Add text edit to hold the output of the python script

mainwindow.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <eismultiplexer.h>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <set>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent):
     QMainWindow(parent),
     ui(new Ui::MainWindow),
     codeEditor(this),
+    pythonOutput(this),
     currentFilePath(""),
     isFileModified(false)
 {
@@ -26,7 +28,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent):
         font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
         codeEditor.setFont(font);
 
-        ui->codeLayout->addWidget(&codeEditor);
+        ui->codeLayout->addWidget(&codeEditor, 1);
+
+        pythonOutput.setReadOnly(true);
+        ui->codeLayout->addWidget(&pythonOutput);
 
         // Set up keyboard shortcuts
         ui->actionOpen->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Open);
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent):
         // Connect text changed signal to track modifications
         connect(&codeEditor, &QTextEdit::textChanged, this, [this]() {
             isFileModified = true;
-            updateTitle();
+            updateStatus();
         });
 }
 
@@ -51,16 +56,16 @@ MainWindow::~MainWindow()
         delete ui;
 }
 
-void MainWindow::updateTitle()
+void MainWindow::updateStatus()
 {
-    QString windowTitle = "EisMultiplexer-Qt";
     if (!currentFilePath.isEmpty()) {
-        windowTitle = QString("%1 - %2").arg(currentFilePath);
-    }
+        QString status = "EisMultiplexer-Qt";
+        status = QString("%1").arg(currentFilePath);
         if (isFileModified) {
-        windowTitle += "[*]";
+            status += " - [Unsaved Changes]";
+        }
+        ui->statusbar->showMessage(status);
     }
-    setWindowTitle(windowTitle);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::onActionOpenTriggered()
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ void MainWindow::onActionOpenTriggered()
     codeEditor.setPlainText(content);
     currentFilePath = filePath;
     isFileModified = false;
-    updateTitle();
+    updateStatus();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::onActionSaveTriggered()
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ void MainWindow::onActionSaveTriggered()
     file.close();
 
     isFileModified = false;
-    updateTitle();
+    updateStatus();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::onActionSaveAsTriggered()
@@ -120,13 +125,6 @@ void MainWindow::onActionSaveAsTriggered()
         return;
     }
 
-    // Ensure the file has a .py extension if it's a Python file
-    if (filePath.endsWith(".py", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
-        // File already has .py extension
-    } else {
-        filePath += ".py";
-    }
-
     QFile file(filePath);
     if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
         QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Error"), tr("Could not save file: %1").arg(filePath));
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ void MainWindow::onActionSaveAsTriggered()
 
     currentFilePath = filePath;
     isFileModified = false;
-    updateTitle();
+    updateStatus();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::enumerateDevices()
@@ -225,17 +223,47 @@ void MainWindow::enumerateDevices()
         ui->statusbar->showMessage("Ready");
 
         free(serials);
+        generateExample();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::generateExample()
 {
     QString example =
-        "import eismultiplexer\n\n"
-        "from time import sleep";
+        "# This is an example script to show you how\n# to drive eismultiplexer using the python api\n"
+        "import eismultiplexer as multi\n"
+        "from time import sleep\n\n"
+        "# First initalize the device(s)\n";
 
-    for (const auto& channel : channels)
+    std::set<uint16_t> serials;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < channels.size(); ++i)
+        serials.insert(channels[i]->getDeviceSerial());
+
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (uint16_t serial : serials)
     {
-        example.append(QString("eismultiplexer"));
+        example.append(QString("multiplexer_") + QString::number(i) + " multi.Multiplexer(serial=" + QString::number(serial) + ")\n");
+        ++i;
     }
+
+    example.append("\nprint('\\nListing the nummber of channels per unit')\n");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < serials.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        QString printLine = "print(f'Found unit with serial number {" + QString::number(channels[i]->getDeviceSerial()) + "} and {multiplexer_" + QString::number(i) + ".getChannelCount()} channels')\n";
+        example.append(printLine);
+    }
+
+    example.append("\nprint('Connecting the first and second channel on the first unit')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.connectChannel(multi.Channel.A)\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.connectChannel(multi.Channel.B)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Waiting for half a second for something to happen')\n");
+    example.append("sleep(0.5)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Disconnect first channel')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.disconnectChannel(multi.Channel.A)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Waiting up to 5000 milliseconds for a trigger')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.setTriggerState(0, multi.TriggerState.INPUT)\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.waitTrigger(0, multi.TriggerState.HIGHLEVEL, 5000)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Disconnecting all channels')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.clear()\n");
+    codeEditor.setText(example);
 }
 

mainwindow.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
     QCodeEditor codeEditor;
     QPythonHighlighter highligter;
     QPythonCompleter completer;
+    QTextEdit pythonOutput;
 
 signals:
         void channelStateChanged(uint16_t device, uint16_t channel);
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ private slots:
 private:
         void enumerateDevices();
         void generateExample();
-        void updateTitle();
+        void updateStatus();
         QString currentFilePath;
         bool isFileModified;
 };

mainwindow.ui

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         <rect>
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
-         <width>595</width>
-         <height>537</height>
+         <width>591</width>
+         <height>533</height>
         </rect>
        </property>
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">