I\'m unsure about (1).
As for (2), I believe Python flush
I don't know if this applies to python as well, but I think it depends on the operating system that you are running.
On Linux for example, output to terminal flushes the buffer on a newline, whereas for output to files it only flushes when the buffer is full (by default). This is because it is more efficient to flush the buffer fewer times, and the user is less likely to notice if the output is not flushed on a newline in a file.
You might be able to auto-flush the output if that is what you need.
EDIT: I think you would auto-flush in python this way (based from here)
#0 means there is no buffer, so all output
#will be auto-flushed
fsock = open('out.log', 'w', 0)
sys.stdout = fsock
#do whatever
fsock.close()
You can also check the default buffer size by calling the read only DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE attribute from io module.
import io
print (io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
You can also force flush the buffer to a file programmatically with the flush() method.
with open('out.log', 'w+') as f:
f.write('output is ')
# some work
s = 'OK.'
f.write(s)
f.write('\n')
f.flush()
# some other work
f.write('done\n')
f.flush()
I have found this useful when tailing an output file with tail -f
.
Here is another approach, up to the OP to choose which one he prefers.
When including the code below in the __init__
.py file before any other code, messages printed with print
and any errors will no longer be logged to Ableton's Log.txt but to separate files on your disk:
import sys
path = "/Users/#username#"
errorLog = open(path + "/stderr.txt", "w", 1)
errorLog.write("---Starting Error Log---\n")
sys.stderr = errorLog
stdoutLog = open(path + "/stdout.txt", "w", 1)
stdoutLog.write("---Starting Standard Out Log---\n")
sys.stdout = stdoutLog
(for Mac, change #username#
to the name of your user folder. On Windows the path to your user folder will have a different format)
When you open the files in a text editor that refreshes its content when the file on disk is changed (example for Mac: TextEdit does not but TextWrangler does), you will see the logs being updated in real-time.
Credits: this code was copied mostly from the liveAPI control surface scripts by Nathan Ramella
For file operations, Python uses the operating system's default buffering unless you configure it do otherwise. You can specify a buffer size, unbuffered, or line buffered.
For example, the open function takes a buffer size argument.
http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#open
"The optional buffering argument specifies the file’s desired buffer size:"
code:
bufsize = 0
f = open('file.txt', 'w', buffering=bufsize)