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* org-babel: interactive terminal support
@ 2009-09-23  1:11 Benjamin Andresen
  2009-09-23 23:02 ` Eric Schulte
  2009-09-25 23:02 ` Dan Davison
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Andresen @ 2009-09-23  1:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hello,

after seeing org-babel I immediately thought of the eev project by
Eduardo Ochs (http://angg.twu.net/)

Basically I wanted to do what he does in this video:
http://angg.twu.net/eev-current/anim/channels.anim.html

So I wrote a small org-babel gnu screen interface.
Eev does the same with "expect" but is very line-centric. And GNU Screen
can slurp in whole files. (I guess one could support several backends if
this proves useful)

The translated org-babel syntax looks like this:

* Listen on port 1234
  #+begin_src screen :session receiver :results silent
    netcat -l -p 1234
  #+end_src

* Send things to port 1234
  #+begin_src screen :session sender :results silent
    {   
     echo hi
     sleep 1
     echo bye 
     sleep 1
    } | netcat -c localhost 1234
  #+end_src

I've put the code on github if anyone is interested in this:
http://github.com/bandresen/org-babel-screen

A few things are still hardcoded, like the use of /bin/zsh. If you guys
think this is a worthwhile addition to org-babel, let me know what the
right parameter would be.

HTH,
benny

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• * Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
    2009-09-23  1:11 org-babel: interactive terminal support Benjamin Andresen
  @ 2009-09-23 23:02 ` Eric Schulte
    2009-09-23 23:46   ` Benjamin Andresen
    2009-09-25 23:02 ` Dan Davison
    1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
  From: Eric Schulte @ 2009-09-23 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: Benjamin Andresen; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
  
  Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de> writes:
  
  > Hello,
  >
  > after seeing org-babel I immediately thought of the eev project by
  > Eduardo Ochs (http://angg.twu.net/)
  >
  > Basically I wanted to do what he does in this video:
  > http://angg.twu.net/eev-current/anim/channels.anim.html
  >
  
  So if I understand the purpose is to evaluate source-code blocks in
  Org-mode files which will open terminals in new windows, send shell
  commands to those terminals, and either display information in the
  terminals and possible insert output from those terminals into Org-mode
  buffers?
  
  I like the idea, however I can't get it working on my Mac.  I am able to
  pop open new xterms, however nothing seems to make it into or out of
  screen (maybe this is because I all ways have screen running as my
  normal terminal emulator?).
  
  Unfortunately I'm *really* short on time right now, but I hope to take a
  closer look when I get a chance...
  
  >
  > So I wrote a small org-babel gnu screen interface.
  > Eev does the same with "expect" but is very line-centric. And GNU Screen
  > can slurp in whole files. (I guess one could support several backends if
  > this proves useful)
  >
  > The translated org-babel syntax looks like this:
  >
  > * Listen on port 1234
  >   #+begin_src screen :session receiver :results silent
  >     netcat -l -p 1234
  >   #+end_src
  >
  > * Send things to port 1234
  >   #+begin_src screen :session sender :results silent
  >     {   
  >      echo hi
  >      sleep 1
  >      echo bye 
  >      sleep 1
  >     } | netcat -c localhost 1234
  >   #+end_src
  >
  > I've put the code on github if anyone is interested in this:
  > http://github.com/bandresen/org-babel-screen
  >
  > A few things are still hardcoded, like the use of /bin/zsh. If you guys
  > think this is a worthwhile addition to org-babel
  
  Yes, the code looks clean, and it looks like it would provide a new type
  of functionality (live terminal output?) so I'd be very happy to include
  this into Org-babel.
  
  >, let me know what the
  > right parameter would be.
  >
  
  I don't see where you have /bin/zsh hard-coded...
  
  Thanks! -- Eric
  
  >
  > HTH,
  > benny
  >
  >
  >
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• • * Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
      2009-09-23 23:02 ` Eric Schulte
    @ 2009-09-23 23:46   ` Benjamin Andresen
      0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
    From: Benjamin Andresen @ 2009-09-23 23:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: Eric Schulte; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
    
    Hey Eric,
    
    "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
    
    > Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de> writes:
    >
    > So if I understand the purpose is to evaluate source-code blocks in
    > Org-mode files which will open terminals in new windows, send shell
    > commands to those terminals, and either display information in the
    > terminals and possible insert output from those terminals into Org-mode
    > buffers?
    The first part is correct. It will open different terminals depending on
    the amount of sessions specified and run the code in the source-code
    blocks.
    
    It's only a one-way street at the moment though, the resulting output is
    currently dismissed. (But possible to get, depending on what
    shell/config is used. screen's hardcopy.)
    
    > I like the idea, however I can't get it working on my Mac.  I am able to
    > pop open new xterms, however nothing seems to make it into or out of
    > screen (maybe this is because I all ways have screen running as my
    > normal terminal emulator?).
    
    Nope, that shouldn't have anything to do with it. I also have screen
    running at all times. It's creating a new screen instance for every
    session. The sockets are named org-babel-session-$SESSION.
    
    The problem might be in line 49, because I hard-coded a one second sleep
    timer in there to only send the resulting source code block afterward.
    (To give xterm and screen a time to spawn.)
    
    That's pretty dirty and I should fix that.
    
    > I don't see where you have /bin/zsh hard-coded...
    
    That's because my mail was sent before I had a look around how other
    modes handle parameter. Now it's defaulting to "sh" but it can be
    changed with :cmd
    
    > Thanks! -- Eric
    >
    
    br,
    benny
    
    ^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

• * Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
    2009-09-23  1:11 org-babel: interactive terminal support Benjamin Andresen
    2009-09-23 23:02 ` Eric Schulte
  @ 2009-09-25 23:02 ` Dan Davison
    2009-09-25 23:29   ` Benjamin Andresen
    1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
  From: Dan Davison @ 2009-09-25 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: Benjamin Andresen; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
  
  Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de> writes:
  
  > Hello,
  >
  > after seeing org-babel I immediately thought of the eev project by
  > Eduardo Ochs (http://angg.twu.net/)
  >
  > Basically I wanted to do what he does in this video:
  > http://angg.twu.net/eev-current/anim/channels.anim.html
  >
  > So I wrote a small org-babel gnu screen interface.
  > Eev does the same with "expect" but is very line-centric. And GNU Screen
  > can slurp in whole files. (I guess one could support several backends if
  > this proves useful)
  
  Hi Benny,
  
  This looks very interesting and I think it's extremely likely that we'll
  want to include your code -- thanks very much. Having said that, I'm
  being a bit dense: would you mind expanding a bit on what this currently
  does, and what it has the potential to do?
  
  Dan
  
  >
  > The translated org-babel syntax looks like this:
  >
  > * Listen on port 1234
  >   #+begin_src screen :session receiver :results silent
  >     netcat -l -p 1234
  >   #+end_src
  >
  > * Send things to port 1234
  >   #+begin_src screen :session sender :results silent
  >     {   
  >      echo hi
  >      sleep 1
  >      echo bye 
  >      sleep 1
  >     } | netcat -c localhost 1234
  >   #+end_src
  >
  > I've put the code on github if anyone is interested in this:
  > http://github.com/bandresen/org-babel-screen
  >
  > A few things are still hardcoded, like the use of /bin/zsh. If you guys
  > think this is a worthwhile addition to org-babel, let me know what the
  > right parameter would be.
  >
  > HTH,
  > benny
  >
  >
  >
  > _______________________________________________
  > Emacs-orgmode mailing list
  > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
  > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
  > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
  
  ^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

• • * Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
      2009-09-25 23:02 ` Dan Davison
    @ 2009-09-25 23:29   ` Benjamin Andresen
      2009-09-28 19:55     ` Dan Davison
      0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
    From: Benjamin Andresen @ 2009-09-25 23:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: emacs-orgmode
    
    Hey Dan,
    
    Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
    
    > Hi Benny,
    >
    > This looks very interesting and I think it's extremely likely that we'll
    > want to include your code -- thanks very much. Having said that, I'm
    > being a bit dense: would you mind expanding a bit on what this currently
    > does, and what it has the potential to do?
    
    All it currently does it show you a terminal which gets the source
    code block send to. Just like an inferior process.
    
    I've made a gif of the channels.org example from my first mail:
    http://github.com/bandresen/org-babel-screen/blob/master/channels.anim.gif
    
    The way I currently see it, it somehow works as an interactive makefile.
    
    An example of a use that I have is that want to extract several frames
    out of a video file and convert them to a gif animation.
    
    It's a commented org file with several steps such as:
    
    * find the part you want to extract
    #+begin_src screen :session create-gif
      mplayer -ao null -osdlevel 3 /tmp/videofile.avi 
    #+end_src
    [...snip...]
    * convert selected frames to gif
    #+begin_src screen :session create-gif
      convert -delay 100 -loop 0 .qiv-select/* animation.gif
    #+end_src
    
    I don't know how useful it is to other people, but because it basically
    gives you the power over a terminal emulator you could do anything in it
    that you can do in a normal terminal. Except better controlled and
    documented.
    
    Or one could use a standardized notation for keypresses and let screen
    translate them for you. Example:
    
    #+begin_src screen :session vimtutorial
      vimtutor
      85G
      fcx
      EEx
      llx
      ^Vjjjjlllx
    #+end_src
    
    Which might be useful in some way.
    
    Another thing that might be possible is to simulate an 'expect' like
    behavior by using screen's capability to dump the output of commands.
    It's certainly possible, but replacing an app like 'expect' is no small
    task. :-)
    
    br,
    benny
    
    ^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

  • • * Re: Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
        2009-09-25 23:29   ` Benjamin Andresen
      @ 2009-09-28 19:55     ` Dan Davison
        2009-09-28 20:36       ` Benjamin Andresen
        0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
      From: Dan Davison @ 2009-09-28 19:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
        To: Benjamin Andresen; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
      
      Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de> writes:
      
      > Hey Dan,
      >
      > Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
      >
      >> Hi Benny,
      >>
      >> This looks very interesting and I think it's extremely likely that we'll
      >> want to include your code -- thanks very much. Having said that, I'm
      >> being a bit dense: would you mind expanding a bit on what this currently
      >> does, and what it has the potential to do?
      >
      > All it currently does it show you a terminal which gets the source
      > code block send to. Just like an inferior process.
      
      Hi Benny,
      
      Thanks a lot for that, it looks really promising. Do you want to create
      a branch in a publicly accessible org-mode repo containing your
      additions?  I've created an org mode fork for org-babel development at
      
      git://repo.or.cz/org-mode/babel.git
      
      webpage
      
      http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode/babel.git
      
      which you could use (I'll send you the admin password offline so you can
      give yourself push rights).
      
      Dan
      
      >
      > I've made a gif of the channels.org example from my first mail:
      > http://github.com/bandresen/org-babel-screen/blob/master/channels.anim.gif
      >
      > The way I currently see it, it somehow works as an interactive makefile.
      >
      > An example of a use that I have is that want to extract several frames
      > out of a video file and convert them to a gif animation.
      >
      > It's a commented org file with several steps such as:
      >
      > * find the part you want to extract
      > #+begin_src screen :session create-gif
      >   mplayer -ao null -osdlevel 3 /tmp/videofile.avi 
      > #+end_src
      > [...snip...]
      > * convert selected frames to gif
      > #+begin_src screen :session create-gif
      >   convert -delay 100 -loop 0 .qiv-select/* animation.gif
      > #+end_src
      >
      > I don't know how useful it is to other people, but because it basically
      > gives you the power over a terminal emulator you could do anything in it
      > that you can do in a normal terminal. Except better controlled and
      > documented.
      >
      > Or one could use a standardized notation for keypresses and let screen
      > translate them for you. Example:
      >
      > #+begin_src screen :session vimtutorial
      >   vimtutor
      >   85G
      >   fcx
      >   EEx
      >   llx
      >   ^Vjjjjlllx
      > #+end_src
      >
      > Which might be useful in some way.
      >
      > Another thing that might be possible is to simulate an 'expect' like
      > behavior by using screen's capability to dump the output of commands.
      > It's certainly possible, but replacing an app like 'expect' is no small
      > task. :-)
      
      
      
      
      
      >
      > br,
      > benny
      >
      >
      > _______________________________________________
      > Emacs-orgmode mailing list
      > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
      > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
      > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
      
      ^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

    • • * Re: org-babel: interactive terminal support
          2009-09-28 19:55     ` Dan Davison
        @ 2009-09-28 20:36       ` Benjamin Andresen
          0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
        From: Benjamin Andresen @ 2009-09-28 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
          To: Dan Davison; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
        
        Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
        
        > Hi Benny,
        >
        > Thanks a lot for that, it looks really promising. Do you want to create
        > a branch in a publicly accessible org-mode repo containing your
        > additions?
        
        Sure.
        
        Should it really be a branch? At the moment it's a single file just like
        the others that are located in langs/
        
        I could create some examples (like the channels.org one) on a seperate
        Worg page.
        
        > I've created an org mode fork for org-babel development at
        >
        > git://repo.or.cz/org-mode/babel.git
        >
        > webpage
        >
        > http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode/babel.git
        >
        > which you could use (I'll send you the admin password offline so you can
        > give yourself push rights).
        >
        > Dan
        
        br,
        benny
        
        ^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

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