bungle.py

# get it to function first, then add threading
# http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/threading.html
# http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/subprocess.html
import sys
import subprocess
import os
import threading
from queue import Queue, Empty
# subprocess.call(["chuck", "foo.ck", "bar.ck"])
import time

ck_exe = "chuck.exe"
ck_dir = os.getcwd();
ON_POSIX = 'posix' in sys.builtin_module_names

def enqueue_output(out, queue):
    for line in iter(out.readline, b''):
        queue.put(line)
    out.close()

ck_dir = "C:/Program Files/ChucK/bin"

print('start the beast')
chuck_process = subprocess.Popen([ck_exe, '--loop'], 
                cwd=ck_dir, 
                bufsize=1, 
                close_fds=ON_POSIX,
                stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, 
                universal_newlines=True, 
                shell=True)
chuck_queue = Queue()
chuck_thread = threading.Thread(
                target=enqueue_output, 
                args=(chuck_process.stdout, chuck_queue))
chuck_thread.daemon = True  # thread dies with the program
chuck_thread.start()

print('add foo.ck')
chuck_process.stdin.write("foo.ck")
#chuck_process.stdin.flush()
time.sleep(7)

#print('add bar.ck')
#chuck_process.stdin.write("+bar.ck\n")
#time.sleep(2)
#chuck_process.stdin.flush()

# chuck_process.stdin.write("--halt")
chuck_process.stdin.write("--kill")
chuck_process.stdin.flush()

print('end')