On Monday 28 July 2008 14:40:00 Micah Cowan wrote (in part): > One way of looking at this is that this functionality was broken by the > reimplementation in C. I had the same problem with my (rejected) update - http://www.lunch.za.net/software/script/script.c > Another position, at least as equally viable, is that > script/scriptreplay was never really quite working right in the first > place. 100% agree. > I just added support for timing files, so that you could include the > timing information, make edits (whatever's needed to debug a pesky > terminal issue), and the timings would all still be in the correct > place. These timings are inserted into the output as "delay lines", e.g.: ..snip.. > If I had to choose, fixing script is the solution that appeals to me > most; but given that it's been like that for forever, and people may be > depending on its current idiosyncracies somewhere, and fixing it could > confuse people who try to share typescripts, it's not insane to consider > just "breaking" scriptreplay properly instead. ;) A neat place for timing information is to define a "delay in input" escape - e.g. a delay of 1.123456 seconds is represented by ESC [ 42 ; 1 ; 123456 ] (with a meta-meaning of "life is full of short delays") Cons: - More escape chars in script's output -- possibly frustrating certain types of grep. If it's optional, this doesn't matter. Pro's: - It's very simple - A partial script file can retain timing information (e.g. the last 10 minutes of ascii star wars). - Appending to a script file with timing becomes possible - We can dispose of the timing file entirely, and get rid of the orrible ackiness noted - Most (all?) terminals will ignore it as a spurious escapes (ie. "cat typescript" still looks right in every way, except for CPR replies) And most importantly: - Having a delay code makes it possible to play music with the linux console beep codes (set pitch, set duration, send bell, delay). Adding audio to aalib is a good idea - no? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
