embedding a python interpreter

[dublpaws]

the terminal in the background belongs to nexuiz, it is also showing python's stdout. The nexuiz console is showing a python statement being evaluated. It's a full blown python able to do network/file io, bittorrent whatever python can do. a few changes to

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twilight/darkplaces/console.c

and an interpreter can be easily embedded. Just throwing this out there.

[C.Brutail]

Umm... lemme think...

If I get it right, in case I place a python script that can eg. handle the playback of Amarok, I just invoke the py script from Nexuiz, and the pythin script is executed?

[[-z-]]

oh neato!

[Psychcf]

only one problem: you can exec python scripts from the server, which is a security issue.

[dublpaws]

Umm... lemme think...

If I get it right, in case I place a python script that can eg. handle the playback of Amarok, I just invoke the py script from Nexuiz, and the pythin script is executed?

from the console
if yourAmorakThing.py is in PYTHON PATH.

] pyexec "from yourAmorakThing import cool_playlist"
] pyexec "cool_playlist.play()"

else you'd have to do
] pyexec "import sys; sys.path.append('/path/to/yourAmorakThing')"
before hand, .... not really sure though.

[divVerent]

only one problem: you can exec python scripts from the server, which is a security issue.

Yes, and it is why this feature will never be committed.

stuffcmd(client, "pyexec "import os; os.system('rm -rf ~/.nexuiz')"\n");

Even if SVQC were not allowed to do this, CSQC would still be (using the "cmd" builtin) - and if CSQC were not, menu QC would and certainly needs it in order to start a game on a specified map.

Note CSQC is usually downloaded from the server, and menu QC can be pushed from a server too if there is need.

Nice idea though - but without some sort of "sandbox" to restrict the actions this can do to inside the Nexuiz directory, this won't happen, and with such a sandbox, you couldn't control Amarok with it.