Controlling an external program with Python

[Alexandre Ferrieux]

Paul Duffin wrote:
> 
> Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> >
> > Paul Duffin wrote:
> > >
> > > Apparently there is a port of Expect for Python so why not use that
> > > rather than try and reimplement it all over again.
> > > Expect has over 7 years of development and centuries of testing on many
> > > different platforms, do you really want to reproduce that. If so why,
> > > what exactly is wrong with Expect.
> >
> > The same as with TkInter: it needs a full Tcl inside. Again I've got
> > next to nothing against Tcl, it's just that the separation of orthogonal
> > things is such a natural thing for me.
> >
> 
> ...why not do as I suggested
> and work with Don Libes on seperating the pseudo tty control stuff into
> a seperate library which both Tcl and Python can use.

Perfect. For some reason I didn't realize you were suggesting this.
What next ? You're a native English speaker, you call Don on the phone
;-) ?

-Alex