Python ReGIS

Overview

Python Remote Graphics (ReGIS) library based on the code from this C implementation

Pipeline

Quick Start

Installation

• Create virtual environment

python3 -mvenv .matrix 
. .matrix/bin/activate

• Installing dependencies

make install

Running Tests

make test

Checking Coverage

make coverage

Running Linter

make lint

Running Formatter

make format

Demo Application

You can run the demo from the the source repo using the following command

( PYTHONPATH=. ./scripts/pyregis-demo.py )

If you install the pyregis module in a Python virtual environment you can simply run pyregis-demo directly

Installing from Codeberg

You can install the module directly into a Python virtual environment using the following

First create the environment

python -mvenv .matrix
. .matrix/bin/activate

Install using pip

pip install pyregis@git+https://codeberg.org/fionahiklas/pyregis

References

ReGIS

• C ReGIS Library

Python

• Patching with mocks
• Where to patch
• Using patch.dict
• Why mock patch sometimes doesn't work
• Assert a function throws an exception
• Python context managers
• Check type of a object
• Python wrapper around memfd_create
• Python OS module
• Fileno function
• Converting string to bytes
• OS read function
• Adding scripts to a python package
• How to include an executable file in setup.py
• Using open as a context a context manager

Python Pip

• Installing a package from Git repo
• How to install a Python package from a GitHub repo
• Creating a private Python package

Linux

• The memfd_create system call
• ASCII man page
• C lseek function

Woodpecker CI

• Getting Started
• Using Codeberg Woodpecker CI