add support for writing python strings directly

diff --git a/lib/base/console.cpp b/lib/base/console.cpp
index cc994ea..a29772d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/base/console.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/console.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,18 @@ void eConsoleAppContainer::write( const char *data, int len )
        char *tmp = new char[len];
        memcpy(tmp, data, len);
        outbuf.push(queue_data(tmp,len));
-       out->start();
+       if (out)
+               out->start();
+}
+
+void eConsoleAppContainer::write( PyObject *data )
+{
+       char *buffer;
+       int length;
+       if (PyString_AsStringAndSize(data, &buffer, &length))
+               return;
+       if (buffer && length)
+               write(buffer, length);
 }
 
 void eConsoleAppContainer::readyWrite(int what)

diff --git a/lib/base/console.h b/lib/base/console.h
index cf8e539..07ad6a9 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/base/console.h
+++ b/lib/base/console.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public:
        void kill();
        void sendCtrlC();
        void write( const char *data, int len );
+       void write( PyObject *data );
        bool running() { return (fd[0]!=-1) && (fd[1]!=-1) && (fd[2]!=-1); }
        PSignal1<void, const char*> dataAvail;
        PSignal1<void,int> dataSent;