Module event :: Class StartupEvent
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Class StartupEvent

Event --+
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       StartupEvent


Starts up and initializes Lyntin.

When Lyntin is started, we try to do as much as we can inside of the SstartupEvent and through the startup hook.
Method Summary
  __init__(self)
Initialize.
  __str__(self)
This allows us to print out event objects for debugging purposes. (inherited from Event)
  enqueue(self)
This enqueues this event into the event queue. (inherited from Event)
  execute(self)
This does the following Lyntin startup things:

Method Details

__init__(self)
(Constructor)

Initialize. (does nothing)

execute(self)

This does the following Lyntin startup things:
  1. instantiates and binds the ui.
  2. if there's a .lyntinrc adds that to the readfile list.
  3. loads the dynamically loading Lyntin modules.
  4. loads the help topics in the help subdir.
  5. reads in all the files in the readfile list.
  6. starts the timer thread.
  7. writes the startup message to the ui and the prompt.

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