More work on the Tk and GTK gui integration.

docs/examples/lib/gui-gtk.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 b''
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Simple GTK example to manually test event loop integration.
+
+This is meant to run tests manually in ipython as:
+
+In [5]: %gui gtk
+
+In [6]: %run gui-gtk.py
+"""
+
+
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+import gtk
+
+
+def hello_world(wigdet, data=None):
+    print "Hello World"
+
+window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
+button = gtk.Button("Hello World")
+button.connect("clicked", hello_world, None)
+
+window.add(self.button)
+button.show()
+window.show()
+
+try:
+    from IPython.lib.inputhook import appstart_gtk
+    appstart_gtk()
+except ImportError:
+    gtk.main()
+
+
+

docs/examples/lib/gui-tk.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 b''
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Simple Tk example to manually test event loop integration.
+
+This is meant to run tests manually in ipython as:
+
+In [5]: %gui tk
+
+In [6]: %run gui-tk.py
+"""
+
+from Tkinter import *
+
+class MyApp:
+
+    def __init__(self, root):
+        frame = Frame(root)
+        frame.pack()
+
+        self.button = Button(frame, text="Hello", command=self.hello_world)
+        self.button.pack(side=LEFT)
+
+    def hello_world(self):
+        print "Hello World!"
+
+root = Tk()
+
+app = MyApp(root)
+
+try:
+    from IPython import appstart_tk; appstart_tk(root)
+except ImportError:
+    root.mainloop()

IPython/__init__.py

@@ -70,7 +70,8 b' from IPython.lib import ('
     enable_tk, disable_tk,
     set_inputhook, clear_inputhook,
     current_gui, spin,
-    appstart_qt4, appstart_wx
+    appstart_qt4, appstart_wx,
+    appstart_gtk, appstart_tk
 )
 
 # Release data

IPython/lib/__init__.py

@@ -22,7 +22,8 b' from IPython.lib.inputhook import ('
     enable_tk, disable_tk,
     set_inputhook, clear_inputhook,
     current_gui, spin,
-    appstart_qt4, appstart_wx
+    appstart_qt4, appstart_wx,
+    appstart_gtk, appstart_tk
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

IPython/lib/inputhook.py

@@ -114,6 +114,56 b' def appstart_wx(app):'
             app.MainLoop()
 
 
+def appstart_tk(app):
+    """Start the tk event loop in a way that plays with IPython.
+
+    When a tk app is run interactively in IPython, the event loop should
+    not be started.  This function checks to see if IPython's tk integration
+    is activated and if so, it passes.  If not, it will call the 
+    :meth:`mainloop` method of the tk object passed to this method.
+
+    This function should be used by users who want their tk scripts to work
+    both at the command line and in IPython.  These users should put the 
+    following logic at the bottom on their script, after they create a
+    :class:`Tk` instance (called ``app`` here)::
+
+    try:
+        from IPython.lib.inputhook import appstart_tk
+        appstart_tk(app)
+    except ImportError:
+        app.mainloop()
+    """
+    if app is not None:
+        if current_gui() == GUI_TK:
+            pass
+        else:
+            app.mainloop()
+
+def appstart_gtk():
+    """Start the gtk event loop in a way that plays with IPython.
+
+    When a gtk app is run interactively in IPython, the event loop should
+    not be started.  This function checks to see if IPython's gtk integration
+    is activated and if so, it passes.  If not, it will call 
+    :func:`gtk.main`.  Unlike the other appstart implementations, this does
+    not take an ``app`` argument.
+
+    This function should be used by users who want their gtk scripts to work
+    both at the command line and in IPython.  These users should put the 
+    following logic at the bottom on their script::
+
+    try:
+        from IPython.lib.inputhook import appstart_gtk
+        appstart_gtk()
+    except ImportError:
+        gtk.main()
+    """
+    import gtk
+    if current_gui() == GUI_GTK:
+        pass
+    else:
+        gtk.main()
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main InputHookManager class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -229,7 +279,12 b' class InputHookManager(object):'
         This is for internal IPython use only and user code should not call this.
         Instead, they should issue the raw GUI calls themselves.
         """
-        pass
+        import gtk
+        gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
+        while gtk.events_pending():
+            gtk.main_iteration(False)
+        gtk.gdk.flush()
+        gtk.gdk.threads_leave()
 
     def _spin_tk(self):
         """Process all pending events in the tk event loop.