Added workaround for bug in Python 2 on Linux when pygtk is installed

This bug is exposed by cmd2's dependency on pyperclip and pyperclip's optional dependency on pygtk.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index c688be9d..baacabdd 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ from optparse import make_option
 import pyparsing
 import pyperclip
 
+# Workaround for gtk interfering when printing from background thread while main
+# thread is blocking in raw_input() in Python 2 on Linux when gtk is installed
+try:
+    import gtk
+    gtk.set_interactive(0)
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 # next(it) gets next item of iterator it. This is a replacement for calling it.next() in Python 2 and next(it) in Py3
 from six import next