#! /usr/bin/python

#James Parks
#06-29-04
#MCT_sender.py

#the python sender for the Maya Collaboration Tool

import socket
import os

def MCT_sender(text, host, port):
	
	remoteHostIP = socket.gethostbyname(host)
	localHost = socket.gethostname()
	print localHost

	maya = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
	maya.connect((remoteHostIP, port))

	isMCTopen = "if (!`window -exists MCTWin`) \n\t MCT(\"" + localHost + "\");"
	maya.send(isMCTopen)

	maya.send("$newLine = \"" + localHost + ": " + text + "\\n\";")
	maya.send("scrollField -e -ip 0 -it $newLine historyGrp;\n")
	#maya.send("shellField -e -out $newLine historyGrp;\n")

	maya.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
	import sys
	text = os.path.split(sys.argv[1])[1]
	host = os.path.split(sys.argv[2])[1]
	port = int(os.path.split(sys.argv[3])[1])
	MCT_sender(text,host,port)