Raw_input with readline in a daemon thread makes terminal text disappear

[David M. Welch]

Hi all, 

This is an old thread, but I'm having the same behavior in my terminal when
I run some code but kill the process in the terminal (Ctrl-C).  The code has
two prime suspects (from a simple google search):
1. Creates ssh port forward via the subprocess module
(http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4740/screen-remote-login-failure-an
d-disappearing-text)
2. Using the getpass module (raw_input?)
Calling "$ reset" brings back the disappearing text, so I'm just wondering
if this issue has been addressed and if so, what should I be doing that I'm
not.

Thank you,
Dave W.
Response to post: 
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-October/554784.html
I'm getting input for a program while it's running by using raw_input in a
loop in separate thread. This works except for the inconvenience of not
having 
a command history or the use of backspace etc.

That can be solved by loading the readline module; however, it results in a
loss of visible access to the terminal when the program ends: nothing is
echoed to the screen and the history is invisible (although it is there -
hitting return executes whatever should be there normally). The only way to
get it back is to close the terminal and open a new one.

Here is minimal code that reproduces the problem (python 2.5 on Linux):

from threading import Thread
import readline

get_input = Thread(target=raw_input)
get_input.setDaemon(True)
get_input.start()

If the thread is not set to daemon mode, there is no such problem (don't
know 
why this makes a difference), but in the real program, it needs to be a
daemon 
or it hangs the exit waiting for more input.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

John


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