prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit

Provide a method in the event loop to 'process events' or 'do one iteration'

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Description

Many libs that has an event loop provide a method to ask the event loop to process all pending events and then return, for example, qt's QCoreApplication::processEvents(), matplotlib's canvas.flush_events(), ipython kernel's kernel.do_one_iteration(). Such a method is very convenient when integrating multiple event loops in a big program. Maybe I missed it, I couldn't find something equivalent in prompt-toolkit yet.

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Research direction

Start by locating prompt-toolkit's event loop implementation and its public entry points, then compare the requested behavior with QCoreApplication::processEvents(), canvas.flush_events(), and kernel.do_one_iteration(). Done means the event loop exposes a documented way to process pending events and return for integration with another event loop.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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