def send_message_in_process(msg, address=None, timeout=5):
address = address or gui_socket_address()
if isinstance(msg, str):
msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
s = QLocalSocket()
qt_timeout = int(timeout * 1000)
if address.startswith('\0'):
ps = unix_socket(timeout)
ps.connect(address)
s.setSocketDescriptor(ps.detach())
else:
s.connectToServer(address)
if not s.waitForConnected(qt_timeout):
raise OSError(
f'Failed to connect to Listener at: {address} with error: {s.errorString()}'
)
data = QByteArray(msg)
while True:
written = s.write(data)
if not s.waitForBytesWritten(qt_timeout):
raise OSError(
f'Failed to write data to address: {s.serverName()} with error: {s.errorString()}'
)
if written >= len(data):
break
data = data.right(len(data) - written)
