# Copyright (c) Twisted Matrix Laboratories. # See LICENSE for details. """ This module provides support for Twisted to interact with the gtk3 mainloop via Gobject introspection. This is like gi, but slightly slower and requires a working $DISPLAY. In order to use this support, simply do the following:: from twisted.internet import gtk3reactor gtk3reactor.install() If you wish to use a GApplication, register it with the reactor:: from twisted.internet import reactor reactor.registerGApplication(app) Then use twisted.internet APIs as usual. """ from __future__ import division, absolute_import import os from twisted.internet import gireactor from twisted.python import runtime # Newer versions of gtk3/pygoject raise a RuntimeError, or just break in a # confusing manner, if the program is not running under X11. We therefore try # to fail in a more reasonable manner, and check for $DISPLAY as a reasonable # approximation of availability of X11. This is somewhat over-aggressive, # since some older versions of gtk3/pygobject do work with missing $DISPLAY, # but it's too hard to figure out which, so we always require it. if (runtime.platform.getType() == 'posix' and not runtime.platform.isMacOSX() and not os.environ.get("DISPLAY")): raise ImportError( "Gtk3 requires X11, and no DISPLAY environment variable is set") class Gtk3Reactor(gireactor.GIReactor): """ A reactor using the gtk3+ event loop. """ def __init__(self): """ Override init to set the C{useGtk} flag. """ gireactor.GIReactor.__init__(self, useGtk=True) class PortableGtk3Reactor(gireactor.PortableGIReactor): """ Portable GTK+ 3.x reactor. """ def __init__(self): """ Override init to set the C{useGtk} flag. """ gireactor.PortableGIReactor.__init__(self, useGtk=True) def install(): """ Configure the Twisted mainloop to be run inside the gtk3+ mainloop. """ if runtime.platform.getType() == 'posix': reactor = Gtk3Reactor() else: reactor = PortableGtk3Reactor() from twisted.internet.main import installReactor installReactor(reactor) return reactor __all__ = ['install']