Add sample chat skeleton

Author: reingart

samples/chat/chat.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"Minimal gui2py CHAT application (to be used as skeleton)"
+
+from __future__ import with_statement   # for python 2.5 compatibility
+
+__author__ = "Mariano Reingart ([email protected])"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2016 Mariano Reingart"
+__license__ = "LGPL 3.0"
+
+import gui                                  
+
+# --- here goes your event handlers ---
+
+def send(evt):
+    "Process an outgoing communication"
+    # get the text written by the user (input textbox control)
+    msg = ctrl_input.value
+    # send the message (replace with socket/queue/etc.)
+    gui.alert(msg, "Message")
+    # record the message (update the UI)
+    log(msg)
+    ctrl_input.value = ""
+    ctrl_input.set_focus()
+
+def recv(evt=None):
+    "Process an incoming communication"
+    # receive the message (replace with socket/queue/etc.)
+    msg = ""
+    # record the message (update the UI)
+    log(msg)
+
+def log(msg):
+    "Append the message to the output text box control"
+    ctrl_output.value += msg + "\n"
+
+# --- gui2py designer generated code starts ---
+
+with gui.Window(name='mywin', title=u'gui2py chat', resizable=True, 
+                height='461px', left='168', top='79', width='400px', ):
+    gui.TextBox(name=u'output', multiline=True, height='403', left='8', 
+                top='10', width='379')
+    gui.TextBox(name=u'input', height='30', left='11', top='417', width='323')
+    gui.Button(label=u'\u2192', name=u'send', left='348', top='419', 
+               width='40', default=True, )
+
+# --- gui2py designer generated code ends ---
+
+mywin = gui.get("mywin")
+ctrl_input = mywin["input"]
+ctrl_output = mywin["output"]
+
+# assign your event handlers:
+
+mywin['send'].onclick = send
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # example to call a GUI function (i.e. from other thread):
+    gui.call_after(log, "Welcome!")
+    # basic startup: show windows, activate control and start GUI
+    mywin.show()
+    ctrl_input.set_focus()
+    gui.main_loop()
+