I have two threads one logging out to the console information at a specific interval and one taking in user input from the same console both on an infinite while loop
from threading import Thread
import time
WHITE = '\033[97m' # User Input color
YELLOW = '\033[93m' # Log output color
BLUE = '\033[94m' # Input prompt color
CYAN = '\033[96m' # Input result color
def logging():
while True:
# DO SOMETHING TO CREATE THE "Log text"
print(YELLOW + "[{}] Log text".format(time.strftime('%X')) + WHITE)
time.sleep(2)
def inputing():
while True:
userInput = input(BLUE + "Enter your input > " + WHITE)
# DO SOMETHING WITH userInput
print(CYAN + "Displaying result computed for input = '{}'".format(userInput) + WHITE)
logging_thread = (Thread(target=logging, args=( )))
logging_thread.start()
input_thread = (Thread(target=inputing, args=( )))
input_thread.start()
The output from the logging thread keeps on interrupting my user input like this :
I have tried a modification of the above code using '\r' to go back to the beginning and then using '\033[K' to erase the line as a hack which is comparatively cleaner but this is leading to my user input also getting erased. Code is like this:
ERASE_LINE = '\r' + '\033[K'
def logging():
while True:
# DO SOMETHING TO CREATE THE "Log text"
print(ERASE_LINE + YELLOW + "[{}] Log text".format(time.strftime('%X')) + WHITE)
print(BLUE + "Enter your input >" + WHITE, end = ' ', flush=True)
time.sleep(2)
This has an output like this :
I've tried various options from this question but all of them are for single thread processes where input() and print() are in series.
I'm looking for a cleaner solution to both of them working in parallel. Is there any way to store the characters user has already typed before pressing return key or any other method that can be implemented to make the two threads work in harmony on the same console?
