stdin-recorder is a program that records stdin data with timing information in a file, and at the same time forwards it to stdout. The file can later be played back to stdout.
I've written it because I wanted to store vim sessions in a way that I could later fine-tune simply by editing the session file. The session file is then played back and the whole terminal session is recorded using Asciinema.
This is supposed to be used in conjunction with the tricks outlined in Editing for Asciinema, by Micah Cowan.
Syntatically, its usage looks like that of GNU Coreutils' tee command, only the recording / playback commands are piped into other commands (e.g. a terminal text editor), instead of other commands being piped into them as in tee invocations.
$ stdin-rec how-to-vim | vim # Use vim normally, but also store stdin to file.
$ # ... Then, after finishing the vim session ...
$ stdin-play how-to-vim | vim # vim will receive stored data from file.
Compare to tee usage:
$ ls -la | tee directory-listing # Shows directory listing on screen and saves to file.
This program has no stable releases yet. To install, simply clone this repository and run sudo npm install -g from within the clone directory.
stdin-recorder is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Unfriendliness with the proprietary paradigm is intentional. If you're writing proprietary software, please consider respecting your users' freedom instead.
stdin-recorder is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of GPLv3 can be found in COPYING.