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[ From: "Michael P. Reilly" <arcege@shore.net> ]
[ Subject: ExpectPy 1.8 - Expect extension for Python ]
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[.This was originally posted April 26th, but didn't get to the moderator.]
I've finally gotten time to work on the next release of ExpectPy; the
release is also delayed so I could test against Python 1.5.2. The
major change is the addition of a simple interact function (and method)
which links the I/O of two data streams (sockets, file, spawned
objects, etc.). There is also a new interface for accessing the Expect
variables and a stty method.
The documentation is bundled alongside the extension tarfile. I'll be
making Python-standard (LaTeX based) docs soon.
The new version replaces the old at the URL
http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/.
My address is arcege@shore.net. I'm sure there will be some bugs (I
just found a minor one this morning and have already documented it);
please let me know what they are.
I have been asked if ExpectPy runs on NT. There is no official,
supported version of Expect on NT, but someone has ported it; I have
no plans to port ExpectPy to a NT release. I'm neither a NT
programmer, nor (as a release manager) do I like the idea of making an
unofficial port on top of an unofficial port.
-Arcege
Changes since 1.7.1:
* Move shared declarations into header files (a sign that the module is
getting larger).
* Fix a number of pathname problems within the configure.in and
Makefile.in files.
* Allow --with-python=<dir> to specify a build directory instead of an
installation.
* Add a rudimentary version of Expect's interact function. This is
added as a module function and a method to spawn and spawnfile
objects.
* The module is now "Python-thread safe".
* Add new interface to Expect variables: settings. The old function
"set" still exists for backward compatibility.
* Add a method to allow changes to terminal parameters (baudrate, raw,
no-echo).
* Use patchlevel.h protocol for version number changes.
* Have configure better determine what can be built.
* Bring documentation up to date and fix some typos.
* Add more __doc__ strings.
<P><A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/">ExpectPy
1.8</A> - Python adaptation of Don Libes's "Expect" library for automation
of interactive UNIX processes. (10-May-99)
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[ From: "Michael P. Reilly" <arcege@shore.net> ]
[ Subject: ExpectPy 1.8 - Expect extension for Python ]
[ Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce ]
[ Message-ID: <mt2.0-32064-926429940@news.informatik.uni-bonn.de> ]
[.This was originally posted April 26th, but didn't get to the moderator.]
I've finally gotten time to work on the next release of ExpectPy; the
release is also delayed so I could test against Python 1.5.2. The
major change is the addition of a simple interact function (and method)
which links the I/O of two data streams (sockets, file, spawned
objects, etc.). There is also a new interface for accessing the Expect
variables and a stty method.
The documentation is bundled alongside the extension tarfile. I'll be
making Python-standard (LaTeX based) docs soon.
The new version replaces the old at the URL
http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/.
My address is arcege@shore.net. I'm sure there will be some bugs (I
just found a minor one this morning and have already documented it);
please let me know what they are.
I have been asked if ExpectPy runs on NT. There is no official,
supported version of Expect on NT, but someone has ported it; I have
no plans to port ExpectPy to a NT release. I'm neither a NT
programmer, nor (as a release manager) do I like the idea of making an
unofficial port on top of an unofficial port.
-Arcege
Changes since 1.7.1:
* Move shared declarations into header files (a sign that the module is
getting larger).
* Fix a number of pathname problems within the configure.in and
Makefile.in files.
* Allow --with-python=<dir> to specify a build directory instead of an
installation.
* Add a rudimentary version of Expect's interact function. This is
added as a module function and a method to spawn and spawnfile
objects.
* The module is now "Python-thread safe".
* Add new interface to Expect variables: settings. The old function
"set" still exists for backward compatibility.
* Add a method to allow changes to terminal parameters (baudrate, raw,
no-echo).
* Use patchlevel.h protocol for version number changes.
* Have configure better determine what can be built.
* Bring documentation up to date and fix some typos.
* Add more __doc__ strings.
<P><A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/">ExpectPy
1.8</A> - Python adaptation of Don Libes's "Expect" library for automation
of interactive UNIX processes. (10-May-99)
==
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| Salem, Mass. USA 01970 | |
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