Urwid chat UI

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: UTF-8

# code extracted from nigiri

import os
import datetime
import sys
import traceback
import re
import logging
import locale
import commands

import urwid
from urwid import MetaSignals


class ExtendedListBox(urwid.ListBox):
    """
        Listbow widget with embeded autoscroll
    """

    __metaclass__ = urwid.MetaSignals
    signals = ["set_auto_scroll"]


    def set_auto_scroll(self, switch):
        if type(switch) != bool:
            return
        self._auto_scroll = switch
        urwid.emit_signal(self, "set_auto_scroll", switch)


    auto_scroll = property(lambda s: s._auto_scroll, set_auto_scroll)


    def __init__(self, body):
        urwid.ListBox.__init__(self, body)
        self.auto_scroll = True


    def switch_body(self, body):
        if self.body:
            urwid.disconnect_signal(body, "modified", self._invalidate)

        self.body = body
        self._invalidate()

        urwid.connect_signal(body, "modified", self._invalidate)


    def keypress(self, size, key):
        urwid.ListBox.keypress(self, size, key)

        if key in ("page up", "page down"):
            logging.debug("focus = %d, len = %d" % (self.get_focus()[1], len(self.body)))
            if self.get_focus()[1] == len(self.body)-1:
                self.auto_scroll = True
            else:
                self.auto_scroll = False
            logging.debug("auto_scroll = %s" % (self.auto_scroll))


    def scroll_to_bottom(self):
        logging.debug("current_focus = %s, len(self.body) = %d" % (self.get_focus()[1], len(self.body)))

        if self.auto_scroll:
            # at bottom -> scroll down
            self.set_focus(len(self.body))



"""
 -------context-------
| --inner context---- |
|| HEADER            ||
||                   ||
|| BODY              ||
||                   ||
|| DIVIDER           ||
| ------------------- |
| FOOTER              |
 ---------------------

inner context = context.body
context.body.body = BODY
context.body.header = HEADER
context.body.footer = DIVIDER
context.footer = FOOTER

HEADER = Notice line (urwid.Text)
BODY = Extended ListBox
DIVIDER = Divider with information (urwid.Text)
FOOTER = Input line (Ext. Edit)
"""


class MainWindow(object):

    __metaclass__ = MetaSignals
    signals = ["quit","keypress"]

    _palette = [
            ('divider','black','dark cyan', 'standout'),
            ('text','light gray', 'default'),
            ('bold_text', 'light gray', 'default', 'bold'),
            ("body", "text"),
            ("footer", "text"),
            ("header", "text"),
        ]

    for type, bg in (
            ("div_fg_", "dark cyan"),
            ("", "default")):
        for name, color in (
                ("red","dark red"),
                ("blue", "dark blue"),
                ("green", "dark green"),
                ("yellow", "yellow"),
                ("magenta", "dark magenta"),
                ("gray", "light gray"),
                ("white", "white"),
                ("black", "black")):
            _palette.append( (type + name, color, bg) )


    def __init__(self, sender="1234567890"):
        self.shall_quit = False
        self.sender = sender


    def main(self):
        """ 
            Entry point to start UI 
        """

        self.ui = urwid.raw_display.Screen()
        self.ui.register_palette(self._palette)
        self.build_interface()
        self.ui.run_wrapper(self.run)


    def run(self):
        """ 
            Setup input handler, invalidate handler to
            automatically redraw the interface if needed.

            Start mainloop.
        """

        # I don't know what the callbacks are for yet,
        # it's a code taken from the nigiri project
        def input_cb(key):
            if self.shall_quit:
                raise urwid.ExitMainLoop
            self.keypress(self.size, key)

        self.size = self.ui.get_cols_rows()

        self.main_loop = urwid.MainLoop(
                self.context,
                screen=self.ui,
                handle_mouse=False,
                unhandled_input=input_cb,
            )

        def call_redraw(*x):
            self.draw_interface()
            invalidate.locked = False
            return True

        inv = urwid.canvas.CanvasCache.invalidate

        def invalidate (cls, *a, **k):
            inv(*a, **k)

            if not invalidate.locked:
                invalidate.locked = True
                self.main_loop.set_alarm_in(0, call_redraw)

        invalidate.locked = False
        urwid.canvas.CanvasCache.invalidate = classmethod(invalidate)

        try:
            self.main_loop.run()
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            self.quit()


    def quit(self, exit=True):
        """ 
            Stops the ui, exits the application (if exit=True)
        """
        urwid.emit_signal(self, "quit")

        self.shall_quit = True

        if exit:
            sys.exit(0)


    def build_interface(self):
        """ 
            Call the widget methods to build the UI 
        """

        self.header = urwid.Text("Chat")
        self.footer = urwid.Edit("> ")
        self.divider = urwid.Text("Initializing.")

        self.generic_output_walker = urwid.SimpleListWalker([])
        self.body = ExtendedListBox(
            self.generic_output_walker)


        self.header = urwid.AttrWrap(self.header, "divider")
        self.footer = urwid.AttrWrap(self.footer, "footer")
        self.divider = urwid.AttrWrap(self.divider, "divider")
        self.body = urwid.AttrWrap(self.body, "body")

        self.footer.set_wrap_mode("space")

        main_frame = urwid.Frame(self.body, 
                                header=self.header,
                                footer=self.divider)
        
        self.context = urwid.Frame(main_frame, footer=self.footer)

        self.divider.set_text(("divider",
                               ("Send message:")))

        self.context.set_focus("footer")


    def draw_interface(self):
        self.main_loop.draw_screen()


    def keypress(self, size, key):
        """ 
            Handle user inputs
        """

        urwid.emit_signal(self, "keypress", size, key)

        # scroll the top panel
        if key in ("page up","page down"):
            self.body.keypress (size, key)

        # resize the main windows
        elif key == "window resize":
            self.size = self.ui.get_cols_rows()

        elif key in ("ctrl d", 'ctrl c'):
            self.quit()

        elif key == "enter":
            # Parse data or (if parse failed)
            # send it to the current world
            text = self.footer.get_edit_text()

            self.footer.set_edit_text(" "*len(text))
            self.footer.set_edit_text("")

            if text in ('quit', 'q'):
                self.quit()

            if text.strip():
                self.print_sent_message(text)
                self.print_received_message('Answer')

        else:
            self.context.keypress (size, key)

 
    def print_sent_message(self, text):
        """
            Print a received message
        """

        self.print_text('[%s] You:' % self.get_time())
        self.print_text(text)
 
 
    def print_received_message(self, text):
        """
            Print a sent message
        """

        header = urwid.Text('[%s] System:' % self.get_time())
        header.set_align_mode('right')
        self.print_text(header)
        text = urwid.Text(text)
        text.set_align_mode('right')
        self.print_text(text)

        
    def print_text(self, text):
        """
            Print the given text in the _current_ window
            and scroll to the bottom. 
            You can pass a Text object or a string
        """

        walker = self.generic_output_walker

        if not isinstance(text, urwid.Text):
            text = urwid.Text(text)

        walker.append(text)

        self.body.scroll_to_bottom()


    def get_time(self):
        """
            Return formated current datetime
        """
        return datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')
        

def except_hook(extype, exobj, extb, manual=False):
    if not manual:
        try:
            main_window.quit(exit=False)
        except NameError:
            pass

    message = _("An error occured:\n%(divider)s\n%(traceback)s\n"\
        "%(exception)s\n%(divider)s" % {
            "divider": 20*"-",
            "traceback": "".join(traceback.format_tb(extb)),
            "exception": extype.__name__+": "+str(exobj)
        })

    logging.error(message)

    print >> sys.stderr, message


def setup_logging():
    """ set the path of the logfile to tekka.logfile config
        value and create it (including path) if needed.
        After that, add a logging handler for exceptions
        which reports exceptions catched by the logger
        to the tekka_excepthook. (DBus uses this)
    """
    try:
        class ExceptionHandler(logging.Handler):
            """ handler for exceptions caught with logging.error.
                dump those exceptions to the exception handler.
            """
            def emit(self, record):
                if record.exc_info:
                    except_hook(*record.exc_info)

        logfile = '/tmp/chat.log'
        logdir = os.path.dirname(logfile)

        if not os.path.exists(logdir):
            os.makedirs(logdir)

        logging.basicConfig(filename=logfile, level=logging.DEBUG,
            filemode="w")

        logging.getLogger("").addHandler(ExceptionHandler())

    except BaseException, e:
        print >> sys.stderr, "Logging init error: %s" % (e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    setup_logging()

    main_window = MainWindow()

    sys.excepthook = except_hook

    main_window.main()

Also, you need to change to except BaseException as e on 369 and remove import commands at the top.