#StackBounty: #python #linux #multithreading How Can I Update a String's Value without Changing Its Position with a Thread Job? [Py…

Bounty: 50

I will have two jobs in my script. Once a job started other will run async. I used Thread for this. And this thread will return some info while other count that info.

What I want to do is while counter’s value is changing, thread also be continue to run.

Display that I want:

-----------------------------------------
Count: 5
-----------------------------------------
thread keeps running...
thread keeps running...
thread keeps running...

Actually I achive this goal using curses module, but this is not exactly what I wanted. Because when I press ^C terminal contents is gone. I want them to freeze in the screen.

Code with curses:

import sys
import time
import queue
import signal
import curses
import threading


def ctrl_c_handler(*args):
    sys.exit(0)


signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, ctrl_c_handler)

MESSAGE = "thread keeps running..."


def print_func(message):
    return message


def new_window(stdscr):
    que = queue.Queue()

    curses.curs_set(False)

    y, x = stdscr.getmaxyx()

    draw = x * "-"

    i = 3
    count = 1
    while True:
        thread = threading.Thread(target=lambda q, arg1: q.put(print_func(arg1)), args=(que, MESSAGE,), daemon=True)
        thread.start()
        result = que.get()

        try:
            stdscr.addstr(0, 0, draw)
            stdscr.addstr(1, 0, f"Count: {str(count)}")
            stdscr.addstr(2, 0, draw)
            stdscr.addstr(i, 0, result)

        except curses.error:
            pass

        stdscr.refresh()
        time.sleep(0.1)

        i += 1
        count += 1

        if i == y:
            stdscr.clear()
            i = 3


curses.wrapper(new_window)

Is there a way to achive the same goal without using curses, or curses with no loss of contents?

Thank you!

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