perl6-Proc-Screen

Perl6 programmatic interface for manipulating GNU screen sesssions

Status

This is in "release early" status. Basic use of Proc::Screen may work and Test::Screen may also work, but has very few available tests. The version of GNU screen must be 4.02 (a.k.a. 4.2) or greater since there is no way I know of to get the session ID back from a detached launch on prior versions.

Proc::Screen

Proc::Screen currently allows you to silently create screen sessions and send commands to them. Eventually managing previously created screen sessions and support for programmatic generation of screenrc and screen commandlines is planned, but for now the main objective is to provide only what Test::Screen needs.

Test::Screen

Test::Screen will allow development environments that contain or interface to interactive terminal applications to run non-interactive tests on an emulated terminal. This is not as thorough as interactive tests on actual terminals, but it is better than no testing at all.

External Requirements

GNU screen wil not be available everywhere that a Perl6 application may be installed, so both packages gracefully "pass" tests unless it is detected. To actually run tests, screen should be installed and from the perspective of the test environment, should be findable as an executable named "screen" -- this does not need to be the case for general use, as the package can work with custom installations, it just needs to be that way for automated testing.