So something I’ve always wanted is the ability to “script” a video, so that all i have to do is edit the script file then regenerate the video. I think I could hack this together by using shell-mode in emacs and then writing elisp to send commands to it. But, has anyone else done something like thi…

Well yes, pretty easy. Maybe even easier than you think! The --command= option allows to specify the program you run, it’s $SHELL by default. Just set it to whatever program you can script in which will literally output the “movie” to its stdout! Then you get the scriptability from the program (oh …

Thank you! and sorry for the belated reply. I think I’m going to start working on this soon. WOuld you be interested in hearing what I come up with?

not sure if it is still a topic but I created a small golang based tool which allows to script the sequence by defining a couple of parameters such as character typing speed: [image] michaelhenkel/scriptor Contribute to michaelhenkel/scriptor development by creating an account on GitHub. …

there is an opensource tool called asciinema-edit. Take a look at it to see if its what you want.

Check this out: Automating terminal demos

In case it could be useful, I have made a small python package to automate recordings. It uses pexpect, so it is similar to what is used in the blog post @ku1ik pointed out in his answer in some sense.

Check out: GitHub - zechris/asciinema-rec_script: Record 💭 comments and ❯ commands from from shell scripts in addition to their output. This is done by building a version of the original script that surfaces all the comments and commands by also echoing them to the screen. Then passing that augm…

BTW if someone wants to help me package this up into its own container in GitHub’s Container Registry and create a GitHub Action from it to regenerate screencasts from a set of shell scripts in a screencasts directory. ie. after every merge to main in any repo using it in a github action I’m sure …

Getting back to @joelmccracken 's original question… Here’s how you’d use asciinema-rec_script to turn a simple bash script into a useful screencast… [Screen Shot 2022-08-04 at 19.02.16] Nb. I didn’t attempt making a screen recording of creating a screen recording - hence the screenshot. But he…

For anyone looking into this in the future: check out the list of integrations: Integrations - asciinema docs Some of them help with scripting and/or generating recordings automatically.

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You might like what I just released: Docker container for producing GIF files of shell sessions

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