[Tutor] How to interact with the result of subprocess.call()

[boB Stepp]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 12/24/2016 05:10 PM, Danny Yoo wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> subprocess.call(['libreoffice', '/home/jfb/test.ods'])
>>> k.tap_key(k.enter_key)
>>> k.tap_key(k.enter_key)
>>>
>>> If I run the above code, libreoffice opens the test.ods spreadsheet then
>>> just sits there. When I close libreoffice the two enter_keys are executed
>>> in
>>> the terminal that originated the script.
>>>
>>> How can I continue to send keystrokes to libreoffice from the script once
>>> it
>>> has been opened by subprocess.call()?

I was just looking at Alan's response which is probably the way to go,
but having never used the subprocess module to date, I am wondering if
the stdin option of call()might be used to direct the desired
keystrokes to LO?  After looking at

"subprocess.call(args, *, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
shell=False, timeout=None)

Run the command described by args. Wait for command to complete, then
return the returncode attribute."

from the docs, I wonder if setting "stdin=PIPE" (or does it need to be
"subprocess.PIPE"?) might do what you want?  If I am understanding the
docs correctly, this will result in stdin going to the the new process
you created with call().  I don't have time to play with this --
Christmas Eve and all -- but I am curious if it would work.

Merry Christmas!

boB