I am using twisted to run a rather complicated server that allows for data collection, communication, and commanding of a hardware device remotely. On the client-side there are a number of data retrieval and command operations available. Typically I use the wxpython reactor to interface with the client reactor, but I would also like to setup a simpler command-line style interface.
Is there a reactor that I can use to setup a local non-blocking python-like or raw_input-style interface for the client? After successful access to the server, the server will occasionally send data down without being requested as a result of server-side events.
I have considered manhole, but I am not interested in accessing the server as an interface, I am strictly interested in accessing the client-side data and commands. This is mostly for debugging, but it can also come in handy for creating a much more rudimentary client interface when needed.
See the stdin.py and stdiodemo.py examples, I think that's similar to what you're aiming for. They demonstrate connecting a protocol (like a LineReceiver) to StandardIO.
I think you could also use a StandardIOEndpoint (and maybe we should update the examples for that), but that doesn't change the way you'd write your protocol.