TUI v2.0 - now no flickering, state machine for lost of connectivity

and TUI can be started in xterm using tui -x

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py b/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py
index 0ecfce9c..325ba514 100755
--- a/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py
+++ b/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 """
 
-
+import subprocess
 import cmd
 import json
 import ast
@@ -455,6 +455,19 @@ class TRexConsole(TRexGeneralCmd):
     def do_tui (self, line):
         '''Shows a graphical console\n'''
 
+        parser = parsing_opts.gen_parser(self,
+                                         "tui",
+                                         self.do_tui.__doc__,
+                                         parsing_opts.XTERM)
+
+        opts = parser.parse_args(line.split())
+        if opts is None:
+            return
+
+        if opts.xterm:
+            subprocess.Popen(['xterm', '-geometry', '105x40', '-e', './trex-console', '-t'])
+            return
+
         save_verbose = self.stateless_client.get_verbose()
 
         self.stateless_client.set_verbose(self.stateless_client.VERBOSE_SILENCE)