text_console

A customizable Tkinter-based text console widget with support for command history and interactive execution, in which a user types in commands to be sent to the Python interpreter.

It includes options for overriding specific variables through subclassing, by extending the TextConsole class.

The package is installable via pip.

Features

Tkinter-based package.
Full multi-line commands support.
Customizable history file.
Context menu with options for Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear.
Extendable for additional functionality.

The package provides flexibility to customize:

history_file: Change the location of the history file
console_locals: Add custom variables and functions to the console's namespace
context_menu_items: Modify the right-click context menu
show_about_message: Customize the about dialog content
show_help_content: Customize the help window content
create_menu: Override to completely customize the menu bar

Each of these can be customized by subclassing TextConsole and overriding the appropriate attributes or methods.

Full information and usage details at the text_console GitHub repository.

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