[Twisted-Python] twisted.manhole

[Jp Calderone]

twisted-10152003 at atlas.lcs.mit.edu wrote:
> There doesn't seem to be much documentation for twisted.manhole.  Yes,
> I have seen http://www.twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/howto/telnet
> 
> So, I have been playing around with it trying to figure out the proper usage.
> I have some of it figured out.  The following snippet works fine for my
> needs...
> 
> 	from twisted.manhole.telnet import ShellFactory
> 
>     [...]
> 
> 	shell = ShellFactory()
> 	shell.setService(s)  // s here is my own service 
> 	shell.password = "test"
> 	internet.TCPServer(config['telnet_port'],shell).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
> 
> But I was curious so starting looking at the other parts of it as well.
> 
> Frustratingly, I haven't yet figured out how to employ
> twisted.manhole.ui twisted.manhole.service or twisted.manhole.explorer.
> Can anyone point so some examples or provide a brief overview.

   Check out twisted.tap.manhole.makeService() and bin/manhole.  I don't 
believe twisted.manhole.explorer is directly useful from the outside. 
If it still works (I don't believe it has unit tests, either ;), it 
should work through the Gtk manhole client.

   Jp