Help with Zenity in Python

[Datweakfreak]

The following piece of code in a bash script:


g='abc'
zenity --info --text="$g"

returns the value of g, that is 'abc', in a zenity dialog box.

Its equivalent in Python:



import os
g='abc'
os.system('zenity --info --text="$g"')


This doesn't return 'abc', though. It just shows an empty dialog box.

Is there any other equivalent for '$g' in Python?

[kimet]

Bash can't know who is 'g'. Put inside os.system:


import os

os.system('g="abc"; zenity --info --text="$g"')


Or try another toolkit, ex.Tkinder


from Tkinter import *
g='abc'
w = Label(text= g)
w.pack()
mainloop()

[MadCow108]

you might want to use pyzenity:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyZenity/0.1.1/
though I never used it.

to do it directly subprocess is usually preferable to os.system:


import subprocess
g="a bc"
subprocess.call(["zenity", "--info", "--text", g])

[Datweakfreak]

Bash can't know who is 'g'. Put inside os.system:


import os

os.system('g="abc"; zenity --info --text="$g"')


That worked!

I'll try out the other suggestions too, just for the learning cause.

Thanks, guys! :p

[Miyavix3]

You could always use a string formatter.



import os
var = "This is an info box"
os.system("zenity --info --text=%s" %(var))


Seems a little bit easier.