Properly fix problem fixed in last commit. Cleanup some stuff in the process.

Update issue #132
Status: Fixed
This is a very strange issue. It turns out that subprocess
won't work from non-main threads while a module is being
imported. Since the wmiirc entered its event loop rather than
returning, it was causing problems. I suspect it was also the
cause of the stack traces being printed at interperater shutdown.

alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/event.py

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Events():
 
     def loop(self):
         """
-        Enters teh event loop, reading lines from wmii's '/event'
+        Enters the event loop, reading lines from wmii's '/event'
         and dispatching them, via #dispatch, to event handlers.
         Continues so long as #alive is True.
         """

alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/menu.py

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
+from threading import Thread
 from pygmi.util import call
 
 __all__ = 'Menu', 'ClickMenu'
 
-def inthread(fn, action):
-    def run():
-        res = fn()
-        if action:
-            return action(res)
-        return res
-    return run()
-    # Bug.
-    t = Thread(target=run)
+def inthread(args, action, **kwargs):
+    fn = lambda: call(*args, **kwargs)
+    if not action:
+        return fn()
+    t = Thread(target=lambda: action(fn()))
     t.daemon = True
     t.start()
 
@@ -27,14 +24,12 @@ class Menu(object):
             choices = self.choices
         if callable(choices):
             choices = choices()
-        def act():
-            args = ['wimenu']
-            if self.histfile:
-                args += ['-h', self.histfile]
-            if self.nhist:
-                args += ['-n', self.nhist]
-            return call(*map(str, args), input='\n'.join(choices))
-        return inthread(act, self.action)
+        args = ['wimenu']
+        if self.histfile:
+            args += ['-h', self.histfile]
+        if self.nhist:
+            args += ['-n', self.nhist]
+        return inthread(map(str, args), self.action, input='\n'.join(choices))
     call = __call__
 
 class ClickMenu(object):
@@ -49,13 +44,11 @@ class ClickMenu(object):
             choices = self.choices
         if callable(choices):
             choices = choices()
-        def act():
-            args = ['wmii9menu']
-            if self.prev:
-                args += ['-i', self.prev]
-            args += ['--'] + list(choices)
-            return call(*map(str, args)).replace('\n', '')
-        return inthread(act, self.action)
+        args = ['wmii9menu']
+        if self.prev:
+            args += ['-i', self.prev]
+        args += ['--'] + list(choices)
+        return inthread(map(str, args), self.action)
     call = __call__
 
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alternative_wmiircs/python/wmiirc

@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ for p in os.environ.get("WMII_CONFPATH", "").split(':'):
     path += [p, p + '/python']
 sys.path = path + sys.path
 
-import pygmi
+from pygmi import events
 import wmiirc
+
+events.loop()
+

alternative_wmiircs/python/wmiirc.py

@@ -304,6 +304,4 @@ for f in ['wmiirc_local'] + ['plugins.%s' % file[:-3] for file in files]:
     except Exception, e:
         traceback.print_exc(sys.stdout)
 
-events.loop()
-
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