Trait term_transcript::traits::SpawnShell

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pub trait SpawnShell: ConfigureCommand {
    type ShellProcess: ShellProcess;
    type Reader: Read + 'static + Send;
    type Writer: Write + 'static + Send;

    // Required method
    fn spawn_shell(&mut self) -> Result<SpawnedShell<Self>>;
}

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Encapsulates spawning and sending inputs / receiving outputs from the shell.

The crate provides two principal implementations of this trait:

Command and StdShell communicate with the spawned process via OS pipes. Because stdin of the child process is not connected to a terminal / TTY, this can lead to the differences in output compared to launching the process in a terminal (no coloring, different formatting, etc.). On the other hand, this is the most widely supported option.
PtyCommand (available with the portable-pty crate feature) communicates with the child process via a pseudo-terminal (PTY). This makes the output closer to what it would like in the terminal, at the cost of lesser platform coverage (Unix + newer Windows distributions).

External implementations are possible as well! E.g., for REPL applications written in Rust or packaged as a WASI module, it could be possible to write an implementation that “spawns” the application in the same process.

Required Associated Types§

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type ShellProcess: ShellProcess

Spawned shell process.

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type Reader: Read + 'static + Send

Reader of the shell output.

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type Writer: Write + 'static + Send

Writer to the shell input.

Required Methods§

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fn spawn_shell(&mut self) -> Result<SpawnedShell<Self>>

Spawns a shell process.

Errors

Returns an error if the shell process cannot be spawned for whatever reason.

Implementations on Foreign Types§

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impl SpawnShell for Command

Uses pipes to communicate with the spawned process. This has a potential downside that the process output will differ from the case if the process was launched in the shell. See PtyCommand for an alternative that connects the spawned process to a pseudo-terminal (PTY).

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