[gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Fixes contrib/gpsData.py for Python 3.

[Fred Wright]

TESTED:
Ran with all supported Python versions.
---
 contrib/gpsData.py | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/gpsData.py b/contrib/gpsData.py
index 807a270..a476961 100755
--- a/contrib/gpsData.py
+++ b/contrib/gpsData.py
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Written by Dan Mandle http://dan.mandle.me September 2012
 # http://www.danmandle.com/blog/getting-gpsd-to-work-with-python/
 # License: GPL 2.0 
+
+# This code runs compatibly under Python 2 and 3.x for x >= 2.
+# Preserve this property!
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, division
+
 import os
 from gps import *
 from time import *
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ class GpsPoller(threading.Thread):
   def run(self):
     global gpsd
     while gpsp.running:
-      gpsd.next() #this will continue to loop and grab EACH set of gpsd info 
to clear the buffer
+      next(gpsd) #this will continue to loop and grab EACH set of gpsd info to 
clear the buffer
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   gpsp = GpsPoller() # create the thread
@@ -35,30 +40,30 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
       os.system('clear')
 
-      print
-      print ' GPS reading'
-      print '----------------------------------------'
-      print 'latitude    ' , gpsd.fix.latitude
-      print 'longitude   ' , gpsd.fix.longitude
-      print 'time utc    ' , gpsd.utc,' + ', gpsd.fix.time
-      print 'altitude (m)' , gpsd.fix.altitude
-      print 'eps         ' , gpsd.fix.eps
-      print 'epx         ' , gpsd.fix.epx
-      print 'epv         ' , gpsd.fix.epv
-      print 'ept         ' , gpsd.fix.ept
-      print 'speed (m/s) ' , gpsd.fix.speed
-      print 'climb       ' , gpsd.fix.climb
-      print 'track       ' , gpsd.fix.track
-      print 'mode        ' , gpsd.fix.mode
-      print
-      print "%s satellites in view:" % len(gpsd.satellites)
+      print()
+      print(' GPS reading')
+      print('----------------------------------------')
+      print('latitude    ' , gpsd.fix.latitude)
+      print('longitude   ' , gpsd.fix.longitude)
+      print('time utc    ' , gpsd.utc,' + ', gpsd.fix.time)
+      print('altitude (m)' , gpsd.fix.altitude)
+      print('eps         ' , gpsd.fix.eps)
+      print('epx         ' , gpsd.fix.epx)
+      print('epv         ' , gpsd.fix.epv)
+      print('ept         ' , gpsd.fix.ept)
+      print('speed (m/s) ' , gpsd.fix.speed)
+      print('climb       ' , gpsd.fix.climb)
+      print('track       ' , gpsd.fix.track)
+      print('mode        ' , gpsd.fix.mode)
+      print()
+      print("%s satellites in view:" % len(gpsd.satellites))
       for sat in gpsd.satellites:
-          print "    %r" % sat
+          print("    %r" % sat)
 
       time.sleep(5) #set to whatever
 
   except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit): #when you press ctrl+c
-    print "\nKilling Thread..."
+    print("\nKilling Thread...")
     gpsp.running = False
     gpsp.join() # wait for the thread to finish what it's doing
-  print "Done.\nExiting."
+  print("Done.\nExiting.")
-- 
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