This post on the forum gave me a funny idea that I'm sure will make some of you shudder. How can we embed Python code within DM?

Start off by installing Python if you haven't already got it (it comes standard with pretty much any modern OS but Windows). Next grab my byondthon.py script and run it. This script will start a fake web server on port 9001 which we'll be using to execute our Python code.

Now, fire up Dream Maker and start a new project. Paste in the following code:

proc/python(code)
	var/http[] = world.Export("http://127.0.0.1:9001?" + code)
	if(!http)
		usr << "Failed to connect." 
		return

	var/F = http["CONTENT"]
	if(F)
		usr << html_encode(file2text(F))

mob/verb/test()
	python({"
import time, sys
print 'Hello from python', sys.version
print 'The time is: ' + time.asctime()
print 'Did you know that 792 to the power of 42 is ', 792**42, '?'"})

(Yes the indenting within the test verb should be like that. Otherwise Python will get confused by the extra whitespace.)

Now try running it and using the test verb.

Cool, huh? ;-)

*snip* (Javascript no longer works in blog pages).

If you want to use this as a template I don't mind.

Okay! Got both sets of boxes in the right place by spying on Mike H's code ;).

I want to see what this looks like with a few posts, so enjoy some more computer generated Latin.

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Ouch! Those defaults really kill my design. There, looking a bit nicer (except in IE).

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