link kivyapp to the logqueue and implement permanent consuming of it

cncbot.py

@@ -15,12 +15,25 @@ def get_random_string(length):
     result_str = ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(length))
     return result_str
 
-class ForestBot(pydle.Client):  
+class ForestBot(pydle.Client):
+    verbose = True
+    
     async def on_connect(self):
         await super().on_connect()
         await self.join(CNC_CHANNEL)
-        await self.message(CNC_CHANNEL, MOTD)
-        
+        #await self.message(CNC_CHANNEL, MOTD)
+        await self.dumplog(CNC_CHANNEL)
+                    
+    async def dumplog(self, target):
+        sleep_time = 1
+        while True:
+            msg = self.queue.get()
+            if self.verbose:
+                await asyncio.sleep(sleep_time)
+                await self.message(target, msg)
+            else:
+                print(msg)
+            
     async def is_admin(self, nickname):
         """
         Check whether or not a user has administrative rights for this bot.
@@ -44,7 +57,8 @@ class ForestBot(pydle.Client):
             await self.message(target, '] cnc usage:')
             await self.message(target, '] help - displays help')
             await self.message(target, '] id - cnc user info')
-            await self.message(target, '] dump - dump cnc log')
+            await self.message(target, '] log on - dump cnc log')
+            await self.message(target, '] log off - stop cnc log dump')
 
         # Show user info
         if message.startswith('id {}'.format(self.nickname)):
@@ -54,22 +68,20 @@ class ForestBot(pydle.Client):
             else:
                 await self.message(target, '] You are NOT an administrator. :('.format(source))
                 
-        if message.startswith('dump {}'.format(self.nickname)):
+        if message.startswith('log on {}'.format(self.nickname)):
             admin = await self.is_admin(source)
             if admin:
-                await self.dumplog(target)
+                self.verbose = True
             else:
                 await self.message(target, '] You are NOT an administrator. :('.format(source))
-                    
-    async def dumplog(self, target):
-        sleep_time = 1
-        while True:
-            msg = self.queue.get()
-            await asyncio.sleep(sleep_time)
-            await self.message(target, msg)
-            if len(msg) == 0:
-                break
-    
+                
+        if message.startswith('log off {}'.format(self.nickname)):
+            admin = await self.is_admin(source)
+            if admin:
+                self.verbose = False
+            else:
+                await self.message(target, '] You are NOT an administrator. :('.format(source))
+
     def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.queue = kwargs['extqueue']
         

forestmapview.py

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class ForestMapView(MapView):
                    image_ext="png", attribution="@ afx")
     
     def print_current_zoom(self, *args):
-        print("] Zoom level: " + str(self.zoom))
-        #pqueue.put("] Zoom level: " + str(self.zoom))
+        App.get_running_app().logqueue.put("] Zoom level: " + str(self.zoom))
     
     def start_get_fov_trees(self):
         # After one second get the trees in field of view

main.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
     def on_start(self):
         # Welcome
         print(MOTD)
-        queue.put('] Framework started.')
+        self.logqueue.put('] Framework started.')
         
         self.theme_cls.primary_palette = 'BlueGray'
         
@@ -82,15 +82,16 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
         
         # Instantiate SearchPopupMenu
         #self.search_menu = SearchPopupMenu()
- 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':  
     # Start the Command and Control bot. Mainly for reporting.
-    queue = Queue()
-    cnc = Process(target=CnCApp, args=((queue),))
+    logqueue = Queue()
+    cnc = Process(target=CnCApp, args=((logqueue),))
     cnc.start()
     
     # Start the Kivy Framework main loop
     kivyapp = MainApp()
+    kivyapp.logqueue = logqueue
     kivyapp.run()
     
     # Cleanup subprocesses