telnetlib usage refactoring (#218)

app/connections.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import selectors
 import socket
 import time
 import urllib
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 from ftplib import FTP, FTP_PORT, CRLF, Error, all_errors
 from http.client import RemoteDisconnected
 from pathlib import Path
-from telnetlib import Telnet
 from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
 from urllib.request import (urlopen, HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm, HTTPBasicAuthHandler, build_opener,
@@ -78,6 +78,59 @@ class HttpApiException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class StubTelnet:
+    """ Stub class for Telnet.
+
+        Used to run a program on an OS with Python >= 3.13
+        without the need to install telnetlib .
+        -> https://github.com/DYefremov/DemonEditor/issues/218.
+     """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self._msg = "Please (re)install [telnetlib] module. -> [https://github.com/DYefremov/DemonEditor/issues/218]"
+        log(self._msg)
+
+    def read_until(self, match, timeout=None):
+        raise TestException(self._msg)
+
+
+TN = StubTelnet
+
+try:
+    from telnetlib import Telnet
+except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+    log(e)
+else:
+    TN = Telnet
+
+
+class ExtTelnet(TN):
+
+    def __init__(self, output_callback=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._output_callback = output_callback
+
+    def interact(self):
+        """ Interaction function, emulates a very dumb telnet client. """
+        with selectors.DefaultSelector() as selector:
+            selector.register(self, selectors.EVENT_READ)
+
+            while True:
+                for key, events in selector.select():
+                    if key.fileobj is self:
+                        try:
+                            text = self.read_very_eager()
+                        except EOFError as e:
+                            msg = "\n*** Connection closed by remote host ***\n"
+                            if self._output_callback:
+                                self._output_callback(msg)
+                            log(msg)
+                            raise e
+                        else:
+                            if text and self._output_callback:
+                                self._output_callback(text)
+
+
 class UtfFTP(FTP):
     """ FTP class wrapper. """
 
@@ -597,7 +650,7 @@ def http(user, password, url, callback, use_ssl=False, s_type=SettingsType.ENIGM
 
 def telnet(host, port=23, user="", password="", timeout=5):
     try:
-        tn = Telnet(host=host, port=port, timeout=timeout)
+        tn = ExtTelnet(host=host, port=port, timeout=timeout)
     except socket.timeout:
         log("telnet error: socket timeout")
     else:
@@ -948,7 +1001,7 @@ def test_telnet(host, port, user, password, timeout=5):
 
 
 def telnet_test(host, port, user, password, timeout):
-    tn = Telnet(host=host, port=port, timeout=timeout)
+    tn = ExtTelnet(host=host, port=port, timeout=timeout)
     time.sleep(1)
     tn.read_until(b"login: ", timeout=2)
     tn.write(user.encode("utf-8") + b"\r")

app/ui/telnet.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # The MIT License (MIT)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Dmitriy Yefremov
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2025 Dmitriy Yefremov
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -27,43 +27,16 @@
 
 
 import re
-import selectors
 import socket
 from collections import deque
-from telnetlib import Telnet
 
 from gi.repository import GLib
 
 from app.commons import run_task, run_idle, log
+from app.connections import ExtTelnet
 from app.ui.uicommons import Gtk, Gdk, UI_RESOURCES_PATH, KeyboardKey, MOD_MASK
 
 
-class ExtTelnet(Telnet):
-
-    def __init__(self, output_callback, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._output_callback = output_callback
-
-    def interact(self):
-        """ Interaction function, emulates a very dumb telnet client. """
-        with selectors.DefaultSelector() as selector:
-            selector.register(self, selectors.EVENT_READ)
-
-            while True:
-                for key, events in selector.select():
-                    if key.fileobj is self:
-                        try:
-                            text = self.read_very_eager()
-                        except EOFError as e:
-                            msg = "\n*** Connection closed by remote host ***\n"
-                            self._output_callback(msg)
-                            log(msg)
-                            raise e
-                        else:
-                            if text:
-                                self._output_callback(text)
-
-
 class TelnetClient(Gtk.Box):
     """ Very simple telnet client. """
     _COLOR_PATTERN = re.compile("\x1b.*?m")  # Color info
@@ -158,7 +131,7 @@ class TelnetClient(Gtk.Box):
 
         key_code = event.hardware_keycode
         if not KeyboardKey.value_exist(key_code):
-            return
+            return None
 
         key = KeyboardKey(key_code)
         ctrl = event.state & MOD_MASK
@@ -181,6 +154,7 @@ class TelnetClient(Gtk.Box):
                 self._commands.append(cmd)
                 self._buf.insert_at_cursor(cmd, -1)
             return True
+        return False
 
     def delete_last_command(self):
         end = self._buf.get_end_iter()