First version of the reactive style. Still needs work.

32-reactive/tf-32.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, operator, string, os
+from util import getch, cls
+from time import sleep
+
+def refresh_screen(data):
+    # clear screen
+    cls()
+    print data
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+def update_display(tuples):
+    data_str = ""
+    for tf in tuples:
+        data_str += str(tf[0]) + ' - ' + str(tf[1]) + '\n'
+    refresh_screen(data_str)
+
+automatic = False
+def get_input():
+    global automatic
+    if automatic:
+        return True
+
+    while True: 
+        key = ord(getch())
+        if key == 32: # space bar
+            return True
+        elif key == 27: # ESC
+            automatic = True
+            return True
+        else: pass
+
+f = open(sys.argv[1])
+
+def characters(filename):
+    c = f.read(1)
+    if c != "":
+        yield c
+    else:
+        raise StopIteration()
+
+def all_words(filename):
+    found_word = False
+    start_char = True
+    while not found_word:
+        try:
+            c = characters(filename).next()
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise StopIteration()
+
+        if start_char == True:
+            word = ""
+            if c.isalnum():
+                # We found the start of a word
+                word = c.lower()
+                start_char = False
+        else:
+            if c.isalnum():
+                word += c.lower()
+            else:
+                # We found the end of a word, emit it
+                start_char = True
+                found_word = True
+                yield word
+
+def non_stop_words(filename):
+    stopwords = set(open('../stop_words.txt').read().split(',')  + list(string.ascii_lowercase))
+    while True:
+        w = all_words(filename).next()
+        if not w in stopwords:
+            yield w
+
+def count_and_sort(filename):
+    freqs_0 = ()
+    freqs_1 = ()
+    freqs = {}
+    while get_input():
+        try:
+            w = non_stop_words(filename).next()
+            freqs[w] = 1 if w not in freqs else freqs[w]+1
+            freqs_0 = freqs_1
+            freqs_1 = sorted(freqs.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
+            if (freqs_1[0:25] != freqs_0[0:25]):
+                update_display(freqs_1[0:25])
+        except StopIteration:
+            break
+    return freqs_1
+
+#
+# The main function
+#
+
+print "Press space bar to fetch words from the file one by one"
+print "Press ESC to switch to automatic mode"
+count_and_sort(sys.argv[1])
+
+

32-reactive/util.py

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+import sys, os
+
+#
+# getch in a platform-independent way
+# Credit: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/134892/
+#
+class _Getch:
+    """Gets a single character from standard input.  Does not echo to the
+    screen."""
+    def __init__(self):
+        try:
+            self.impl = _GetchWindows()
+        except ImportError:
+            try:
+                self.impl = _GetchMacCarbon()
+            except(AttributeError, ImportError):
+                self.impl = _GetchUnix()
+
+    def __call__(self): return self.impl()
+
+
+class _GetchUnix:
+    def __init__(self):
+        import tty, sys
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        import sys, tty, termios
+        fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
+        old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
+        try:
+            tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
+            ch = sys.stdin.read(1)
+        finally:
+            termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
+        return ch
+
+class _GetchWindows:
+    def __init__(self):
+        import msvcrt
+    def __call__(self):
+        import msvcrt
+        return msvcrt.getch()
+
+class _GetchMacCarbon:
+    def __init__(self):
+        import Carbon
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        import Carbon
+        if Carbon.Evt.EventAvail(0x0008)[0]==0: # 0x0008 is the keyDownMask
+            return ''
+        else:
+            (what,msg,when,where,mod)=Carbon.Evt.GetNextEvent(0x0008)[1]
+            return chr(msg & 0x000000FF)
+
+getch = _Getch()
+
+def cls():
+    os.system(['clear','cls'][os.name == 'nt'])
+
+