On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:32:12 -0700 (PDT), Edgar Fuentes <fuente...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 19, 4:21 pm, Carl Banks <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Friday, August 19, 2011 12:55:40 PM UTC-7, Edgar Fuentes wrote: >> > On Aug 19, 1:56 pm, Phil Thompson >> > wrote: >> > > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:15:20 -0700 (PDT), Edgar Fuentes >> > > <fuen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Dear friends, >> >> > > > I need execute an external program from a gui using PyQt4, to avoid >> > > > that hang the main thread, i must connect the signal >> > > > "finished(int)" >> > > > of a QProcess to work properly. >> >> > > > for example, why this program don't work? >> >> > > > from PyQt4.QtCore import QProcess >> > > > pro = QProcess() # create QProcess object >> > > > pro.connect(pro, SIGNAL('started()'), lambda >> > > > x="started":print(x)) # connect >> > > > pro.connect(pro, SIGNAL("finished(int)"), lambda >> > > > x="finished":print(x)) >> > > > pro.start('python',['hello.py']) # star hello.py program >> > > > (contain print("hello world!")) >> > > > timeout = -1 >> > > > pro.waitForFinished(timeout) >> > > > print(pro.readAllStandardOutput().data()) >> >> > > > output: >> >> > > > started >> > > > 0 >> > > > b'hello world!\n' >> >> > > > see that not emit the signal finished(int) >> >> > > Yes it is, and your lambda slot is printing "0" which is the return >> > > code >> > > of the process. >> >> > > Phil >> >> > Ok, but the output should be: >> >> > started >> > b'hello world!\n' >> > finished >> >> > no?. >> >> > thanks Phil >> >> Two issues. First of all, your slot for the finished function does not >> have the correct prototype, and it's accidentally not throwing an >> exception because of your unnecessary use of default arguments. Anyway, >> to fix that, try this: >> >> pro.connect(pro, SIGNAL("finished(int)"), lambda v, >> x="finished":print(x)) >> >> Notice that it adds an argument to the lambda (v) that accepts the int >> argument of the signal. If you don't have that argument there, the int >> argument goes into x, which is why Python prints 0 instead of "finished". >> >> Second, processess run asynchrously, and because of line-buffering, IO >> can output asynchronously, and so there's no guarantee what order output >> occurs. You might try calling the python subprocess with the '-u' switch >> to force unbuffered IO, which might be enough to force synchronous output >> (depending on how signal/slot and subprocess semantics are implemented). >> >> Carl Banks > > Thanks Carl, your intervention was very helpful for me, this solve my > semantic error. I need to study more about signal/slots and process.
In which case you should look at the modern, Pythonic connection syntax rather than the old one... pro.started.connect(lambda: print("started")) pro.finished.connect(lambda: print("finished")) Phil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list