[console] Allow breaking execution of scripts via Ctrl-C

This allows (in some circumstances) scripts running in the console
to be halted via the Ctrl (or Meta) + C shortcut.

(It's only possible to catch and abort when the script is printing
outputs to the console - because this triggers
QCoreApplication.processEvents() calls. Without these calls the
whole QGIS application is unresponsive during script execution
and there's no ability to even catch a shortcut in order to
halt the execution.

Still, even with this limitation it's handy to be able to
break out of lengthy:

for f in iface.activeLayer().getFeatures():
    print(f.attributes())

loops!)

python/console/console_output.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, shellOut, out=None, style=None):
         self.sO = shellOut
         self.out = None
         self.style = style
+        self.fire_keyboard_interrupt = False
 
     def write(self, m):
         if self.style == "_traceback":
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ def write(self, m):
         if self.style != "_traceback":
             QCoreApplication.processEvents()
 
+        if self.fire_keyboard_interrupt:
+            self.fire_keyboard_interrupt = False
+            raise KeyboardInterrupt
+
     def move_cursor_to_end(self):
         """Move cursor to end of text"""
         line, index = self.get_end_pos()

python/console/console_sci.py

@@ -378,9 +378,16 @@ def keyPressEvent(self, e):
         if not self.is_cursor_on_edition_zone() or startLine < endLine:
             # allow copying and selecting
             if e.modifiers() & (Qt.ControlModifier | Qt.MetaModifier):
-                if e.key() in (Qt.Key_C, Qt.Key_A):
+                if e.key() == Qt.Key_C:
+                    # only catch and return from Ctrl-C here if there's a selection
+                    if self.hasSelectedText():
+                        QsciScintilla.keyPressEvent(self, e)
+                        return
+                elif e.key() == Qt.Key_A:
                     QsciScintilla.keyPressEvent(self, e)
-                return
+                    return
+                else:
+                    return
             # allow selection
             if e.modifiers() & Qt.ShiftModifier:
                 if e.key() in (Qt.Key_Left, Qt.Key_Right, Qt.Key_Home, Qt.Key_End):
@@ -389,6 +396,11 @@ def keyPressEvent(self, e):
             # all other keystrokes get sent to the input line
             self.move_cursor_to_end()
 
+        if e.modifiers() & (Qt.ControlModifier | Qt.MetaModifier) and e.key() == Qt.Key_C and not self.hasSelectedText():
+            # keyboard interrupt
+            sys.stdout.fire_keyboard_interrupt = True
+            return
+
         line, index = self.getCursorPosition()
         cmd = self.text(line)
 
@@ -602,12 +614,14 @@ def write(self, txt):
         sys.stderr.write(txt)
 
     def writeCMD(self, txt):
+        sys.stdout.fire_keyboard_interrupt = False
         if len(txt) > 0:
             getCmdString = self.text()
             prompt = getCmdString[0:4]
             sys.stdout.write(prompt + txt + '\n')
 
     def runsource(self, source, filename='<input>', symbol='single'):
+        sys.stdout.fire_keyboard_interrupt = False
         hook = sys.excepthook
         try:
             def excepthook(etype, value, tb):