syndicate_utils/README.md

Syndicate utils

json_translator

Wrapper that executes a command, parses its JSON output, and asserts a Preserves conversion in an <output …> record.

json_socket_translator

Utility to communicate with sockets that send and receive lines of JSON using <sen-json …> and <recv-json …> messages. Compatible with mpv, see mpv.config-example.pr.

Do not send messages immediately to the dataspace passed json_socket_translator, wait until it asserts <connected @socketPath string>.

msg

A utility that sends a message to $SYNDICATE_SOCK in the form <ARGV…>.

preserve_process_environment

This utility serializes it's process environment to Preserves and prints it to stdout. It can be used to feed the environment variables of a nested child of the Syndicate server back to the server. For example, to retreive the environmental variables that a desktop manager passed on to its children.