Adds very simple gui to copycat

copycat/copycat.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from .randomness import Randomness
 from .slipnet import Slipnet
 from .temperature import Temperature
 from .workspace import Workspace
+from .gui import GUI
 
 
 class Reporter(object):
@@ -24,13 +25,15 @@ class Reporter(object):
 
 
 class Copycat(object):
-    def __init__(self, rng_seed=None, reporter=None):
+    def __init__(self, rng_seed=None, reporter=None, showgui=True):
         self.coderack = Coderack(self)
         self.random = Randomness(rng_seed)
         self.slipnet = Slipnet()
         self.temperature = Temperature()
         self.workspace = Workspace(self)
         self.reporter = reporter or Reporter()
+        self.showgui = showgui
+        self.gui = GUI('Copycat')
 
     def mainLoop(self, lastUpdate):
         currentTime = self.coderack.codeletsRun
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ class Copycat(object):
         self.reporter.report_coderack(self.coderack)
         self.reporter.report_temperature(self.temperature)
         self.reporter.report_workspace(self.workspace)
+
+        if self.showgui:
+            self.gui.update()
         return lastUpdate
 
     def runTrial(self):

copycat/gui.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import tkinter as tk
+import tkinter.ttk as ttk
+from tkinter import scrolledtext
+from tkinter import filedialog
+
+
+class MainApplication(ttk.Frame):
+    def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
+        ttk.Frame.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.create_widgets()
+        self.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
+        self.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
+
+    def create_widgets(self):
+        """Contains all widgets in main application."""
+
+        main_label = tk.Label(self, text="abc:abd::ijk:?", background='black', foreground='white')
+        main_label.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=9, rowspan=4)
+        temp_label = tk.Label(self, text='temp')
+        temp_label.grid(column=9, row=0, rowspan=1, sticky=tk.E)
+
+        example_net = [
+                ('left', 100),
+                ('right', 100),
+                ('a', 10),
+                ('b', 9),
+                ('rightmost', 100)
+                ]
+
+        MAX_COLUMNS = 10
+        MAX_ROWS    = 4
+
+        row = 0
+        for i, (name, amount) in enumerate(example_net):
+            column = i % MAX_COLUMNS
+            if column == 0:
+                row += 1
+            if row + 1 >= MAX_ROWS:
+                break
+            l = tk.Label(self, text='{}\n({})'.format(name, amount))
+            l.grid(column=column, row=row, sticky=tk.SE)
+
+class GUI(object):
+    def __init__(self, title):
+        self.root = tk.Tk()
+        self.root.title(title)
+        self.app = MainApplication(self.root)
+        self.app.pack(side='top', fill='both', expand=True)
+
+    def update(self):
+        self.root.update_idletasks()
+        self.root.update()