        def start(self):
            started, procId = QtCore.QProcess.startDetached(
                "xterm", ["-e", "tmux", "new", "-s", self.name_session], "."
            )
            if not started:
                QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(
                    self, 'Command "{}" not started!'.format(command), "Eh"
                )
                return
            attempts = 0
            while attempts < 10:
                screen = Wnck.Screen.get_default()
                screen.force_update()
                time.sleep(0.1)
                while Gdk.events_pending():
                    Gdk.event_get()
                for w in screen.get_windows():
                    print(attempts, w.get_pid(), procId, w.get_pid() == procId)
                    if w.get_pid() == procId:
                        win32w = QtGui.QWindow.fromWinId(w.get_xid())
                        widg = QtWidgets.QWidget.createWindowContainer(win32w)
                        self.layout().addWidget(widg)
                        self.resize(500, 400)
                        return
                attempts += 1
            QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(
                self, "Window not found", "Process started but window not found"
            )
    
        def stop(self):
            QtCore.QProcess.execute("tmux", ["kill-session", "-t", self.name_session])
    
        def send_command(self, command):
            QtCore.QProcess.execute(
                "tmux", ["send-keys", "-t", self.name_session, command, "Enter"]
            )
    
    
    class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
        def __init__(self, parent=None):
            super().__init__(parent)
    
            self.ifconfig_btn = QtWidgets.QPushButton("ifconfig")
            self.ping_btn = QtWidgets.QPushButton("ping")
            self.terminal = TerminalContainer()
    
            central_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
            self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)
    
            lay = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(central_widget)
            lay.addWidget(self.ifconfig_btn, 0, 0)
            lay.addWidget(self.ping_btn, 0, 1)
            lay.addWidget(self.terminal, 1, 0, 1, 2)
    
            self.terminal.start()
    
            self.resize(640, 480)
    
            self.ifconfig_btn.clicked.connect(self.launch_ifconfig)
            self.ping_btn.clicked.connect(self.launch_ping)
    
        def launch_ifconfig(self):
            self.terminal.send_command("ifconfig")
    
        def launch_ping(self):
            self.terminal.send_command("ping 8.8.8.8")
    
        def closeEvent(self, event):
            self.terminal.stop()
            super().closeEvent(event)
    
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
        main = MainWindow()
        main.show()
        sys.exit(app.exec_())