syndicate-pty-driver/README.md

syndicate-pty-driver

A PTY (pseudoterminal) driver for Syndicate, plus protocol schema for PTY interaction via Syndicate.

Expects to be started from syndicate-server, perhaps via configuration like this:

<require-service <daemon pty>>
<daemon pty { protocol: application/syndicate, argv: "syndicate-pty-driver" }>

It publishes a service object which then speaks the PTY protocol. You can start a program running in a fresh PTY like this:

# As soon as the PTY driver publishes its service object, $cap, ...
? <service-object <daemon pty> ?cap> [
  # ... assert interest in existence of a session with id 1 running `bash -i`.
  $cap += <pty-session 1 [bash -i]>
]

Then, expect <pty-output ...> messages and send <pty-input ...> messages to interact with the subprocess.

See the protocol definition for more about interacting with PTYs over Syndicate.