Kenneth> BTW, why not actually implement an expectmodule for python? Anyone?
Kenneth> I understand that don implemented expect as a standalone library,
No. you must actually link -ltcl. Only a few basic functions are standalone.
Kenneth> independent of tcl or whatever, making it ideal for incorporating
Kenneth> as a python extension. Someone?
Much more interesting would be to just use the above mentioned basic pty
support funtions and replace tcl with python!
But of course you can just provide an interface to libexpect(3). It's still
pretty usable from python (tkinter is something along this line, I gather).
-Jose'