scitex-etc
Interactive keyboard input utilities for the SciTeX ecosystem.
Full Documentation · uv pip install scitex-etc[all]
Problem and Solution
| # | Problem | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scripts that pause for a keypress need raw-stdin + termios gymnastics — 15 lines of OS-dependent boilerplate | wait_key() / count() — one import; handles Linux/macOS/Windows; falls back cleanly when stdin isn't a TTY |
Installation
pip install scitex-etc
Architecture
scitex-etc/
├── src/scitex_etc/
│ ├── _wait_key.py # cross-platform raw-stdin keypress
│ └── _count.py # countdown helper
└── tests/
1 Interfaces
Python API
import multiprocessing
from scitex_etc import wait_key, count
# Run the counter in a subprocess, wait for 'q' to stop it.
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=count)
p.start()
wait_key(p) # Blocks until 'q' is pressed, then terminates the process
Media handling (scitex_etc.media.render)
from scitex_etc.media import render
# Classify a file by its extension
render.classify("fig.png") # {"type": "image", "path": "fig.png", "ext": ".png"}
# Detect media refs in tool output
render.detect("Saved /proj/fig.png", root_path="/proj")
# [{"type": "image", "path": "fig.png", "ext": ".png"}]
# Render to a target: terminal (OSC overlay), chat, or markdown
render.show("fig.png", target="markdown") # ""
Also available as a CLI (python -m scitex_etc.media.render show|classify|detect)
and as MCP tools (scitex_etc.media.render.mcp_server).
Demo
flowchart LR
User[User keypress] --> TTY{stdin is TTY?}
TTY -- yes --> Termios[termios raw mode]
TTY -- no --> Fallback[readline fallback]
Termios --> Key[key string]
Fallback --> Key
Quick Start
import multiprocessing
from scitex_etc import wait_key, count
# count() prints an incrementing counter forever (1 per second).
# Run it in a subprocess and use wait_key() to stop on 'q'.
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=count)
p.start()
wait_key(p)
Part of SciTeX
scitex-etc is part of SciTeX. Install via
the umbrella with pip install scitex[etc] to use as
scitex.etc (Python) or scitex etc ... (CLI).
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AGPL-3.0 — because we believe research infrastructure deserves the same freedoms as the software it runs on.
License
AGPL-3.0
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Metadata
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