Question

I write Python scripts with NppExec/Notepad++. How do I update my console window as each line of my Python code is executed? For example, the following timer script:

#!usr/bin/env python
import time
import threading

class Timer(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, seconds):
        self.runTime = seconds
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
    def run(self):
        counter = self.runTime
        for sec in range(self.runTime):
            print counter
            time.sleep(1.0)
            counter -= 1
        print "Done."

if __name__ == '__main__':
    t = Timer(10)
    t.start()

When I run in this in a command prompt window, it live updates every second. But in NppExec console, it updates only after exit. Is there a way to get the NppExec console to behave as the command prompt and update continuously?

Answer 1

All that needs to be done is invoke the python -u command to run the script, i.e. python -u timer.py instead of python timer.py

This prints output in unbuffered mode by default. For custom output flushing in more detailed programs, the stdout definition has to be rewritten.