Display a script randomly on Scrollphathd (Resolved)

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Hello and excuse my English.
My coding is also crapy… and this is why I’m writing. It doesn’t work.

Let me explain:

In this code a random file is picked up in a folder full of scrollphat’s python codes then execute for 30 seconds and looped again. But when the picked file is executed she doesn’t leave the main program to close it and loop again. I really don’t know why.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8


import scrollphathd  # Scrollphathd module from Pimoroni
import time
import random
import os
import thread
import threading

"""Randomopener.py: Open randomly a py files every desired period"""


print("\n"
      "Randomopener\n"
      "\n"
      "Open a scrollphathd python file every desired period\n"
      "\n"
      "Press Ctrl+C to exit!\n"
      "\n")


path = "files/" # Path to the list of python files


class Randomiser(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.running = False

    def run(self): # Code a executer dans le thread
        self.running = True
        while self.running:
            scrollphathd.clear()  # Clear the scrollphathd screen
            scrollphathd.show()
            randomfile = random.choice(os.listdir(path))  # Randomiser
            result = path + randomfile # Path and file
            print (result)
            exec(open(result).read(), globals()) # Execute the randomly selected file

    def stop(self):
        self.running = False


randomiser = Randomiser()

while True:
    randomiser.start() # Demarre le thread
    time.sleep(30) # Durée du thread
    randomiser.stop() #Arret du thread
    randomiser.join()

If Someone can help me!

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Finally I made it!
I change the threading part for multiprocessing and it’s much more better!

So the only thing you have to do is to put all your scrollphathd py scripts in a folder, change the folder path in the code, set the timer and launch all that.

Here is the code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import time
import random
import os
import multiprocessing
import sys
import scrollphathd  # Scrollphathd module from Pimoroni

"""Randomopener.py: Open randomly a py files every desired period"""

__author__ = "Khabes"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2017, The ScrollphatProject"
__credits__ = ["Khabes"]
__license__ = "GPL"
__version__ = "1.0.0"
__maintainer__ = "Khabes"
__email__ = "khabes@gmail.com"
__status__ = "In works"

print("\n"
      "Randomopener\n"
      "\n"
      "Open a scrollphathd python file every desired period\n"
      "\n")


path = "files/"  # Path to the list of python files
running = True  # First statement of the randomiser while fonction


def randomiser():  # Randomiser Program

    while running:
        scrollphathd.clear()  # Clear the scrollphathd screen
        scrollphathd.show()
        randomfile = random.choice(os.listdir(path))  # Randomiser
        result = path + randomfile  # Path and file
        print('Chosen file is ' + result + "\n"
              "Launching\n")
        exec(open(result).read(), globals())  # Execute the selected file


def timer():  # Timer Program

    for i in range(30, 0, -1):  # Set the timer to 30 seconds
        time.sleep(1)
        sys.stdout.write(str("-"))  # Print the timer
        sys.stdout.flush()
    running = False  # Changing the randomiser while condition


if __name__ == "__main__":
    randomiserproc = multiprocessing.Process(target=randomiser)
    timerproc = multiprocessing.Process(target=timer)

    while True:
        timerproc.start()  # Launch the timer process
        randomiserproc.start()  # Launch the randomiser process

        timerproc.join()  # Wait for the end of the timer process
        randomiserproc.terminate()  # Close the randomiser process
        timerproc.terminate()  # Close the timer process
        randomiserproc = multiprocessing.Process(target=randomiser)
        timerproc = multiprocessing.Process(target=timer)

        print("\n"
              "\n"
              "Time is finished.\n")