add support for writing python strings directly

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/base/console.cpp b/lib/base/console.cpp
index cc994ea9..a29772d8 100644
--- a/lib/base/console.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/console.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,18 @@ void eConsoleAppContainer::write( const char *data, int len )
 	char *tmp = new char[len];
 	memcpy(tmp, data, len);
 	outbuf.push(queue_data(tmp,len));
-	out->start();
+	if (out)
+		out->start();
+}
+
+void eConsoleAppContainer::write( PyObject *data )
+{
+	char *buffer;
+	int length;
+	if (PyString_AsStringAndSize(data, &buffer, &length))
+		return;
+	if (buffer && length)
+		write(buffer, length);
 }
 
 void eConsoleAppContainer::readyWrite(int what)
diff --git a/lib/base/console.h b/lib/base/console.h
index cf8e5397..07ad6a90 100644
--- a/lib/base/console.h
+++ b/lib/base/console.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public:
 	void kill();
 	void sendCtrlC();
 	void write( const char *data, int len );
+	void write( PyObject *data );
 	bool running() { return (fd[0]!=-1) && (fd[1]!=-1) && (fd[2]!=-1); }
 	PSignal1<void, const char*> dataAvail;
 	PSignal1<void,int> dataSent;