Re: [ANN] lpty 1.0

[Egil Hjelmeland <privat@...>]

If there was a  pty:getfd() method, it could be possible to multiplex 
master ptys using socket.select() ?

Egil


PS: This trick allow passing io.stdin to socket.select()

getmetatable ( io.stdin ).getfd = function(fh)
        if fh == io.stdin then return 0 end
end



On 02. april 2013 09:14, "Gunnar Zötl" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this message is to announce the availability of lpty 1.0. lpty is a simple
> interface to pty functionality, providing the ability to fork a process and run
> it under pty control. It does not try to mimic the posix API but instead focuses
> on the function of running and controlling a program.
>
> New since version 0.9:
>
> - does not register a global table "lpty" on loading any more, because it is
> now...
> - compatible with lua 5.1 and 5.2
> - new exitstatus() method, which can provide information about why a child
> process terminated
> - new flush() method, that removes unwanted data from the pty
> - custom environments for processes, and 2 new methods to deal with those
> - an option on pty creation time to start child processes using the contents of
> the PATH environment variable - or not
> - the makefile has been made somewhat more usable
> - the documentation has received a makeover
>
> You can get lpty from http://www.tset.de/lpty
>
> or via luarocks install lpty.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Gunnar