API Reference for Enthought Tool Suite 3.2.0

Variables

• LOCK_PATH

  The location of the server lock file and the communication log

  LOCK_PATH = os.path.join(ETSConfig.application_data, 'remote_editor_server.lock')
  
  

• LOG_PATH

  LOG_PATH = os.path.join(ETSConfig.application_data, 'remote_editor_server.log')
  
  

• MESSAGE_SEP

  An obscure ASCII character that we used as separators in socket streams

  MESSAGE_SEP = chr(7)
  
  

Function summary

• get_server_port()
• recieve(sock)
• send(sock, command, arguments = '')
• send_port(port, command, arguments = '', timeout = None)
• spawn_independent(command, shell = False)

Functions

• get_server_port()

  Reads the server port from the lock file. If the file does not exist returns -1.

• recieve(sock)

  Recieve a command with arguments from a socket that was previously sent information with 'send'.

• send(sock, command, arguments = '')

  Send a command with arguments (both strings) through a socket. This information is encoded with length information to ensure that everything is recieved.

• send_port(port, command, arguments = '', timeout = None)

  A send a command to a port. Convenience function that uses 'send'.

• spawn_independent(command, shell = False)

  Given a command suitable for 'Popen', open the process such that when this process is killed, the spawned process survives.

Imported Names

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