Issue #22155: Add File Handlers subsection with createfilehandler to tkinter

doc.  Remove obsolete example from FAQ.  Patch by Martin Panter.
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Terry Jan Reedy 2015-05-17 14:49:26 -04:00
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Can I have Tk events handled while waiting for I/O?
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Yes, and you don't even need threads! But you'll have to restructure your I/O
On platforms other than Windows, yes, and you don't even
need threads! But you'll have to restructure your I/O
code a bit. Tk has the equivalent of Xt's :c:func:`XtAddInput()` call, which allows you
to register a callback function which will be called from the Tk mainloop when
I/O is possible on a file descriptor. Here's what you need::
from Tkinter import tkinter
tkinter.createfilehandler(file, mask, callback)
The file may be a Python file or socket object (actually, anything with a
fileno() method), or an integer file descriptor. The mask is one of the
constants tkinter.READABLE or tkinter.WRITABLE. The callback is called as
follows::
callback(file, mask)
You must unregister the callback when you're done, using ::
tkinter.deletefilehandler(file)
Note: since you don't know *how many bytes* are available for reading, you can't
use the Python file object's read or readline methods, since these will insist
on reading a predefined number of bytes. For sockets, the :meth:`recv` or
:meth:`recvfrom` methods will work fine; for other files, use
``os.read(file.fileno(), maxbytecount)``.
I/O is possible on a file descriptor. See :ref:`tkinter-file-handlers`.
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