tSupport for displaying a VPython program (canvas) in a PyQT

vpython/no_notebook.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .vpython import GlowWidget, baseObj, vector, canvas
+from .vpython import GlowWidget, baseObj, vector, canvas, _browsertype
 from ._notebook_helpers import _in_spyder, _undo_vpython_import_in_spyder
 
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import txaio
 import copy
 import socket
+import multiprocessing
+
 
 import signal
 from urllib.parse import unquote
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ def onOpen(self):
     # in favor of "async def onMessage...", and "yield from" with "await".
     # Attempting to use the older Python 3.4 syntax was not successful, so this
     # no-notebook version of VPython requires Python 3.5.3 or later.
-    #@asyncio.coroutine
+    # @asyncio.coroutine
     # def onMessage(self, data, isBinary): # data includes canvas update, events, pick, compound
     # data includes canvas update, events, pick, compound
     async def onMessage(self, data, isBinary):
@@ -231,10 +233,32 @@ def onClose(self, wasClean, code, reason):
     else:
         __server = HTTPServer(('', __HTTP_PORT), serveHTTP)
         # or webbrowser.open_new_tab()
-        _webbrowser.open('http://localhost:{}'.format(__HTTP_PORT))
+        if _browsertype == 'default':  # uses default browser
+            _webbrowser.open('http://localhost:{}'.format(__HTTP_PORT))
+
 except:
     pass
 
+
+if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy' and _browsertype == 'pyqt':
+    raise RuntimeError('The pyqt browser cannot be used PyPy. Please use '
+                       'the default browser instead by removing '
+                       'set_browser("pyqt") from your code.')
+
+
+def start_Qapp(port):
+    # creates a python browser with PyQt5
+    # runs qtbrowser.py in a separate process
+    filepath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    filename = filepath + '/qtbrowser.py'
+    os.system('python ' + filename + ' http://localhost:{}'.format(port))
+
+
+# create a browser in its own process
+if _browsertype == 'pyqt':
+    __m = multiprocessing.Process(target=start_Qapp, args=(__HTTP_PORT,))
+    __m.start()
+
 __w = threading.Thread(target=__server.serve_forever)
 __w.start()
 

vpython/qtbrowser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import sys
+import PyQt5.QtCore
+import PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+
+    if sys.argv[1]:
+
+        app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+        web = PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets.QWebEngineView()
+        web.load(PyQt5.QtCore.QUrl(sys.argv[1]))
+        web.show()
+
+        sys.exit(app.exec_())
+
+    else:
+        print("Please give a URL as the first command-line argument "
+              "when running the program.")
+
+else:
+    print("Please give a URL as the first command-line argument "
+          "when running the program.")

vpython/vpython.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
            'event_return', 'extrusion', 'faces', 'frame', 'gcurve', 'gdots',
            'ghbars', 'gobj', 'graph', 'gvbars', 'helix', 'label',
            'local_light', 'menu', 'meta_canvas', 'points', 'pyramid',
-           'quad', 'radio', 'ring', 'simple_sphere', 'sleep', 'slider', 'sphere',
+           'quad', 'radio', 'ring', 'set_browser', 'simple_sphere', 'sleep', 'slider', 'sphere',
            'standardAttributes', 'text', 'textures', 'triangle', 'vertex',
            'wtext', 'winput', 'keysdown']
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
           'right':'q', 'top':'r', 'bottom':'s', '_cloneid':'t',
           'logx':'u', 'logy':'v', 'dot':'w', 'dot_radius':'x',
           'markers':'y', 'legend':'z', 'label':'A', 'delta':'B', 'marker_color':'C',
-          'size_units':'D', 'userpan':'E', 'scroll':'F'}
+          'size_units':'D', 'userpan':'E', 'scroll':'F', 'integrate_selected':'G'}
 
 # methods are X in {'m': '23X....'}
 # pos is normally updated as an attribute, but for interval-based trails, it is updated (multiply) as a method
@@ -2027,6 +2027,7 @@ def setup(self, args):
         self._legend = False
         self._interval = -1
         self._graph = None
+        self._integrate_selected = False
         objName = args['_objName']
         del args['_objName']
         self._constructing = True ## calls are from constructor
@@ -2247,6 +2248,13 @@ def __init__(self, **args):
         args['_objName'] = "gdots"
         super(gdots, self).setup(args)
 
+    @property
+    def integrate_selected(self): return self._integrate_selected
+    @integrate_selected.setter
+    def integrate_selected(self,val):
+        self._integrate_selected = val
+        self.addattr('integrate_selected')
+
 class gvbars(gobj):
     def __init__(self, **args):
         args['_objName'] = "gvbars"
@@ -4118,3 +4126,12 @@ def keysdown():
     for k in keysdownlist: # return a copy of keysdownlist
         keys.append(k)
     return keys
+
+# global variable for type of web browser to display vpython
+_browsertype = 'default'
+def set_browser(type='default'):
+    global _browsertype
+    if type=='pyqt':
+        _browsertype='pyqt'
+    else:
+        _browsertype='default'

vpython/vpython_libraries/glowcomm.html

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
               'p':'left', 'q':'right', 'r':'top', 's':'bottom', 't':'_cloneid',
               'u':'logx', 'v':'logy', 'w':'dot', 'x':'dot_radius', 
               'y':'markers', 'z':'legend', 'A':'label','B':'delta', 'C':'marker_color',
-              'D':'size_units', 'E':'userpan', 'F':'scroll'}
+              'D':'size_units', 'E':'userpan', 'F':'scroll', 'G':'integrate_selected'}
 
 // methods are X in {'m': '23X....'}
 var methods = {'a':'select', 'b':'pos', 'c':'start', 'd':'stop', 'f':'clear', // unused eghijklmnopvxyzCDFAB

vpython/vpython_libraries/glowcomm.js

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ var attrsb = {'a':'userzoom', 'b':'userspin', 'c':'range', 'd':'autoscale', 'e':
               'p':'left', 'q':'right', 'r':'top', 's':'bottom', 't':'_cloneid',
               'u':'logx', 'v':'logy', 'w':'dot', 'x':'dot_radius', 
               'y':'markers', 'z':'legend', 'A':'label','B':'delta', 'C':'marker_color',
-              'D':'size_units', 'E':'userpan', 'F':'scroll'}
+              'D':'size_units', 'E':'userpan', 'F':'scroll', 'G':integrate_selected}
 
 // methods are X in {'m': '23X....'}
 var methods = {'a':'select', 'b':'pos', 'c':'start', 'd':'stop', 'f':'clear', // unused eghijklmnopvxyzCDFAB