Pygame Write to other terminal?

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to write the pygame code to a separate terminal so that you can still do things like print to the terminal. When pygame's display becomes initialized it seems to be impossible to put any input into the terminal. Any way to get around this?

I also want to know that if this is possible can one the other terminal edit the one running pygame to change certain things?

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Answer 1

Ok, once you initialize pygame and start your pygame loop in startDisplay() in Commands.py, you are essentially leaving your main() loop in game.py. So your repeated request for input won't happen again. If you want to call for input during the loop in startDisplay() you'll need to do it expressly there. As I stated above, this will pause your game until you enter a command, which obviously isn't very good. You could build a little logic around it and only request input during a break in the action or implement a Pause event (using a key event) which would subsequently call the prompt for a command.