[twill] Working around <br/> issue?

[Misha Koshelev]

Howard B. Golden wrote:
> On Wednesday December 30, 2009, you wrote:
>> Thank you. Very helpful!!! I have used the following code:
>>
>> go http://www.google.com/voice#trash
>> fv 1 Email email
>> fv 1 Passwd passwd
>> submit
>> run "b=get_browser();b.result.page=b.result.page.replace('<br/>','<br
>>  />');"
>>
>> It works as I can confirm with a save_html. However, when doing a 
> showforms I still get:
>>>> showforms
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/bin/twill-sh", line 20, in <module>
>>     twill.shell.main()
>>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/twill/shell.py", line 387,
>>  in main shell.cmdloop(welcome_msg)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 142, in cmdloop
>>     stop = self.onecmd(line)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 219, in onecmd
>>     return func(arg)
>>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/twill/shell.py", line 42,
>>  in do_cmd print '\nERROR: %s\n' % (str(e),)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/HTMLParser.py", line 59, in __str__
>>     result = self.msg
>> AttributeError: 'ParseError' object has no attribute 'msg'
>>
>> Any idea how I can figure out what's causing this? I'd like to avoid
>>  sending the HTML to a public list, but will gladly send over
>>  personal (individual) email.
> 
> If you look at the traceback, it is _very_ strange. The error occurred 
> in HTMLParser.py line 59, which is part of the HTMLParseError class. 
> However, it was called from shell.py line 42, which is an exception 
> handler for a twill.parse.execute_command (or at least is _should_ be). 
> But based on the traceback, somehow, the _str_() method of 
> HTMLParseError is being executed instead.
> 
> I'm not sure what is going on, but I suspect it may have to do with 
> Titus's manipulation of the global and local dictionaries in shell.py 
> line 25. If my suspicion is correct, the "parse" in line 42 is referring 
> to an HTMLParser object instead of a twill.parse object.
> 
> As far as how to proceed, you could step through shell.py right there 
> (in the do_cmd method) and see what type is being used. Another approach 
> that might be easier is to put "twill." in front of "parse." on lines 
> 30, 31 and 37 of shell.py. This will make sure that the right "parse" is 
> being used. If it corrects the problem, then it supports my hypothesis.
> 
> Howard

Ok no luck with your theory. I added an import twill at the top (I am a Python newbie - completely) and added
twill. in front of lines 30, 31, and 37 of shell.py (see attached). Still getting same error

misha at misha-d630:~/personal/web/googlevoice$ cat gvtrashempty | twill-sh

 -= Welcome to twill! =-

current page:  *empty page* 
>> current page:  *empty page* 
>> ==> at https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?passive=true&service=grandcentral&ltmpl=bluebar&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fvoice%2Faccount%2Fsignin%2F%3Fprev%3D%252F&gsessionid=WMJMv0xJwU--eHRZeHbddQ
current page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?passive=true&service=grandcentral&ltmpl=bluebar&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fvoice%2Faccount%2Fsignin%2F%3Fprev%3D%252F&gsessionid=WMJMv0xJwU--eHRZeHbddQ
>> current page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?passive=true&service=grandcentral&ltmpl=bluebar&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fvoice%2Faccount%2Fsignin%2F%3Fprev%3D%252F&gsessionid=WMJMv0xJwU--eHRZeHbddQ
>> current page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?passive=true&service=grandcentral&ltmpl=bluebar&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fvoice%2Faccount%2Fsignin%2F%3Fprev%3D%252F&gsessionid=WMJMv0xJwU--eHRZeHbddQ
>> Note: submit is using submit button: name="signIn", value="Sign in"
current page: https://www.google.com/voice/?gsessionid=3r_m3iQXq_x0Ka_aL0Exqg
>> current page: https://www.google.com/voice/?gsessionid=3r_m3iQXq_x0Ka_aL0Exqg
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/twill-sh", line 20, in <module>
    twill.shell.main()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/twill/shell.py", line 388, in main
    shell.cmdloop(welcome_msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 142, in cmdloop
    stop = self.onecmd(line)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 219, in onecmd
    return func(arg)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/twill/shell.py", line 43, in do_cmd
    print '\nERROR: %s\n' % (str(e),)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/HTMLParser.py", line 59, in __str__
    result = self.msg
AttributeError: 'ParseError' object has no attribute 'msg'

Any ideas?

I don't know how to trace through I'm afraid. Any suggestions. I'm on Hardy Heron 8.04

Thank you
Misha Koshelev

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